As a graduation requirement for the senior level health promotion and fitness major, internship opportunities allow students to integrate their formal academic preparation with a quarter long work experience. The major purpose of this internship is to provide the students with practical experience in a setting where learning is the primary objective of that experience. A primary objective of the internship program is to further the development of a central core of values, attitudes, skills and information related to the world of work through experiences outside the classroom and campus environment. Students are given the opportunity to add depth and relevance to their classroom work, enabling them to gain a sense of different career fields and of specific jobs within each of these fields, as well as allowing them to improve job search and interviewing skills. The duration of the internship is based on the number of credit hours in which the student is enrolled.
Academic credit given meets institutional criteria for a full time student.
Internship opportunities are available during the entire calendar year. Otterbein's strength in this area and unusual depth of prospective internship site offerings derive from its location. Columbus, the capital city, and its surrounding communities offer many opportunities for students to gain access to a wide variety of work settings-from governmental to corporational, commercial to recreational, and public to private agencies.