Internships

DUE DATES: Fall 2024 applications due August 19, 2024. Spring 2025 applications due January 20, 2025.

• Qualifying for an Internship for Credit

  Student qualifications:

  • Have, or will have, 60 credits completed by the beginning of the term in which the internship will occur
  • Have, or will have, 21 credits in Business Administration by the beginning of the term in which the internship will occur
  • Have, or will have, a QPA of 2.0 or better in your major
  • Have, or will have, an overall QPA of 2.0 or better

  Internship policies:

  • Complete at least 150 internship work hours and successfully complete the internship assignments
  • Internships are graded on a pass/fail basis
  • Students may qualify for up to two internships (no more than 3 credits each).
  • If doing two internships, the second internship can only be with the same company if the job responsibilities are different from one another
• General Instructions

  Once you have accepted an internship position, you should:

  1. Contact the employer to complete the Employer Confirmation form. The form must be typed (do not hand-write), printed and signed by the employer and given to you.

  2. Check to see if the organization is listed on the Internship Agreement Listing If the organization is not listed, please contact the Business Administration department office and send the Employer Confirmation form to bsba@kutztown.edu. Remeber it may take time to get the agreement signed by the company and Kutztown University.

  3. Select your faculty supervisor. The faculty supervisor will ensure your internship application packet is complete, work with you during your internship, set expectations for reporting on your internship, evaluate your submitted work and assign the grade for your internship.

  Completed Internship packets must include:

  1. All items listed below must be attached to your internship packet before you submit to your faculty supervisor for approval:

     1. Internship Cover Sheet
     2. Internship/Field Experience Registration Approval form
     3. Internship/Field Experience Site Approval form
     4. Employer Confirmation form
     5. Internship job description either from the KU Career Network or the employer
     6. Your current resume (resume help)
     7. Your current transcript (from MyKU)
     8. BUS 390: Internship Assessment form
        
        

  2. You must review the information and application with your faculty internship supervisor. Submit completed and signed packets to the Department Office in DF 236 or via email at bsba@kutztown.edu.

  Please Note:

  • This process is solely for obtaining credits for BUS 390 Business Internship. Students may still conduct the internship without enrolling in BUS 390.
  • The complete packet will be reviewed by the DBA Internship Committee, which must approve all for-credit internships. The internship will not count for credit without the committee approval.  The Internship Committee Approval process includes two elements: Approving the internship position as appropriate for course credit, and approving the internship applicant as meeting the requirements of BUS 390. (Incomplete packets will be returned to your faculty supervisor.)
  • After your internship has been reviewed by the Internship Committee, the Committee forwards it to the Department Chair and the Dean of the College of Business for their approval.
  • The DBA Secretary will send you an email informing you whether or not the internship has been approved. Once the internship is approved, the Internship/Field Experience Registration Approval form is forwarded to the Registrar’s Office who will add the BUS 390 course to your schedule.
  • When approaching the end of the internship faculty supervisor should contact the employer to receive DBA Internship Evaluation form. Students are not allowed to process or hold the Internship Evaluation Form.
  • By the end of the BUS 390, students should submit all required documents on the Internship Assessment form, except the Internship Evaluation form, to the faculty supervisor advisor.
• Find an Internship

  To find an internship, visit Handshake at the Career Development Center.

• Tuition and Fees

  Credits for BUS 390, when added to student account:

  Your invoice notification will direct you to MyKU to view your invoice and the due date for payment. For more details, please visit student accounts.

  For Summer Session Internships, per University policy:

  “Students registering for these special types of instruction must comply with the registration deadline date for the session in which they are taking the course. Once the course is properly submitted and added to the student’s schedule, a bill will be generated and mailed to the student for payment of tuition”.

• Who is hiring Kutztown University Business Administration Students?

  Kutztown University Business students have found internships at the companies listed below. 

  Baker Tilly	Herbein & Co.	Penske
  Barclays	JB Hunt	PPL Electric Utilities
  B. Braun Medical	KPMG	RKL LLP
  DHL	Lutron	SEI Investments
  East Penn	LVHN	Uline
  Enterprise Rent a Car	Mars	UPS
  Ernst & Young	MassMutual	Vanguard Group
  FedEx	Nestle Water	Walmart
  GEODIS	NFI	Wells Fargo

                                                   Please note that this is not a comprehensive list.  

KU STUDENTS

The Career Development Center has numerous events and resources to help you create and reach your career goals.

Start by logging into Handshake to schedule a career coaching appointment!