Enhance Your Skills with an Internship
Internships help students prepare for a career with relevant work experience where they can apply coursework skills and knowledge and gain exposure to jobs within their chosen industries.
BYU-Idaho provides a wealth of information to help you find internship opportunities, approval forms, and other useful internship information.
Geology Internship Requirements
How Do I Find an Internship?
- Talk to students who have had an internship.
- Watch for opportunities posted on LinkedIn, USAjobs.gov, INL.gov, and other sites.
- Contact companies or entities you’re interested in working for. Do this by phone call, not online (unless they have a job posting online, then follow its instructions). This should usually be done in about February for the following summer.
- Contact people you know, our seminar speakers, alumni, guest speakers in classes, etc.
How Do I Start the Process?
After you have found an internship, fill out the Internship Approval Form here: https://www.byui.edu/internships/internship-approval This will automatically send requests to the department coordinator and the internship provider.
The Department coordinator will approve or deny your request. If it’s denied, you’ll be given instructions on how to get it approved.
Once it’s approved, you can register for Geol. 498R. This will (hopefully) also enroll you in the I-Learn course, but there is no course material or assignments there (see below).
What Are My Responsibilities During the Internship?
- Send a weekly report to the Department coordinator (by email) saying what you did that week, what you learned, and any obstacles you encountered or concerns you have.
- At the end of the internship, send a report summarizing the internship to the Department coordinator. Your supervisor should also send a brief report on your performance to the Department Internship Coordinator.
- Conduct yourself professionally at all times. Do your very best work. Complete every assignment. Represent BYU-Idaho and our Department with honor. Treat all coworkers with respect.
Career Help
America's Job Bank
Geology and Earth Science Jobs
Earth Science Jobs
Sloan Career Cornerstone Center - Gives guidance on geoscience careers and has links to job opportunities.
www.rigzone.com - Includes an extensive directory of petroleum and service companies
(Service companies provide data and services to petroleum companies. They generally hire people with 2-5 years of industry experience, and are excellent employers).
Some petroleum companies: Amerada Hess, Anadarko, BP-Amoco Arco, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Pioneer Resources, Shell, TotalFinaElf, and others.
A few of their web sites include job postings, and most discuss careers.
Other environmental companies: Bechtel, Tetratech, CH2Mhill, Golder Associates, Weston Solutions, EarthTech, Shaw Group, Brown and Caldwell, Jacobs, and others.