Establish INFO 3401 and OPER 3401 – Internship Courses

Date: April 19, 2012
To: Belk College of Business
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: December 12, 2011
Implementation Date: 2012

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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INFO 3401. Management Information Systems Internship. (1-6) Prerequisite: Junior or Senior in good standing and department approval. Full- or part time academic year internship in areas complementary to the concentration area of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Requires 50 hours of supervised employment per hour of credit. Each student’s internship program must be approved by the supervising faculty. A proposal form must be completed and approved prior to registration and the commencement of the work experience. A mid-term report and a final report to be evaluated by the supervising faculty are required. Grading will be by the supervising faculty and could be in consultation with off-campus supervisor at the internship organization. Graded as a letter grade. A student who is employed with applying for this Management Information Systems internship may not earn internship credit through work for the current employer. May be used to meet requirements of a major elective, up to a maximum of three credit hours. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

OPER 3401. Operations and Supply Chain Management Internship. (1-6) Prerequisite: Junior or Senior in good standing and department approval. Full- or part-time academic year internship in areas complementary to the concentration area of studies and designed to allow theoretical and course-based practical learning to be applied in a supervised industrial experience. Requires 50 hours of supervised employment per hour of credit. Each student’s internship program must be approved by the supervising faculty. A proposal form must be completed and approved prior to registration and the commencement of the work experience. A mid-term report and a final report to be evaluated by the supervising faculty are required. Grading will be by the supervising faculty and could be in consultation with off-campus supervisor at the internship organization. Graded as a letter grade. A student who is employed with applying for this Management Information Systems internship may not earn internship credit through work for the current employer. May be used to meet requirements of a major elective, up to a maximum of six credit hours. (Fall, Spring, Summer)