The Internship Experience
The Internship Experience is an elective 3-credit information technology (IT) offering at the associate-degree level and a required offering at the bachelor-degree level that provides the student with an opportunity to build a professional portfolio of relevant work experience. With the guidance of an organizational mentor, students will develop a significant IT project that applies appropriate information technology (IT) skills in hardware/networking, database design and development, programming, or client- server-side Web scripting. The internship is offered at three levels: CIS280, CIS380, and CIS480.
CIS280
The CIS280 Internship Experience is an elective information technology (IT) offering at the associate-degree level that provides the student with an opportunity to build a professional portfolio of relevant work experience. With the guidance of an organizational mentor, students will develop a significant IT project that applies appropriate IT skills in hardware/networking, database design, programming, data, and Web design and development.
CIS380
The CIS380 Internship Experience is a required information technology (IT) offering at the bachelor-degre level that provides the student with an opportunity to build a professional portfolio of relevant work experience. With the guidance of an organizational mentor, students will develop a significant IT project that applies appropriate IT skills in hardware/networking, database design, programming, data, and Web design and development.
CIS480
The CIS480 Internship Experience is an elective information technology (IT) offering at the bachelor-degree level that provides the student with an opportunity to build a professional portfolio of relevant work experience. The CIS480 Internship Experience is typically a continuation of a 300-level internship (that requires another 150 work hours) that requires a significant amount of independent research and a higher level of responsibility.