Requirements for Internship Offer

A suitable internship experience can be accounted for CSC399 credits. However, to satisfy the requirements of CSC399, the internship must meet several requirements in the following list. Before sending a statement or proposal to the internship supervisor, please check that your offer letter contains the following items.

1. The internship needs to be based on 200 or more working hours.
2. The internship should be for a paid position, if possible.
3. There will be some technical person, if not a computer science person, that will supervise you on site.
4. The major responsibility of the internship can not be help desk, office service, or any similar thing.
5. It can not be a training-oriented or low-tech experience.
6. The internship either broadens or deepens your understanding of computer science.
7. You will solve some real problem, which is either more difficult than a course project or out of the scope of the existing courses in TCNJ.

Note:

If your offer does not qualify all of the above items, talk with your employer and ask for a change in your internship. Faculty supervisor will not interfere with this negotiating process.