International Field Research Program
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INTERNSHIP INFORMATION - HAPP 495/496
- Make an appointment with HAPP advisor to discuss your placement early in the preceding semester. Students must bring a completed application to the appointment. Students must have all their internship information turned in one week before classes start. If you do not turn in the information you may not be allowed into the class regardless of if you have an internship.
- Visit UMBC Career Services, http://careers.umbc.edu/students/index.php, BEFORE your interview for an internship. Career Services provides assistance with resumes, cover letters and mock interviews. This is key to a successful internship interview.
- Students are encouraged to seek out internships on their own.
- Students must be a senior the semester for which the internship is requested. (Senior standing is 90 credits or more).
- You cannot be on academic probation and must have a minimum GPA of 2.0.
- The HAPP internship (HAPP 495) is a 5-credit course and must be taken PASS/FAIL.
- The HAPP seminar (HAPP 496), is a 1-credit graded course and meets weekly as a discussion group. This course must be taken simultaneously with HAPP 495.
- All students registering for the internship must participate in a professional liability insurance plan for which you will be billed separately. The cost of the insurance is estimate to be between $20-$30 for the semester.
- The minimum semester requirement is 208 hours. Anything less than 208 hours at the placement site by the end of the semester will result in an incomplete (I) for the course.