It is the student's responsibility to initiate the application
process for the HDFS undergraduate internship, and only students who have declared the HDFS major can initiate
the application process. With the guidance
of his or her designated faculty advisor, the student prepares the Application
Form two semesters in advance of the internship experience. Early application is necessary in order to
guarantee that prerequisite requirements are met and to give the student
adequate time to identify an appropriate internship placement.
Specific guidelines
for the internship application process are as follows:
1.
Ideally, students will begin to explore
an internship track with their designated faculty advisor by the middle of the
sophomore year. Early identification of
a track will give students an opportunity to strategically select professional
elective courses that meet their professional interests, and to develop a
timeline for meeting the internship prerequisites.
2.
By the end of the first semester of
the junior year, students should meet with an advisor from the
3. Two semesters in advance of the semester the student expects to
complete internship, he or she should:
·
Attend the Mandatory Internship
Orientation Meeting, and
·
Meet with his or her faculty advisor
to complete the Internship Application.
The student must bring a copy of the Senior Credit Check to the meeting
with his or her advisor.
4. Finally, the student should submit two copies of the Internship
Application, Senior Credit Check, and Fingerprint/Background Check Clearing
Letters to the Internship Director by the established deadline.
·
If the student has not yet received
Clearing Letters, he or she may submit proof that the Fingerprint/Background
Check application has been mailed.
Acceptable proof is a copy of the original application along with copies
of the postage and money order receipts.
·
Students will not be allowed to begin
their internship until the Internship Director has received copies of the ABI
and FBI Clearing Letters.
Link
here to view Internship Applications