Internships
About Our Internships
An academic internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theories learned in the classroom with practical application and skill development in a professional setting. Students earn academic credit and are evaluated according to a job description that is incorporated into a course.
Internships are overseen by a faculty member and by a designated employee of the host organization. Academic learning objectives are integral to the internship, distinguishing them from volunteer positions or jobs.
For all internships occurring at a current place of employment, the internship duties must be outside of your normal daily tasks. Special projects will be taken into consideration.
Planning and Community Development Internships
Useful Resources
- Meet with your major advisor to ensure an internship meets your program's requirements.
- Meet with your department's Internship Coordinator regarding internship requirements.
- Departments do not assign or locate internships for students. Apply and secure an internship.
- Ensure that your internship meets University internship guidelines and requirements.
- Ensure that your internship meets Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Unpaid internships not meeting the FLSA test for unpaid interns will not be approved. Know Your Rights is a great resource.
- Once you have secured an internship, meet again with your Internship Coordinator for approval of the internship; complete paperwork.
- Once paperwork is approved, register for the internship course.
- Complete internship assignments/requirements.
Note: Students must be enrolled in an internship course while actively interning to earn academic internship credit. Internship credit cannot be retroactively applied to a non-credit internship experience.
St. Cloud Area
- Avivo
- Avon Minnesota City Hall
- Benton Economic Partnership, Inc.
- Central Minnesota Council on Aging
- Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, Inc.
- City of Big Lake
- Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation
- Lutheran Social Services- St. Cloud
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
- St. Cloud Area Planning Organization
- St. Cloud Downtown Council
Twin Cities
- City of Blaine
- City of Brooklyn Center
- City of Brooklyn Park
- City of Fridley
- City of Golden Valley
- City of Minneapolis
- City of Rogers
- City of St. Louis Park
- Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Greater MN
- City of Albert Lea
- City of Little Falls
- City of Upsula
- Hutchinson Economic Development Authority
- Initiative Foundation
- Iron Range Tourism Bureau
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
- Minnesota Forest Resource Council