Internship Information

Internships within the AIT Major Program are implemented in the course APIT 490 and are a part of the foundation course sequence. Internships typically carry three semester-hours of credit. An internship course is under the direction of a faculty member in the program who will also serves as the internship advisor.

Students work with their internship advisor to secure an assignment that meets the specifications of the experience toward the B.S. in AIT degree program. Working together, the student and internship advisor outline the goals and nature of the proposed internship. To qualify for an internship, the student must be majoring in AIT, possess a grade point average of no less than 3.0 in the major, have at least junior standing.

The student accepted into this course will spend 10 to 15 hours a week as an intern with an organization in the Rochester area. The student will perform tasks assigned by the supervisor in the organization with the goal of participating in meaningful, real-world IT-based applications or research. The student will submit a weekly journal and meet periodically with the internship advisor. A post-internship presentation and report describing the relationship of courses taken, new skills acquired, problems encountered and tangible accomplishments will be delivered by the student to the advisor, faculty of the Department, and Industry Advisory Board members, and students.

The student’s internship sponsor will submit an evaluation of the student’s work to the advisor. Based on this evaluation and the student’s presentations and reports (written and oral), the advisor will assign a final grade.

Students may not take this course more than once.

Although every effort will be made to arrange an internship for a qualified student, there is no guarantee that there will be a sufficient number of internships to accommodate qualified students wishing to enroll in the course. It should be noted that it is very rare that an internship cannot be found.