{"id":1334,"date":"2013-03-25T20:34:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T20:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2013-03-25T20:34:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T20:34:44","slug":"mic499","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/mic499\/","title":{"rendered":"MIC 499: Biotechnology Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, apprenticeship or special project, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chunk\">\n<h3>MIC 499: Biotechnology Internship<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Permission of MIC Internship Coordinator and Department Chairperson<\/li>\n<li>Junior or senior standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The experience will be defined by a job description and learning contract arranged by the MIC internship coordinator, student intern, and relevant agency<\/li>\n<li>Earn 3 &#8211; 12 credits; Max of 12 credits total towards major credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Jay Sperry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:jsperry@mail.uri.edu\">jsperry@mail.uri.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>401.874.5900<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cels.uri.edu\/cmb\/Default.aspx\">Click here for more information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chunk\">\n<h3>ITR 302\/304: Field Experience &amp; Seminar<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.5 cumulative GPA or higher<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 60 credits prior to internship<\/li>\n<li>Available free elective credits<\/li>\n<li>Good academic and social standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earn between 6 &#8211; 15 free elective credits<\/li>\n<li>ITR 302 (field experience) 3 &#8211; 12 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li>ITR 304 (seminar) 3 credits (Graded)<\/li>\n<li>Seminar offered online and in class (in class &#8211; spring only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Center for Career and Experiential Education<\/li>\n<li>Roosevelt Hall South Side<\/li>\n<li>401.874.2311<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/internship-application\/\">Click here to submit an application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"opps\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which environmental, marine, health and economic-related students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[themify_col grid=&#8221;2-1 first&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Cancer Society, New England<\/li>\n<li>Bioactive Botanical Research Lab<\/li>\n<li>Blue Cross &amp; Blue Shield of Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>Environment RI<\/li>\n<li>Institute for the Study &amp; Practice of Nonviolence<\/li>\n<li>Metcalf Institute for Marine &amp; Environmental Reporting<\/li>\n<li>Narragansett Bay Research Reserve<\/li>\n<li>Newport Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Norman Bird Sanctuary<\/li>\n<li>Ocean State Clean Cities<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Environment Management<\/li>\n<li>RI Department of Health<\/li>\n<li>RI Hospital<\/li>\n<li>RI Eye Institute<\/li>\n<li>Roger Williams Park Zoo<\/li>\n<li>Save the Bay<\/li>\n<li>Sport and Spine Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<li>URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America<\/li>\n<li>URI Recreational Services<\/li>\n<li>US Environmental Protection Agency<\/li>\n<li>West Bay Family YMCA Athletic Training<\/li>\n<li>Westerly Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>WPRI\/WNAC-TV-Meterology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/themify_col] [themify_col grid=&#8221;2-1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>American Orthopedics<\/li>\n<li>Berkshire Botanical Garden<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage Hill Farm<\/li>\n<li>Cape Cod National Seashore<\/li>\n<li>Chatham Shellfish Company<\/li>\n<li>Fairfield Animal Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater &amp; Environmental Services<\/li>\n<li>Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Marine Conservation Biology Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Environmental Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Marine Fish Conservation Network<\/li>\n<li>Mystic Aquarium &amp; Institution of Oceanography<\/li>\n<li>Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association<\/li>\n<li>New York State Institute for Research<\/li>\n<li>New England Wild Flower Society<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Phipps Conservatory &amp; Botanical Gardens<\/li>\n<li>Prehab Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Student Conservation Association, INC<\/li>\n<li>Students for a Just &amp; Sustainable Future<\/li>\n<li>UC San Diego Institute of Oceanography, Marine Physical Lab<\/li>\n<li>Ullucci Sports Medicine<\/li>\n<li>University Orthopedica, INC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/themify_col]<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: End-of-year-report pages 34-37: Internship Placements from Fall 2010, Spring 2011, &amp; Summer 2011, and Explore Internship Opportunities by Major Archives 2009-2011 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earn 3 &#8211; 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