Internships provide you with practical hands-on work experience that supplements your coursework and gives you valuable tools toward building your career. Your business internship will likely happen in your junior or senior year, after you’ve gained some background knowledge from coursework. However, there are some employers that will hire you earlier, so it is always good to start the process early.
It is a choice to have an internship, but it is highly recommended, and it is a choice to earn internship credits. To earn internship credits, you need to be working at the internship at the same time you are enrolled in the fully online internship class. The internship class runs in fall, spring and summer.
Internship credits count toward elective credits and the 120 credits required for graduation.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBS)
- May earn up to 6 internship credits.
- Internship credits are optional.
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (BABS)
- May earn up to 12 internship credits.
- 3 internship credits are required for graduation.
If you’re unsure whether you have elective credits available, schedule an appointment with your academic advisor through Starfish.
Process for Internship Credits
- Find a placement site steps:
- Identify a placement site on your own, through announcements in the COB Student Newsletter, attending a URI Internship & Job Fair, your personal network, or via Handshake. (Or another career database, for example LinkedIn or Indeed etc.).
- Contact Lynne Finnegan, Experiential Education Coordinator via email at ltfinnegan@uri.edu and let her know you have landed an internship and would like to earn internship credits, request the paperwork to be sent to you.
- Once you receive the paperwork, complete the Internship Form and email it back to Lynne Finnegan.
- You will also want to provide with the Internship Form, your job description and/or your offer letter/email from your placement site. Please make sure you have some details about your duties and hours.
- Once the paperwork is received it will be processed and you will be sent next steps for registering for the course. You will receive a permission number from the instructor to register for internship course code for internships.
Questions regarding your internship? Connect with Lynne Finnegan, Experiential Education Coordinator.