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Updated 3/7/2015

CSCI (and CMPE) 3300 is intended to give you advanced elective credit for a qualifying internship. It is a pass/fail course.

3300 is not a way to obtain an internship. Internships can be found by leveraging the career center and on-campus events, networking with student groups and faculty, and through companies' online resources.

When companies come here to recruit, or post opportunities through faculty, take advantage!

Signing up for 3300

To receive course credit for your internship, it must be approved by Dr. Tomai as meeting the following requirements:

• At least 20 hours/week
• Software development as your primary responsibility (for example, IT configuration and support, data entry and website maintenance do not qualify)
• Formal supervision (freelance contract work or your own start-up do not qualify)
• Established company (this is somewhat subjective, we're looking for a stable environment where there is experience for you to learn from)

To get permission to sign up for 3300:

1. If you're not sure if an internship will qualify and want to discuss it, write up a brief description of the internship (as in step 2) and send it to Dr. Tomai (emmett.tomai at utrgv). I'll let you know whether it is likely to be approved.
2. Obtain a letter from your direct supervisor briefly describing your responsibilities, the work set up (hours, how you'll be supervised, what kind of teamwork if any), and his or her willingness to write a brief evaluation letter of your work at the end of the semester. This can be emailed directly to Dr. Tomai.
3. Register at the career center with Mr. John Kaufold (john.kaufold at utrgv), the internship coordinator there.

Course Requirements

While performing your internship, you will be required to complete the following additional reporting.

1. A midterm report. This report will be emailed to Dr. Tomai, and will detail what you've done with your time (illustrative examples, diagrams, screenshots, graphs, etc are appropriate), how the working environment has been (supervisors, coworkers, tools, expectations, evaluations, etc), how all this has helped you learn more about being a professional in your field, and anything you want to do differently in the second half. Should be a solid 5-6 pages.
2. A final report. An updated version of the midterm report expanding on the prior questions and including how the second half differed from the first.
3. Have your supervisor complete the brief final evaluation of your work and send it directly to Dr. Tomai.