HUM 398R—Internship in the Humanities
Director: Jason Flora, Department Internship Coordinator
Office: Taylor 240E, Department of Humanities & Philosophy, BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID 83460-1525
Phone: (208) 496-4348; E-mail: floraj@byui.edu
Catalogue/Course Description
HUM 398R Humanities Internship
Prerequisite: Junior-level status; approval of Department Chair or Internship Coordinator
An internship is a cooperative program between the BYU-Idaho Department of Humanities &
Philosophy and an approved organization. Professional internships are intended to connect students’
coursework with real-life work experience. Likewise, internships provide students with knowledge
of career opportunities, in addition to preparation for employment after graduation. The student, in
consultation with the department Internship Coordinator, develops potential ideas for internships.
Course Description & Philosophy
The BYU-Idaho Internship in the Humanities program is specifically designed to give students a
personal experience in a professional Humanities-related career prior to graduation. The internship
should enhance and augment the student’s upper-division classroom studies and experience.
The internship is not considered a work-study course, and, therefore, is not intended to be completed
between semesters. Rather, internships are to be viewed as an after-hours, part/full-time experience,
and are more likely to be available outside the BYU-Idaho vicinity.
Credits
This is a variable credit course (1-3 credits). A minimum of 70 hours of on-the-job work experience
is required for each credit hour earned.
Learning Outcomes
 Learn important skills working in a professional Humanities-related field.
 Integrate and apply concepts and skills learned in the classroom to on-the-job work settings.
 Cultivate future employment opportunities and professional connections while gaining a
greater understanding and vision of career options and possibilities.
 Prepare for graduate/law school, professional-level employment, or other life-long learning
opportunities
Assessment
Personal Internship Work Journal
Oral Presentation (delivered to Humanities faculty/students)
Experience Provider Evaluation
Student Self-Evaluation of Internship Program & Experience
50%
50%
Highly Desired
Required
Internship Conduct
Students should remember that they are ambassadors of BYU-Idaho. Your honest and faithful service
will bless you and others in the future. Students are expected to abide by the university Honor Code
while completing the internship experience.
Personal Internship Work Journal
Every two weeks, journals should be submitted via e-mail. These journal entries should be brief
summaries of your work experiences during the previous weeks and should contain a log of the hours
worked. More specifically, journal submissions should address the four major learning outcomes
underlying the Humanities internship program (see Learning Outcomes above).
Oral Presentation
Requirement to be explained later.
Student Self-Evaluation of Internship Program & Experience
Students are required to submit an end-of-experience evaluation in order to receive credit and a grade
for their internship. A reminder notice will be emailed to you 2 weeks prior to the end date of your
experience. You will simply log back in to Career Navigator, pull up your internship, and click on the
“self-evaluation” tab. (You do not need to receive the notice to complete the evaluation – simply log
in at the appropriate time and your evaluation should be available to you.)
Experience Provider Evaluation of Work Performance
Internship Experience Providers are also asked to complete an online evaluation to monitor their
experience with BYU-Idaho interns, and to provide a means of communicating problems or concerns
to University administrators. Like the intern, Experience Providers will be notified of this postinternship evaluation via email two (2) weeks prior to the internship completion date.
NOTE ON CONFIDENTIALITY: Notices appear on both the Student and Experience Provider
evaluations reassuring each that their respective comments will not be available to or be seen by the
other. Such will ensure that the student and Experience Providers feel comfortable in being honest
and forthright as each evaluates the internship experience.
Initial Procedures
Potential interns should adhere to the following guidelines to successfully initial their internship:
1. Research prospective internship opportunities;
2. Schedule and meet with Humanities Internship Coordinator to gain preliminary approval;
3. Secure the internship position;
4. Fill out an “Initial Internship Approval” form on Career Navigator. Go to
www.byui.edu/academic-discovery-center/students, complete and save the form, and print (3)
copies.
5. Visit with your Humanities Internship Coordinator for approval and have them sign your
form; obtain a copy of the course syllabus;
6. Take the form to your College Academic Discovery Center for initial review. Follow up with
any additional documentation you may be required to submit;
7. Bring the form to the Academic Discovery Center in 129 MC for final review;
8. Upon final approval, the Academic Discovery Center will authorize you to register for the
appropriate course;
9. YOU will be responsible for registering for the course once authorized. Failure to do so in a
timely manner may result in lost credit;
10. Begin working. Complete syllabus assignments and all evaluations.
NOTE: If you are the first BYU-Idaho intern to work under your Experience Provider, that
particular organization MUST complete a one-time, online Master Internship Agreement. This
agreement must be signed and on file in the Academic Discovery Center prior to the start of
the internship experience.
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