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Internship Basics
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A Valuable Element for a Successful Internship
An integrated degree is tailored to fit students' interests. It provides relevant, and in most cases required, internships - and ultimately enhances marketability.
Integrated bachelor's degrees, which are a unique feature to our academic offerings, give a broader spectrum of educational experience and will become the backbone of the BYU-Idaho curriculum.
These degrees require a maximum of 45 credit hours in the major area of study with the remainder of the credits being tailored to the student's specific postgraduate intentions and interests. By linking creative curriculum, other areas of study, and internships, these degrees provide unique educational opportunities and greater marketability in the workplace.
The faculty is focused on the scholarship of learning and teaching.
Both the faculty and students at BYU-Idaho are engaged in a wide range of scholarly and research activities. However, the primary focus of our faculty is on the scholarship of learning and teaching. In order to be student centered, the university maintains a 25:1 student/faculty ratio and a serious commitment to the belief that everyone at BYU-Idaho is a teacher.
Internship vs. Practicum Definition
Internship
A BYU-Idaho internship experience is for academic credit and must be directly related to a students major. In other words, an internship is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied theory. An internship will typically last the length of a semester and will be under the direct supervision of a designated mentor from an on-site experience provider. An internship will have academic criteria attached to the experience provided by a syllabus from the student's major, culminating in a letter grade. An internship is not part of an academic course, but is the academic course.
Practicum
A BYU-Idaho practicum is a student experience tied to a particular academic course and is part of specific course requirements. The faculty instructor, often in cooperation with an on-site experience provider, supervises a practicum. A practicum is typically conducted part-time, and looked at as a career related opportunity while maintaining a full academic load of classes. Again, a practicum is part of an academic course, not a course in itself.
