Professional, hands on experience is a crucial factor for employers when deciding who they want to hire. It’s strongly advised, and required in some programs, that students and graduates take the opportunity to complete a period of work experience to ensure they have a competitive advantage over their peers. Participating in an internship can make all the difference.
An internship is a period of work experience offered by an employer to give students and graduates exposure to the working environment, often within a specific industry, which relates to their field of study. Your career aspirations may change when you’re faced with the true realities of a role. Internships can therefore be used “to test the waters” before you embark on a career and confirm if this is what you want to do in the long term.
An internship can give you a real insight into the world of work, allowing you to build on the theory you learned at college and help you to gain practical skills that will help strengthen your resume, making you more marketable. Internships offer you the chance to test your skills in real life situations, explore your career options, and gain an insight into an organization or career path.
Students will follow the UC Core Curriculum or Professional Studies Core Curriculum General Education requirements based on their year of entry to Rosemont College. Students are required to complete an experiential learning requirement; service learning, study abroad, undergraduate research or an internship. Internships may be credit bearing or non credit bearing.
Full semester internships are student initiated and can be arranged for qualified students in most disciplines with the approval of the faculty advisor. Students should seek information from their advisors, the Director of Career Services and the Study Abroad and Internship Coordinator.
The College encourages every student to consider taking an internship as part of the Experiential Component. Information on credit and non credit internships is available in the Office of Post Graduate Success.
Completion of this form serves as an agreement of academic and practical standards and expectations of the student during the experiential learning experience. Please complete this form, in its entirety, to document your experiential learning experience. The due date to submit this form for the Fall and Spring internships is the last day of drop/add period. For Summer internships the deadline is the last day of classes of the spring semester.
Completion of this form will assess the skills you have developed, and the experience gained through your experiential learning experience in alignment with the NACE Career Readiness Competencies.
Employers, please utilize this form to evaluate the student's individual performance during their experiential learning experience with your company/organization. This evaluation serves as an assessment of the student's proficiency in key workplace readiness skills in accordance with the National Association of Colleges and Employer's (NACE) Career Readiness Competencies. We appreciate your responses and encourage you to discuss this evaluation with your intern.