Internships

An Internship is work experience that integrates the strengths of a business education with the skills and training of on-the-job experience. It complements and enhances a student’s academic training and provides a "real world" introduction to that individual’s career field. 

Business majors at A&M-Corpus Christi with a second semester junior standing or above and with a grade point average of 2.75 in their upper division work, 9 hours upper division work completed in major, and 12 hours of upper division general course work completed can apply to participate in an internship. Accounting majors will need to have 12 hours of upper division course work in accounting completed and an upper level GPA of 3.0 or higher to apply for an internship. Students receive three hours of credit for the experience (major elective) as well as a grade. Students are assigned a faculty sponsor who will assign a grade in the internship course. The grade will be comprised of a work journal, final report or presentation, and an evaluation completed by the internship supervisor.

The work experience:

  • Must be in your major.
  • Must consist of a minimum of 120 hours during the semester.
  • The salary is negotiated between the employer and student. Students will normally perform some routine tasks but need to spend the majority of their time working on a challenging project or function that requires crucial thinking, imagination, originality, common sense, and emphasizes the development of professional skills.

Student needs to:

  • Interview with employers.
  • Register with the Internship Coordinator, and procure a faculty sponsor.
  • Meet with his/her advisor and submit paperwork the semester prior to enrolling in the internship.
  • Register for course after all paperwork is complete.
  • Write a project proposal for your faculty sponsor.
  • Provide a copy of the final report or presentation to the faculty sponsor and the internship coordinator

CREDIT FOR THE INTERNSHIP WILL BE WITHHELD UNTIL THE EVALUATION FROM THE EMPLOYER AND THE COPY OF THE WRITTEN REPORT ARE IN THE FILES OF THE INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR.

Internship Information and Online Forms

Visit our Career Services page for information on our recurring Internship Fair as well as other employment opportunities.