MSU 339 Course Syllabus, SAMPLE
Career Center | 428 University Blvd | Morehead, KY 40351 | Across from Baird Music Hall
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General Information
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Assignments are intended to prepare you for a professional job interview in which you can discuss
projects, skills, and accomplishments that you have obtained from your internship/job experiences.
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All assignments are REQUIRED. Failure to meet the minimum clock hour requirements, as
determined in the learning contract you signed with the employer, means an automatic failure
of the class, even if all other assignments are completed.
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Your internship begins when the semester begins, unless other arrangements have been approved by
the employer and the MSU Career Services internship coordinator. A set schedule of work hours
should be established the first week of your internship with the employer; the employer may adjust
these periodically, depending when they need the intern to work. MSU Career Services does NOT
need to approve this schedule. Verify with the employer if you will need to work on MSU break
days (such as fall or spring break), and other holidays.
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Sometimes internship hours do not match academic calendar dates, if this is true for your internship,
please contact the MSU Career Services internship coordinator ASAP to negotiate new deadlines for
your assignments. Adjustments to due dates for assignments can be made for the convenience of the
employer, not the intern.
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If you are having trouble with your internship, do not drop/withdraw without contacting the
instructor. Mediation with your supervisor may be an option or possibly continuing hours on another
site/project.
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This class will be treated like a professional job—meaning you are expected to keep up with your
assignments and if there is an issue with submitting assignments (i.e. illness, family emergency,
catastrophic weather), you must communicate with the instructor promptly.
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All written assignments, except the evaluation by your site supervisor (which can be emailed or
faxed to your MSU 339 instructor), must be submitted via MSU Blackboard. It is the student’s
responsibility to verify that submissions were received by the instructor, prior to finals week.
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Ten points will be deducted for assignments turned in late, unless a valid excuse is provide to the
instructor. The instructor decides what excuses are valid and which are not.
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MSU 339 Course Syllabus, SAMPLE
Career Center | 428 University Blvd | Morehead, KY 40351 | Across from Baird Music Hall
606.783.2233 | fax 606.783.9188 | www.moreheadstate.edu/career/
1. Report Internship in JobLink – 50 points
Interns should report internship placement information in MSU JobLink. To do so, go to your MSU
JobLink account and log-in. If you do not have an account, you may request one by going to:
www.moreheadstate.edu/career/
 Click the icon to the right that reads "MSU JOB LINK FOR STUDENTS"
 Then follow these steps:
o Login to your MSU JobLink account
o Click the Profile tab at the top of the page
o Scroll down to Placements and click
o Click Add New button at the bottom of that page
o For Position Type, choose “internship”
o Fill in all relevant information.
 All information is CONFIDENTIAL.
You will receive 50 points if it is done correctly.
2. LinkedIn Account Creation – 50 points
http://www.linkedin.com/
LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. As a registered user,
one creates a profile with details about their education, work experience and competencies. It is possible
to create a network of people from school, co-workers and people within ones profession. Once your
profile is completed, connect with Mike Esposito by doing a search for his name in the search engine.
You need to create an account, if you do not already have one. It is free. LinkedIn has many fields; at
minimum, complete these fields:
 Name
 Background Summary
 Experience (include your internship)*
 Education
 Skills and Expertise
3. Reflective Journal – 100 points
This is an academic paper and should be typed and include proper grammar and sentence structure. The
purpose of this paper is to have you learn to describe your projects and experience in a professional
manner. This will give you time to improve discussing your skills and accomplishments before doing
your “mock” interview and real interviews with employers.
It can be written in first person narrative as it is your view of your internship. Your employer will not
read this journal. Only the faculty instructor will read the journal. It should be long enough to give detail
of projects (i.e. 60 hours on the job would probably warrant a three page paper).
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MSU 339 Course Syllabus, SAMPLE
Career Center | 428 University Blvd | Morehead, KY 40351 | Across from Baird Music Hall
606.783.2233 | fax 606.783.9188 | www.moreheadstate.edu/career/
Guidelines for the Internship Reflective Journal
The student’s reflective journal is NOT a diary or log of everything they do each day at the job site. The
reflective journal should be a typed submission of projects that they are involved in, skills that they are
learning, have learned or used, culture and interpersonal professional interactions with their co-workers,
accomplishments and struggles that they have had to overcome or what they have learned from a
struggle on the job site. Length of journal depends on credit hours (hours on the job). Here are some
sample items that should be included:
1. Job responsibilities that have been assigned. Give details AND examples of you doing these
assignments.
2. Skills that you have learned or utilized in a new way; include interpersonal skills and customer
service skills
3. Projects that you are working on or planning
4. Accomplishments such as problem solving, taking initiative to create systems, or over-coming
obstacles. Give examples of you doing these things.
5. Personal thoughts and concerns…..If the student is having a problem, don’t wait. Contact the
internship coordinator at MSU Career Services and ask for advice or mediation with the
supervisor, 783-9047
6. The student should reflect on a project that they’ve been working on and how they would
handle it differently if given a similar project in the future
7. Summarize the experience so far. Did you like working for this employer? Would you like to
work for that employer after you graduate? Why or why not?
8. Use the STAR method to give examples of what you are doing in your internship. Tell about a
Situation you were in, the Tasks you had to do, the Actions you took and the Results of your
actions.
4. Resume – 100 points
The purpose of this assignment is to create a resume that you would submit to an employer. As such, it
must look professional and include your internship experience. Your resume should be concise and
focused on skills and accomplishments. It should probably be no longer than one page. Examples of
resumes can be found at: http://www.moreheadstate.edu/career/resumes/. Follow the provided
guidelines closely as they are the rubric for grading.
DO NOT have others write your resume for you or use a template. PLEASE UNDERSTAND: This
will be scrutinized very closely. Expectations are very high for this assignment. The reason for this is
an employer scrutinize your resume the same way. Unlike with a real job, however, you may be
allowed to resubmit it after the first due date in order to improve it (if needed).
5. On-line Interview – 100 Points
Needed Equipment
 Computer with internet access
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Web cam with the most current version of software (You are also welcome to use the
equipment at the Career Center, 428 University Blvd).
Where to do the Interview on-line
 Log into MSU JobLink, www.moreheadstate.edu/career/
 At the left, click button that says Record a Mock Interview
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Select MSU 339 - Hawkins Question Set from the list
o The system will check your connection; then just follow the directions.
o There are ten questions in this set. You will have the opportunity to re-record each of
your questions 2 times (i.e. you will be able to record each question and then view your
answers then re-do or go to the next question).
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Answer the questions that the interviewer asks IN RELATION TO YOUR INTERNSHIP. For
instance, if the interviewer asks “Why do you want to work here?” Your response should be
why you would want to work at the internship site as a full-time employee. As you progress
through your internship, it could be that you find you are not interested or suited for this job. If
so, you would answer why you do NOT want to work at the internship site.
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Your practice interview WILL NOT BE SEEN BY YOUR SITE SUPERVISOR. This is an
academic assignment and will only be seen and graded by the MSU 339 faculty, Mike Esposito,
unless you send it to someone else to review.
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Performing this interview will help you:
o Learn to describe your experience
o Reflect, evaluate and make career decisions from your experience
o Practice interviewing for a job
Sample mock interview questions:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why did you choose your field of study?
3. What are 2 - 3 weaknesses you need to improve?
4. What are your strengths?
5. What situations do your colleagues rely on you to handle?
6. Tell me about a major accomplishment.
7. Tell me about a project you worked on where you were especially proud of what you
accomplished.
8. Do you have an ideal position you want to prepare yourself for in the future?
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MSU 339 Course Syllabus, SAMPLE
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9. What do you plan to accomplish in your field?
10. Why do you want to work here?
6. Log of Hours – 50 points
Keep track of your hours on the job. You need to be on your internship 60 work hours for every 1 credit
hour received. You may keep an Excel log or a log that is used by your employer; just make sure to log
date, time, and number of hours. Make sure your name is on the log. You CAN turn this in sooner than
this date.
A template will be in Blackboard.
7. Evaluation by Supervisor – 100 points
You will provide your employer with an assessment form, which can be found in Blackboard or on the
Career Services web site, on the internship page. Your supervisor should review the evaluation with you
and offer comments and suggestions. You CAN turn this in sooner than this date.
The supervisor should send the evaluation directly to Mike Esposito either by email:
m.esposito@moreheadstate.edu or FAX to: (606) 783-9188.
Total points possible for this class: 550.
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