Internships

Hands-On Experience for the Real World

Internships provide students with an excellent opportunity to get work experience while receiving college credit. They are resume boosters, adding value to your degree and preparing you for your professional career.

Animal science students have three options to receive course credit for internships:

• ANS 492 – Professional Experience in the Animal Sciences
• ANS 493 – Research Experience in the Animal Sciences
• ANS 494 – Teaching Experience in the Animal Sciences

Professional Experience in the Animal Sciences

In ANS 492, students gain experience relevant to their academic and career goals.

Upon completion, students will be expected to:

• Describe the nature of the experience and their specific role in that experience
• Describe the professional competencies and knowledge they developed or deepened through the experience
• Explain how they applied their formal academic experiences to ANS 492
• Describe how the ANS 492 experience contributed to the achievement of academic or career goals

Research Experience in the Animal Sciences

ANS 493 provides an opportunity for students to gain real-world experience in a scientific research program.

Upon completion, students will be expected to:

• Describe the goal of the research project and their specific role in that project
• Describe the professional competencies and knowledge they developed or deepened through the research experience
• Explain how they applied formal in-class experiences to the research experience
• Describe how the research experience contributed to the achievement of academic or career goals
• Explain how their understanding of the nature and practice of science was impacted by the research experience

Teaching Experience in the Animal Sciences

Through ANS 494, students gain experience with some aspect of teaching, including one or more of the following: leading or facilitating lessons, producing educational resources, or education research.

Upon completion, students will be expected to:

• Describe the goal of the course and their specific role in the course
• Describe the professional competencies and knowledge or skills they developed or deepened through the ANS 494 experience
• Explain how they applied formal in-class experiences to the ANS 494 experience
• Describe how the ANS 494 experience contributed to the achievement of academic or career goals
• Explain how their understanding of teaching and learning was impacted by the experience

Initiate an Internship

• Internships are initiated by completing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the student and the individual hosting/supervising the internship. (MOAs for the courses: ANS492, ANS493, and ANS494)
• Email a completed MOA to Melissa Merrill.
• Read the footnote on each MOA carefully and follow the submission directions exactly.
• Ensure that the number of course credits requested is justified by the number of internship contact hours (i.e., 45 contact hours are required for each course credit, and a maximum of 3 credits can be requested for each internship).
• Ensure that the addition of internship credits does not cause your total semester credits to exceed 18 credits. If it does, please ask your academic advisor to increase your credit load limit to allow for the addition of internship credits.
• Once you have completed the MOA, Dr. Merrill will add you to the class. If you do not see ANS 492, ANS 493 or ANS 494 on your schedule, then you are not in the class. Please be sure it’s on your schedule by the first week of classes.