Internship Requirements
Internship Objectives
The university is constantly working at promoting a more engaged learning environment for its students. As part of this initiative, the internship experience has been developed to:
Internship Requirements
The internship experience must be fulfilled by all students in the BSCS and BSIT programs before they graduate. A minimum of 200 hours of documented work must be accomplished between the end of the sophomore year and graduation. This time must be spent performing computer science or information technology related duties at an appropriate level. All internship experiences must be pre-approved by the employer, the undergraduate advisor and an internship advisor. The manner in which this service can be accomplished can be chosen from the following prioritized list:
Relevant work experience obtained prior to matriculating at UNH may be considered to fulfill either part or all of the requirement, at the discretion of the undergraduate advisor. The student will reflect upon, evaluate, and report (written and orally) on the work experience. A grade of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory will be based upon this material, as well as an evaluation provided by the employment supervisor, and a validated log of the hours worked. Links to the appropriate forms to be filled out are found above on this page.
The university is constantly working at promoting a more engaged learning environment for its students. As part of this initiative, the internship experience has been developed to:
- Provide a student with applied work experience in the Computer Science field that will complement the educational experience.
- Provide a student with opportunities to further develop skills such as interpersonal communication, working in a group, and technical writing.
- Facilitate ties between the Computer Science department and local industry.
- Provide the student with an industrial contact that may lead to a future job opportunity.
Internship Requirements
The internship experience must be fulfilled by all students in the BSCS and BSIT programs before they graduate. A minimum of 200 hours of documented work must be accomplished between the end of the sophomore year and graduation. This time must be spent performing computer science or information technology related duties at an appropriate level. All internship experiences must be pre-approved by the employer, the undergraduate advisor and an internship advisor. The manner in which this service can be accomplished can be chosen from the following prioritized list:
- A true internship with a local company, paid or unpaid. Such a position may be found by the student either on his own, or with help from the Career Development office and/or leads from the Computer Science department.
- Full-time or part-time employment. Students working at an appropriate full-time or part-time position may use a portion of their work hours to fulfill the requirement.
- Voluntary service in the community in an appropriate capacity.
- University service, paid or unpaid. Students who already have a job or other activity which makes it impractical to fulfill the time commitment in an external setting, may fulfill the requirement through university service. This may take the form of work for the university's IT deparment, aid on a faculty research project or some other supervised position. This activity may not be applied to satisfying the requirements of any other course.
Relevant work experience obtained prior to matriculating at UNH may be considered to fulfill either part or all of the requirement, at the discretion of the undergraduate advisor. The student will reflect upon, evaluate, and report (written and orally) on the work experience. A grade of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory will be based upon this material, as well as an evaluation provided by the employment supervisor, and a validated log of the hours worked. Links to the appropriate forms to be filled out are found above on this page.