Internship Seminar UNIV099
What is UNIV099?
UNIV099 is a zero (0) credit online internship seminar that is designed to complement a supervised internship experience.
For the purposes of this course, the University Career Center & The President’s Promise defines an internship as a monitored work experience that has intentional learning outcomes and goals for students in their intended career field. It is expected that the internship supervisor is a professional in the student's intended career field.
Course Goals
One of the primary goals of UNIV 099 is to help you reflect upon your internship experience. The course aims to help you identify newly acquired skills, connect your internship experience to knowledge obtained in the classroom, and better understand how to achieve your future career goals.
Undergraduate and Graduate Students Interested in UNIV099 Registration:
Course Information
- UNIV099 is offered Fall, Winter, Spring & Summer semesters.
- Students can repeat UNIV099, unless the student receives an F for not completing the course requirements in a previous semester.
- ATTENTION:
- Business Specialty Masters Students: Enroll in BMGT099
- Engineering Students: Enroll in ENCO099
- *Doctoral students in the research phase of their dissertation should register for 898/899*
Registration Requirements
- Complete MINIMUM of 75 hours at your internship site by the end of the internship.
- GPA Requirement: Minimum of 3.0 for graduate students; minimum of 2.0 undergraduate students.
- Click here for more information about UNIV099 course requirements
How do I register for UNIV099?
- In order to receive permission to register for UNIV099, students must submit their signed offer letter and learning contract.
- View a completed sample UNIV099 Learning Contract and offer letter. This is an example of the full ‘application’ you should email to UNIV099@umd.edu to apply for the course.
- This one page document provides internship supervisors with course requirements and information.
International Students on F-1 Visa:
- You will need to receive permission to register for UNIV099 (or a different internship course on campus) before you can get CPT authorization through ISSS. Be sure to follow the guide above on how to receive permission to register for UNIV099 in order to make the process as efficient as possible.
- Once you can enroll in UNIV099, work with ISSS to receive CPT authorization. To learn more about CPT authorization, please click here.
- You can intern full time during winter and summer, but only 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters.
Questions not addressed in the links above can be sent to UNIV099@umd.edu