Standard Course Syllabus

Internship in Psychology

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PSY 3369 or 3469

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Internship (in Psychology; 3369, 3469) is a 3 or 4 credit hour course with prerequisites of junior standing and consent of the instructor. A maximum of 6 hours may be earned and applied for credit toward fulfilling major requirements. A maximum of 3 hours may be earned and applied for credit toward fulfilling minor requirements.
 

Catalogue Description

This course provides practical experience in a professional urban setting. Students work in a business, government agency, state mental health institution, or similar location giving opportunities to apply their academic background to develop applied skills.

Learning Objectives

• To provide the student with an opportunity to experience the importance and relevance of ideas learned in course work.
• To broaden the experience of the student by exposure to professional settings.
• To provide the student with the experience of preparing a resume, applying for a job, and going through the interviewing and selection process for a job.
• To give the student the experience of working within a group/team.
• To enable the cooperating organization to receive the benefits of the special talents and background of the student.
• To improve the Psychology program by allowing the cooperating organization to examine the department's product and provide input to the department's program.

Choosing an Internship Site

No one picks an internship site for you. Much of the responsibility of finding an internship site is the student's. You may find an internship site that has been developed (i.e. students have interned at this site in the past) or you may blaze a new trail and establish an internship that may better fit your needs (many internships fall into this category). You may find potential internship site contact information as well as established internship sites here: http://www.ualr.edu/psycinfo/intern1a.html.

Guidelines for Students

1. That the project, or work plan, be defined well in advance of registration deadlines and be acceptable to the student, the faculty supervisor, internship mentor, and the internship coordinator.
2. A mid-semester report is provided to the faculty supervisor by the internship mentor (this may be formal using the Mid-Term Internship Mentor Feedback Form or informal at the discretion of your faculty supervisor).
3. An end-term paper (this should be a formal paper of at least 1000 words in length, APA style) submitted to your faculty supervisor.
4. An End-Term Internship Mentor Feedback Form from the internship mentor.
5. A written logbook of hours worked submitted to your faculty supervisor at end-term.
6. 3 credits, 100 hours minimum of documented work must be performed.
   4 credits, 120 hours minimum of documented work must be performed.
7. Internships will be unpaid. Your regular workplace cannot also serve as an internship.
8. Prerequisite requirements: Junior or Senior status and completed course work appropriate to the project as determined by the faculty supervisor and the internship mentor.
9. Prerequisite preferences: Overall GPA 3.0, psychology GPA 3.0.
10. Grades: Evaluation of the intern's work is executed by the faculty supervisor in consultation with the internship mentor.