Internship Approval Guidelines
- Students must have taken at least five information science courses
- Have consent and approval of the Internship Coordinator
- Complete the Undergrad Internship Application form
- Once you have completed both the Undergrad Internship Application and the Employer Internship Agreement, you will need to request a permission code for the class using the SCI Permission Code System
- Only one INFSCI internship will count for credit as an INFSCI capstone class requirement. Students who wish to complete a second INFSCI internship must contact their INFSCI advisor.
Internship Position Requirements
- Internships can be paid or unpaid
- minimum of 180 hours of work per semester
- Must complete the internship in the term when you are registered for INFSCI 1720
- Work duties/positions must be directly related to the information science and technology fields. Some examples of acceptable positions are:
- Programmer / web developer / application developer
- Database administrator
- Data analyst
- Business analyst
- Project manager
- Web designer
- Technical liaison
- Quality assurance/systems testing
- The following duties/positions will not be accepted as valid internship positions:
- Data entry
- Filing
- Document scanning
- Help desk triage
- Customer service
For more information about internships, please contact:
Emily Bennett
Manager, Experiential Learning
emb108@pitt.edu
412-383-0395