Why Internships?
Internships provide students with something employers highly value- experience in the field. Many employers use internships as pre-hiring assessment and training, often hiring directly from their internship pools. Internships also provide students with contacts and networks that may assist them in their job search. Manhattanville's Center for Career Development (CCD) helps connect students to workplace learning experiences. Students test drive their career interests and build skills and abilities that prepare them to compete in the ever-changing global marketplace.
In an increasingly competitive job market, internships significantly contribute to the professional development and post-graduate success of our students. We strongly encourage students to complete 2-3 internship experiences during their college years.
Internships 101
Internships come in many shapes and sizes - micro-internships, paid internships, unpaid internships, single semester, year-round, school year, summer, and Internships for Credit. Students acquire internships through a variety of tools, resources, and networks. Employers directly target Manhattanville students on Handshake. While students may apply for opportunities through a range of platforms, Valiants are encouraged to utilize Handshake as a home base platform for profile presentation, searches, and applications. Internships for Credit are approved and processed through Handshake as well.
FAST FACTS
THE WHAT
- Internships are workplace experiences that provide students the opportunity to build new skills, elevate existing ones, apply classroom knowledge in on-the-job settings, discover interests, and establish relationships with mentors and professional contacts.
- Internships come in many shapes and sizes including standard internships, Internships for Credit, microinternships, summer internships, paid internships, unpaid internships.
- CCD helps you explore the options, prepare to pursue opportunities, and navigate the processes.
THE WHY
- Students are encouraged to pursue internships to gain useful experience, build competencies, discover new paths, and apply classroom learning to professional pursuits.
- Internships for Credit formally connect classroom and workplace learning to enhance both experiences.
THE WHO
- All students are eligible and encouraged to explore internships in their areas of interest.
- Internships for Credit are eligible to all students who have declared their major, completed 30 credit hours, and are full or part time matriculated students.
- Undergraduate Internships for Credit are administered by CCD through Handshake Experiences.
- International Graduate and Undergraduate Internships for Credit are administered by CCD & OISS through Handshake Experiences. All other Graduate Internships for Credit are processed via program chairs.
THE HOW
- CCD provides internship guidance. Students are encouraged to engage Handshake as the first step in refining their profile, documents, and search skills. Employers on Handshake directly target Manhattanville students.
- For credit-bearing internships (Internships for Credit), CCD administers the process of securing academic supervision and institutional approval. Overview, Workflow, and Checklist.
- Internships for Credit must fall within a student’s major or minor.
- F-1 student internships must fall within a student's major.
- Internships for Credit are overseen by a Faculty Supervisor. The CCD facilitates this role.
- Approved Undergraduate Internships for Credit courses are registered as 4497. Graduate courses are 5597.
- Students may apply for up to 9 internship credits toward their degree.
- Submissions for approval for credit must be processed prior to the internship. The course runs concurrently with the internship.
- CCD facilitates Submissions for Approval, course processing, Student & Worksite Supervisor evaluations, and mediates when concerns arise.
- Faculty Supervisors assign and grade coursework.
FAQs
Internships provide an opportunity to Gain valuable work experience and mentoring before graduation
- Develop new skills and refine others
- Apply coursework knowledge to on-the-job situations Reality-test tentative career choices
- Build relationships with professionals and establish contacts for future networking and letters of reference
- Experience new work environments
- Students are encouraged to pursue internships at any time during their college or graduate school years.
- Internship application deadlines are typically noted in job postings. Check eligibility. See Who is eligible for an Internship for Credit?
- Yes! Enrolling in an Internship for Credit formally connects classroom and workplace learning to enhance both experiences.
- Internships for Credit must be approved through Handshake Experiences prior to the academic term in which they take place.
- Check deadlines. See What are the Approval Request deadlines?
- Approved Undergraduate Internships for Credit are registered as a 4497 course. The 4497 code exists for all academic departments.
- Approved Graduate Internships for Credit are registered as a 5597 course. The 5597 code exists for all Graduate level academic departments. ONLY F-1 graduate student internships are processed via Handshake Experiences and CCD. All other graduate internships are processed through program chairs.
Internships for Credit require that a student
- has completed a minimum 30 credits
- has declared their major
- is a matriculated part-time or full-time student
- Students may apply up to 9 internship course credits to their degree
- Note: Individual departments may require additional stipulations. Departments that set custom policies must notify the student and CCD to facilitate accurate processing.
- In order to comply with government regulations, Manhattanville College requires F-1 Students to register for credit all internships. Verification of visa status and internship requirements can be made through OISS.
- F-1 Students must notify OISS prior to commencing an Approval Request.
- F-1 Students must indicate their F-1 status on their Handshake Experiences Approval Request to facilitate proper compliance.
- F-1 students may only register for internships within their major.
- Student acquires internship
- Student submits online Approval Request via Handshake Experiences
- Internship Coordinator reviews request, collaborates with Student and Faculty Supervisor and initiates electronic approval workflow. Approvals: Worksite Supervisor, Faculty Supervisor, SAS Dean, Internship Coordinator
- Worksite Supervisor reviews submission and Employer Affiliation Agreement and agrees to terms (electronic approval required). Student must connect with Worksite Supervisor to facilitate this step.
- Faculty Supervisor reviews electronic submission, vets learning objectives and academic criteria and approves or declines internship. Faculty communicates declined internship concerns directly to the student.
- SAS Dean reviews and approves the request
- International Students: OISS approval is required as the first and last step.
- After the Internship for Credit is approved, the Registrar’s office and CCD load the course into Service Hub and you will be notified.
- Note: Do NOT register until notified by CCD and the 4497/5597 course reflects the requested number of course credits in Planning.
Only for Summer term Internships for Credit. Because Internships for Credit are registered as courses through the Registrar’s office, Summer Session Internships for Credit require a per-credit fee.
Contact Student Accounts for pricing details.
During the semester of the internship, students must work a minimum of 40 hours per credit earned. 40 hrs=1 cr 80 hrs=2 cr 120 hrs=3 cr
- Internships for Credit Approval Requests open in Handshake Experiences 8 weeks prior to the start of the target term.
- Internships for Credit Approval Requests must be submitted on Handshake Experiences a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the term’s drop/add deadline.
AY 2022-2023 Approval Request Deadlines
22FA 8/24/22 | 23SP 1/11/23 | 23SUM 5/18/23
- The student should immediately update their Faculty Supervisor and the Center for Career Development.
- If the Worksite Supervisor cannot provide an alternative or a remote project, the student will work with the Faculty Supervisor to pivot the experience to a project aimed at fulfilling the student’s objectives.
