Internships in Business & Economics Disciplines and Coaching Minor
The Department of Business & Economics internship program is designed to enrich the educational experience of students by placing them into a business environment. This environment provides practical experience in the student's field of interest along with an opportunity to observe and apply concepts learned in the classroom.
The internship approval process is the responsibility of the student.
Is an internship required for your major or minor?
Discipline | Required or Elective | Notes |
Accounting major or minor | Elective | Must be at the 300- or 400-level |
Coaching minor | Required | Must be at the 300- or 400-level |
Economics major or minor | Elective | Must be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level |
Finance Major (choice of elective or choice of using it as the capstone) | Choice of capstone | Must be 400-level and must have completed FIN 301 before start of internship |
Elective | Students can elect to have an internship at the 200- or 300-level that doesn’t apply as their capstone requirement | |
Finance minor | Elective | Must be 300- or 400-level |
Land and Energy Management Major | Required | Must be at the 300- or 400-level |
Land and Energy Management Minor | Elective | Must be at the 300- or 400-level |
Management Major or minor | Elective | Must be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level |
Marketing Major or Minor | Elective | Must be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level |
Sport Management Major (two internships required) | Required | #1: Must be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level |
Required | #2: Must be at the 400-level | |
Sport Management Minor | Required | Must be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level |
More information about internships
Internships are typically three credit hours (120 hours of work). In some cases, students who want to complete one internship and work for more than one company can break their three-credit internship into one- or two-credit hour internship experiences.
Example: One internship with Company A can be for one credit hour and your second internship with Company B can be for two credit hours, and those internships happen in different semesters.
Students can complete more than one internship (maximum of nine credits can be earned).
Internship working hour requirements are:
One credit hour = 40 hours of work
Two credit hours = 80 hours of work
Three credit hours = 120 hours of work
A few notes:
Coaching internships can choose two- or three-credit hours. This is based on the student’s individual credits earned in the minor.
Internships completed at the 300- or 400-level satisfy the experiential education requirement of the General Education curriculum.
If the major or minor degree audit does not specifically list internships as an elective, the Department Chair can substitute an internship into the elective area.
Internships must be started and completed in the same academic term.
Internship Approval Process
Students seeking academic credit for their internships must have them approved by Marietta College before starting. The process follows.
You can fill out and submit the internship form online.
You will need the following Information to complete the form:
- Job description of the internship from the company
The description should indicate what your job will be during the internship.
- Internship working hour requirements are:
One credit hour = 40 hours of work
Two credit hours = 80 hours of work
Three credit hours = 120 hours of work
- Grading type: S/U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory
- Faculty Advisor/Instructor
Rick Smith (rcs003@marietta.edu)
- Site supervisor
This information is your internship supervisor/boss, including first and last name, job title, organization they work for, email address, and phone number.
- Reflection component
“B&E Portfolio”
- Course prefix and course number is determined by the discipline and the level of work the internship job description outlines.
- Accounting = ACCT
- Coaching = PHED
- Economics = ECON
- Finance = FINN
- Land & Energy Management = LEMG
- Management = MNGT
- Marketing = MKTG
- Sport Management = SMGT
- Level of Work: 200, 300, or 400
The level of work is determined by the job description. This may be adjusted by the faculty instructor or the Records Office. If you have any questions, email the job description to the faculty instructor ahead of filling out the form.
General guidelines:
200-level internships are positions that are heavily supervised, will complete mostly general office tasks or very low-level work, and will not have any independent projects.
300-level internships are positions that have very little or moderate supervision, be expected to work independently sometimes, interact with customers heavily, be assigned projects, etc.
400-level internships are positions where you may have other staff/interns reporting to you, and/or you’ll be expected to work independently almost all the time with very little supervision, you’ll interface with clients a lot or be assigned client projects. Key words in these job descriptions include: lead, direct, manage, control, oversee, develop, create.
Internship Assessment Checklist
Your internship will be assessed at the midpoint/midterm and the endpoint/final.
- MIDTERM ASSESSMENT
Students will submit:
Work hours already logged using the work hours template
Two-page written report outlining the work you have already completed
- FINAL ASSESSMENT
For the final assessment, students will create ONE FILE in Microsoft Word with a table of contents (use Word’s table of contents feature) and the following sections:
Your midterm two-page written report
Your midterm evaluation from your supervisor
Work hours logged using the work hours template
A three-page (minimum) executive summary that explains your internship work completed and answers the following questions:
What did you learn in classes at Marietta College that directly reflected their work in the internship?
What didn’t you learn in classes at Marietta College that you learned at the internship?
Which courses in the General Education prepared you well for this capstone internship experience, and why?
Which courses in your major prepared you well for this capstone internship experience, and why?
How did you mature, as a business professional, in the process of completing your internship experience?
An updated career statement and updated resume
A detailed description of one project you completed
PRESENTATION
Students will also complete a digital presentation and present at either Landmark Experience Day (for summer and fall internships) or All Scholar’s Day (for winter and spring internships). The presentation should be in PowerPoint or similar, 7-10 slides, and describe the work completed. Pictures are expected to be included, except in cases where private business or client information is included, then the student can use stock photos from the internet, such as an accounting intern who completes tax returns or a finance intern who manages an investment portfolio.