POL 495/POL578-Internship - Fall, 2006

Professor: Dr. Corliss Lentz

AB1 315M, 936-294-1459, pol_ccl@shsu.edu

Office Hours: T, Th.10:45 to 12:00 p.m. or by appointment

Course Requirement

•  Serve in an internship position in a government, governmental agency, or non-profit agency under a staff supervisor. Duties will be as assigned by the governmental agency. Each student must submit a contract by October 2, if they have not previously done so.

•  Keep a log/journal of internship activities to be used to develop a 5 page paper explaining internship duties, accomplishments, and learning experiences. The journal is for your benefit only to help refresh your memory so that you can write the paper. The paper will be typed (work processed) and is due Nov. 27, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Please give your supervisor a copy of your paper. A penalty of 1 letter grade will be assigned for each day the paper is late.

•  Inform your supervisors that their evaluation letter must be submitted by Nov. 27, 2004. It is your responsibility to see that the letter is submitted in a timely fashion.

•  General advice: Interns are expected to behave in a professional manner befitting an employee in the public sector. You are public employees with college degrees. Your dress, attitude, and demeanor should reflect well on SHSU.   

Aug. 21   Intern assignments given. Students will work 20 hours a week

Aug. 28   continue weekly log entrys

Sept. 4   HOLIDAY

Sept. 11   continue weekly log entries

Sept. 18   continue weekly log entries

Sept. 25   First Professional Development Activity: 4:00 p.m. The   University Center

        Dr. Bernice Strauss: Time Management

Oct. 2     continue weekly log entries; Internship contract due

Oct. 9     continue weekly log entries

Oct. 16     continue weekly log entries

Oct. 23   Second Professional Development Activity: 4:00 p.m. The   University Center

        Mr. B. D. Marshall: Office Behavior and Decorum

Oct.30   continue weekly log entries

Nov. 6     continue weekly log entries

Nov. 13   continue weekly log entries

Nov. 20   Third Professional Development Activity: 4:00 p.m. The   University Center

        Ms. Linda Meyer: Library Research Workshop

Nov. 27   FINAL ITEMS DUE: May be e-mailed to Dr. Lentz

    Final Paper Due

    Supervisor's Evaluation Due

Intern Evaluation Due

    Third Activity Sheet Due

Grading:

Recommendation from Intern Supervisor 30 points

Internship paper       40 points

First Activity Sheet       10 points

Second Activity Sheet       10 points

Third Activity Sheet       10 points

Internship contract       0 points

Evaluation of Internship     0 points

total points         100

Recommendation from Intern Supervisor

Make sure that your supervisor completes his/her evaluation form by Nov. 27, 2006. This evaluation is an important component of the grade. The form is available on BlackBoard.

Activity Sheets

The activity sheets are used to evaluate your knowledge and interest in the professional development activity. They are available on BlackBoard. These workshops are mandatory for interns. You may e-mail me the forms within 72 hours of the workshop.

Final Paper Guidelines

As you know, you must write a paper as your final assignment for POL 578. Write a 5 page paper that explains what you learned on your internship. Idenify 3-5 things that you specifically learned on your internship that will be valuable to you in your career and write about those.

Student Evaluation of Internship

You are expected to make a confidential evaluation of the internship. This information will not be shared, but is used by the Director of Graduate Studies to evaluate appropriate internships for future students. It does not carry a grade, but it's completion is a course requirement. The form is available on BlackBoard.