UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND LAW

FINANCE INTERNSHIP

FACULTY INTERN COORDINATOR

FINA 4800

DR. C. STEVEN COLE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

BA 155G

(940) 565-3075

COLE@COBAF.UNT.EDU

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION COORDINATOR

ABE KORAH

P.O. BOX 311305/CHILTON HALL 204

DENTON, TX 76203

PH: (940) 565-2861

FAX: (940) 565-4995

FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND LAW

FINANCE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Due Date

• Complete the "Student Information Sheet" 1^st Day of Class

for Cooperative Education

• Complete the "Request for Approval To Register 1^st Day of Class

in an Internship/Co-op Course" form

• Go to the Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law 1^st Day of Class

office to secure approval for the internship

• Obtain all necessary faculty/department signatures

and an authorization code to register

• Register and pay for the course through the usual

registration process

• Have employer complete the Mid-semester Evaluation"

Mail to the co-op office

• Complete "Student's Semester Report and Evaluation"

Mail to the co-op office

• Have employer complete the "Employer Evaluation"

Mail to the co-op office

• Complete a 3 to 5 page written evaluation of your internship. Prior to the end of the

This evaluation should describe in some detail your daily semester

duties and activities during the internship. In addition,

describe what you liked and did not like about the internship

in terms of its usefulness to your major field of study, your

future career, and your specific tasks and responsibilities

during the internship. Finally, identify at least two activities

during the internship where you applied some concept that was

covered in a class for your major field of study

FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND LAW

FINANCE INTERNSHIP PROCEDURES

• Students interested in academic credit for a Finance Internship must complete a file at the UNT Office of Cooperative Education, Suite 204, Chilton hall (940.565-2715). This includes completing a Request for Approval to Register in an Internship Course (RARIC) and securing the appropriate Cooperative Education Statement contained on the RARIC.



• The Finance Area of the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law has an Internship Director who coordinates all Finance Internships and is the Faculty Supervisor of record for all Finance Internships.



• After completing Step 1 above, the student must secure approval of the RARIC from the Internship Director first. Then the student must obtain approval of the Chair of the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. After all appropriate approvals are secured, the student submits the RARIC to the COBA Undergraduate Academic Office (BA 123) to obtain the Internship Director's section number, which is needed to register in FINA 4800. Academic credit for a Finance Internship cannot be obtained without successful registration and completion of FINA 4800.



• Approval of a FINA 4800 registration is based on the likelihood that the internship is related to the student's major, that the student will significantly benefit from the internship experience through the acquisition of productive experience beyond the classroom, and the employer will actively direct and mentor the student in his or her work. All internships are expected to occur over the period of a single semester except in the summer. All summer interns will register for Summer I. At the end of that five-week session, students will receive an "Incomplete." At the end of Summer II, the grade will be changed to "Pass" if the internship has been successfully completed.

An internship is not simply a credit-for-work program. Typically the student is not allowed to use current employment as the internship. The only way this is approved is if the student can verify that he/she is beginning a new position at the time the internship would begin. Preference in approval is given to paid internships, approval of non-paid internships is rare.