Professor Pat Paulson Internship
Information
An internship is an excellent way to explore the field of MIS in order to help you decide on a career path.
Feel free to stop by and discuss the possibility of an
Internship. It is a very rewarding and eye-opening experience. Please
realize that securing an internship is not a quick process. Students have
spent
months discussing the possibility of an internship with companies in which they
had an interest.
If you would like to do an MIS internship with Professor Paulson
you must observe these guidelines:
- Read and comprehend the Management
Information Systems and Operations Department requirements for an Internship. Note: Make sure that you satisfy the 'Eligibility' requirements.
- Make sure that you have completed the required courses: ACCT 211, ECON
201, ECON 222, MIS 312, MIS 362, MGMT 325, MGMT 334
- Complete the Internship Application, which is a multi-part form.
This allows you to register for the Internship as MIS 399, which is a 3 credit
hour class. If you want to apply for additional credit hours, you will need
to complete another Internship Application as MIS 398.
- Print out a current WSU transcript. Available at the WSU web site.
- Create a list of Internship objectives
- Create a job description. ( instead
of asking the supervisor to write one up, it is better to draft one yourself
and
submit it for their approval)
- Print out and complete the Internship Proposal and Contract
- Submit your completed application to Professor Paulson during the week
before classes start for the semester in which you will do the internship.
Understand your application consists of items 3,4,5,6 and 7.
Deliverables:
In addition to your work duties, you must provide Professor Paulson
with the following items during your internship:
- You will post a weekly
summary of your work activities. A suggested
template is provided. You can use class storage to maintain a Word document of all your internship activities and findings.
- A final paper, due before the last day of class for the semester(not the
last day of finals!). For the typical 3 hour internship you will write a
15 page paper that analyzes your
internship
experience
and
relates
what
you
learned
in your internship to the business classes that you have taken, especially MIS. The primary focus will be to relate what you learned
from your work experience to what you have learned about MIS at WSU. The
paper is expected to be professional and grammatically correct.
- Between the middle and end of your internship, print out the Employer
Evaluation
Form. Have your on-site supervisor complete the evaluation and mail it to:
Business Administration Department
Professor Paulson, 325 Somsen Hall
PO Box 5838
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987-5838
Your grade for the internship will be based equally on each of the deliverables.
You are responsible for making sure deadlines are met. I am not going to remind
you!
Additional items:
Make
sure you meet the eligibility requirements for year in school and GPA
Internships can be for up to 15 weeks maximum and must coincide with the academic semesters.
Extensions are not permitted.
You can only do one MIS internship.