Internship Manual
What is an Internship?
An internship is a work-related opportunity that an institution or business offers only to students who are in the process of earning a college degree. These programs usually last for a specified period of time. Interns are supervised by an experienced professional and perform the job duties of a professional.
An internship is not the run-of-the-mill summer job.Students are expected to bring a high degree of responsibility to the workplace. Many host institutions also expect students to contribute the latest concepts.
Some institutions and programs do offer a stipend. Some institutions offer housing or a stipend for housing. Most, however, are volunteer positions.
While you may not receive a paycheck for an internship, you will be performing the duties of a professional. Internship experience, therefore, should always be included in your resume. In addition, you may choose to receive credit on your MSU transcript for this work. Unless internship experience is a specific requirement for your degree (and for most degrees, it is not), you do not have to include the internship in the college transcript. Information about adding your internship experience to your transcript may be found in the Internship Manual.
More information
Download Zoology Department Internship Manual [pdf format]
College of Natural Science webpage on "Formal Zoology internships for credit."