Internships

Student internships [ENVR 490] or senior research projects [ENVR 499] are required of every student in environmental studies. Internships and research projects offer experiences that are not available in the traditional classroom setting.

Each internship involves off-campus work with a participating public agency, public interest group, or industry, combined with academic work under a UNC Asheville faculty member. The intern must have junior or senior [preferred] standing and permission of the internship program director. The student will register for ENVR 490, Internship, during the semester or summer in which the project takes place. Students are responsible for finding an internship [hopefully suited to their academic or career goals].

The student will develop a contract which describes the nature of the internship project, to be approved by the sponsoring cooperator from the agency or industry, and by the internship director. The contract describes the purpose and duration of the internship. An internship should not begin until a contract is approved by the internship director. All internships require a minimum of 105 work hours.

The sponsoring agency is asked to complete an Internship Progress Report at mid-semester and at the end of the semester. At the end of the project, each intern will submit a summary written paper and make an oral presentation describing the accomplishments of the internship. The exact nature of the paper/presentation will be determined by the nature of the internship project. A grade for academic credit will be assigned by the internship director, incorporating feedback from the sponsoring agency. The Progress Reports and the evaluation of the paper and presentation will constitute the key elements in determining the grade.

• Sample Contract
• Progress Report