It is the student’s responsibility to initiate the HDFS
application process. Only students
who are currently enrolled as an HDFS Major can apply. Specific
guidelines for the internship application process are as follows:
1. Ideally students should meet with their faculty advisor early in their sophomore year to decide upon a professional concentration for their internship. Early identification of a professional concentration will give students the opportunity to strategically address their professional interests and to develop a timeline for meeting the course prerequisites for the internship.
2.
By the end of the first semester of the junior year, students should also meet with an advisor from the College of Human Sciences in 266 Spidle Hall to complete a Senior Credit Check. The credit check will help ensure that the student is on schedule for meeting the academic requirements for the internship and for graduation.
3. Two semesters in advance of the semester the student expects to complete their internship, he or she should:
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Attend the Mandatory Internship
Orientation Meeting, and
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Submit a completed Internship Application and a copy of their recent Senior Credit Check to the Internship Director by the application deadline.
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It is the student's responsibility to ensure that a copy of their ABI and FBI Clearing Letters are on file with the HDFS department in 203 Spidle Hall prior to the start of the internship. Students without ABI and FBI Clearing Letters will not be allowed to begin their internship.
4.
The application deadlines are October
15 for a Summer Internship, March 15 for a Fall Internship, and June 15 for a
Summer Internship.
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