MSIM Internship Overview
Internships allow students to apply concepts and practices learned in coursework as they assist in professional-level work under the formal guidance from a qualified supervisor/mentor. Students typically pursue tasks and projects that constitute professional-level (beginning professional level) work. In addition, since internships are meant to be a learning opportunity for students, tasks usually involve skills and knowledge that the student has already begun to develop through coursework but for which the student has not yet developed a high level of expertise.
Day/Full-Time MSIM students pursue IMT 590 during their second year in the program.
Benefits for the MSIM Student
Some of the ways students benefit via internships include:
- Gaining practical experience using information skills
- Applying theoretical knowledge
- Networking, interacting, and communicating with professionals
- Developing a professional identity and self-awareness
- Becoming aware of employment opportunities
- Experiencing an information setting that is new and different, and consistent with professional goals
- Providing service to others
- Pursuing an individual interest in a subject specialty