Internships provide students opportunities to apply the knowledge, skills, and abilities they have developed in their academic program in a business, industry, service or government setting. Working with the internship coordinator, students develop their internship opportunity in advance of the internship semester.
Internship students typically prepare reports and posters summarizing their internship for presentation at the School of Science & Technology Spring Semester Twitter (SST2) Research and Activity Expo, for conferences away from GGC, or for publication in the appropriate literature.
BIOL 4800 – Biology Internship (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of the internship coordinator. An internship or research project is required of all biology majors. Internships need to be approved 3-6 months prior to registration in the course. Upon completion of this internship, students will:
- gather accurate information about a possible career path
- effectively use methodology associated with the profession such as the scientific method, problem-solving in the work environment or assuming responsible tasks of the profession
- communicate in-depth scientific information effectively in oral and written form using appropriate terminology and media
- collect and analyze data and interpret results in chart/graph and oral/written form
ESCI 4700 – Exercise Science Internship (3 credits)
Prerequisite: to be determined. This course is in development.
ITEC 4900 – Information Technology Internship (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Completion of at least 28 hours of IT courses and permission of the internship coordinator. Internships are supervised experiential experience in applied ITEC. A faculty member will serve as academic coordinator. A final report must be submitted by the last week of the term. The faculty advisor will determine student’s grade after consultation with the work supervisor. Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
- investigate an information technology system, identify a problem area and collect data to support this finding
- generate a number of possible approaches that address the identified problem
- develop the criteria to be used to select an approach from among the possible approaches
- evaluate the proposed solutions and select the solution best suited given the time and resources
- generate a detail plan for the execution of the chosen solution that includes timelines and milestones
- orally defend the proposal and timeline to an internship committee
- demonstrate consistent forward progress along that timeline
- collect documents and notes in a portfolio that documents the process, progress and setbacks encountered during this project; this must include dated project notes kept in a bound project notebook
- publicize and present the investigation, selection, development and solution in a formal public forum.
Examples of Internships
Biology
- Pharmacy- learn pharmaceutical techniques and career information by interning at an approved pharmacy.
- Teaching- observe and practice lecture, assignment preparation and gradingskills by interning with a GGC faculty member.
- Public Health – Various projects include: develop training materials for food service employees, track and assess health code violations to determine patterns, and give training seminars to facilities overseen by Gwinnett County Environmental Health Department.
- Medicine – learn about a specific health profession such as Physician Assistant or Physical therapist at Gwinnett Medical Center.
Exercise Science
To be determined
Information Technology
To be determined
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