What should I expect?

To complete an ABLE internship experience you must:

• Attend an ABLE Internship Workshop one semester prior to your internship. 

• Purchase an ABLE Internship Workbook.

• Seek out and secure an internship and complete all necessary paperwork including internship approval from the department chair for your major.

• Participate in an approved work or course experience.

• Enroll in and participate in a 490/491 faculty supervised three credit class during the same semester you are completing your work-site internship. 

For a better internship experience, you should:

• Accept work relevant to your academic major and related to a career objective you have defined for yourself.

• Accept quality work challenging for a junior or senior business student.

• Accept responsibility for choices you make and effort you put forth in the context of your career development.

About the ABLE Internship Work-Site Experience:

• Students will seek out and find internship opportunities much like conducting a job search for permanent employment.  Students can use online resources such as eRecruiting to find available internships or use personal networks to find individual internship opportunities.

• Students usually go through an interview and selection process similar to interviewing for a permanent job.
• Internships for credit require a minimum of 100 hours of on-site work experience over a 10 week period.
• Internships are approved by the department chair for a student's major and by the ABLE staff prior to enrolling a student in a 490/491 course for credit.
• Students must work to the satisfaction of a business professional.  Internship site supervisors will be asked to complete a mid-semester and final performance evaluation for all student interns.  The final performance evaluation is considered in the final 490/491 course grade.

About the ABLE 490/491 course:

• Students must enroll in and complete a 490/491 three credit class as part of the ABLE internship requirement.
• The 490/491 class must be completed during the same semester a student is interning on-site with a company.
• Pre-requisites for enrolling in 490/491 vary by major.  To check your major, CLICK HERE.
• 490/491 course credit WILL NOT BE GIVEN for:
  • Students not yet admitted to the professional school.
  • Students who have not declared majors in the Perdue School of Business.  Business minors are not granted ABLE credit.
  • Students who have not yet completed the prerequisite courses as determined by their major.  
  • Work done prior to the credit bearing semester.
  • Work done as part of a regular part-time or full-time job.  An internship can be completed with a current employer but must be a new work experience approved by the department chair.
  • Participation or leadership in a Registered Student Organization.
  • Participation in a project or research for a Perdue School staff or faculty member.
  • An internship experience currently receiving credit through another department.

Through the ABLE Program, you will:

• Discover how your talents, personality and approach to work play an important role in your professional development.
• Step outside of your traditional role as a student and begin to see yourself as a business professional.
• Develop a sense of respect for the business community and business professionals.
• Discover a career is a reward that is earned based on the merits you have presented and the effort you have put forth. 
• Begin to develop your professional network possibly leading to the opportunity for permanent employment at an internship organization.