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What You Need to Know Before Applying for an Internship

The Internship Program is a PCC Computer Information Science Co-op course (CIS299 COOP).

Before you can enroll in CIS 299,
you must meet the course prerequisite requirements:

1. Be a declared CIS major at Pima Community College.

2. Be a U.S. citizen or have a legal visa to work in the United States
(these are not college student aid jobs)

3. Complete the Internship Application for Employment on-line.

4. Be employed with one of the Pima College Intern Partners.

Before you fill out the application:
  • Go to the on-line syllabus for CIS299.
  • Print the syllabus.
  • Read the entire syllabus carefully.
  • Understand all the terms of the syllabus (especially the prerequisites, credits you will be required to enroll in, and the lecture requirements).
  • Agree to the syllabus terms. (Remember the syllabus is a contract between you and the college, and it is one of the questions on the application.)

If you do not understand the terms of the syllabus, stop now and E-Mail us .

After you complete the Internship Application for Employment,
the program coordinator will:

a. Review your application for completeness and e-mail you if additional information is needed.

b. Match your information responses with employer information responses
(The student must meet the education and experience qualifications for the position).

c. Notify you that a position matches, explain the job description, and ask if you want to interview for the job.

d. Email or FAX a letter of introduction with the your name to the employer, if you would like to interview.

e. Give you the name/telephone of the person to call at the employer to make an appointment for an interview.

At this point, you, the student, will do the following:

f. Call the employer to set up an appointment for an interview.

g. Attend your interview, being sure to bring along your resume.

h. If offered a position by the employer and you accept, you must within seven (7) days enroll in both CIS299 (1 credit) and CIS299wk (8 credits), for a total of 9 credits.
You may enroll in CIS299 on either the East Campus or the West Campus.

Notes on CIS 299 credits:

A student may only take CIS299/299wk two times for a maximum of 18 credits or one year in an internship job.

CIS299wk credits are calculated as 1 credit for each 75 hours worked at the place of employment in the Intern Program. At an average of 20-30 hours per week, each semester covers a six-month period of employment and requires a total of 600 worked hours, which equals 8 credits. The student then enrolls in the second semester of CIS299wk and must complete another 600 hours over the next six months for an additional 8 credits and to complete the one-year period of employment. The total for CIS299wk--the actual work employment for one year (two semesters)--is 16 credits. The total for CIS299--the lecture portion of the course--over the one-year (two-semester) period is 2 credits. This amounts to a total of 18 credits during the one-year (two-semester) internship period.

If you do not understand this credit requirement, stop now and E-Mail us .

If you do understand all the terms, agree to contract with this syllabus, and meet all the prerequisites, then you may send an Internship Application.


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Document created: 21-Sep-2000