Outstanding work will be featured in the annual university undergraduate achievement celebration. Internships Students are encouraged to explore opportunities for study in the context of an internship in a business, government, social service agency, or union setting. An ECO 488 internship for credit provides an opportunity for the student to integrate work experience into the Economics major by doing related readings, keeping a daily journal reflecting on the lessons learned at work, and writing an analytical paper under the supervision of an ECO department faculty member. Essentially, an internship for credit is an independent research project undertaken in the context of a work environment that provides the student with access to data, people, and experience that will make the study of some economic issue possible. ECO course that has provided basic knowledge and analytic tools appropriate to the work setting.
Credit is variable, depending upon the time involved.
To enroll for internship credit in ECO 488, a student must have the approval of a supervising faculty member in the economics department and permission of the internship manager in the University's Career Center. This will involve acknowledgement and cooperation from the employing agency. Permission must be arranged before the start of the semester in which the student enrolls in ECO 488. The academic component of the internship must be done at the same time as the work component in the business or agency in which the student works. Qualified students can graduate with honors in Economics.