Internships

Housed in Business Career Services, the Internship Program empowers undergraduate and graduate students to maximize experiential learning opportunities by equipping them with tools and strategies key to making a successful leap into the highly competitive workforce.

Students gain a competitive advantage for future employment by participating in internships. Specifically, internships provide meaningful work experience, chances to network with industry executives and an introduction to potential careers and employers, along with acquiring new skills and a firsthand perspective on how to apply classroom knowledge to the workplace.

Internship services offered by the center include:

  • Exploratory Internship Conversations
  • Internship Planning Assistance
  • Internship Searching Assistance
  • How to earn academic credit for internships
  • Reflective discussions about internships for career planning

Earn Academic Credit for Internships

We have transitioned the Internship for Academic Credit application process to the College of Business's Career Platform, Handshake. To apply, please click the button below:

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Program Policies & Procedures   

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP COURSES AND REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate business students seeking to complete a credit-earning internship should submit their application through the College of Business's Career Platform, Handshake. Before applying, it's essential to familiarize yourself with the course requirements. You can find detailed information about specific internship courses and their prerequisites below:

Accounting Majors

ACG 4941: Accounting Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of general business elective credit

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s):
ACG 4632: Auditing Theory and Application I
Tax 4001: Federal Tax Accounting I

Additional Information: Counts toward the 30 hours of accounting required by the State of Florida for CPA licensure.

Finance Majors

FIN 4941: Finance Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of general business elective credit

Prerequisite(s):
FIN 3403: Financial Management of the Firms
FIN 3244: Financial Markets, Institutions and International Finance Systems

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

General Business

GEB 4941: General Business Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of general business elective credit

Prerequisite(s): None

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Please note: Students seeking to document an experience for 0 credits or transcript recognition should explore the Experience Recognition Program offered through the FSU Career Center.

Human Resource Management Majors

MAN 4941: HR Management Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of major elective credit within the HR Management major

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s):
•    MAN 3240: Organizational Behavior
•    3 credit hours of management, HR or major-specific general business core courses

Management Majors

MAN 4941: Management Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of major elective credit within the Management major

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s):
•    MAN 3240: Organizational Behavior
•    3 credit hours of management, HR or major-specific general business core courses

Management Information Systems Majors

ISM 4941: Management Information Systems Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of major elective credit within the Management Information Systems major

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s): 
•    ISM 4212: Information for Operating Control and Data Management

Marketing Majors

MAR 4941: Marketing Internship

Counts for: 3 credit hours of marketing major-specific general business core courses

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s):
•    MAR 3023: Basic Marketing Concepts
•    3 credit hours of marketing major-specific general business core courses

Professional Sales Majors

MAR 4941: Professional Sales Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of major elective credit within the Professional Sales major

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s):
•    MAR 3023: Basic Marketing Concepts 
•    MAR 3400: Professional Selling

Additional Information: MAR 4941 is a graduation requirement for professional sales majors.

Real Estate Majors

REE 4941: Real Estate Internship

Counts for: 3 credit hours of general elective credit

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s): None

Risk Management/Information Majors

RMI 4941: Risk Management/Insurance Internship

Counts for: 3 hours of general business elective credit

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s): 
•    RMI 3011: Risk Management and Insurance
•    6 credit hours of Risk Management/Insurance major-specific general business core courses

GRADUATE INTERNSHIP COURSE AND REQUIREMENTS

We have transitioned the Internship for Academic Credit application process to the College of Business's Career Platform, Handshake. To apply, please click the button below:

Apply Now

MAcc, MBA, MS-BA and MSF Students

GEB 5944: Graduate Internship for MAcc, MBA, MS-BA and MSF

Counts for: 3 hours of general business elective credit for MBA, MS-BA and MSF; MAcc permits up to 6-credit hours.

Minimum work hours required during semester: 150

Prerequisite(s): None

Additional Information: Graduate student requests to enroll in internship courses require departmental permission and/or approval. Graduate students may not use full-time employment as an internship for academic credit. To qualify as a graduate level internship, experience must strongly reinforce the key concepts learned throughout coursework.

Internship Search Assistance

Business Career Services has created a list of resources to help students quickly locate websites dedicated to internships. The list is not intended to be exhaustive, and addition of these resources should not be interpreted as an endorsement by the center.

Internship Search Resources

FSU Affiliated Resources
  • FSU College of Business Job Board allows students to search for job and internships opportunities posted by employers actively recruiting College of Business students.
  • NoleNetwork is the FSU Career Center’s system for linking students and alumni directly with hiring employers and FSU Career Center programs.
  • FSU International Programs Internships – FSU’s International Programs offers internships every semester in four international cities.
     
Public Sector and Nonprofit Resources
Additional Internship Search Resources


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For questions, please contact us at internships@business.fsu.edu.