Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
110 Sports and Health Center, 1216 Ordean Court, Duluth, MN 55812
Phone: 218-726-7120: Fax 218-726-6243: Email: hper@d.umn.edu
Exercise Science
ESAT 4996 Internship Information
NOTE:
All forms on this page are informational only. You should contact Mr. Ken Harkins as an initial step in setting up all internships. This must be done at least 4 weeks prior to registration period for the semester in which you want to do the internship. Please be advised that many internships are competitive. You should plan your internship at least 1 full semester in advance of the time you which to start it.
Course Information
This course is for the purpose of providing a supervised field internship experience in a hospital, corporation, or private fitness facility. This course is required for the exercise science majors in the health fitness concentration, and is recommended for majors in the sport science concentration who intend to have a career in health care.
This class is offered for variable credit from 3 to 12 semester credits. The normal internship is 6 credits. The student is required to complete the internship within the semester or summer session he/she enrolls. This course is for undergraduate credit only.
Course Prerequisites
The course prerequisites include the following: (1) exercise science candidacy at the time of application for the internship; (2) satisfactory completion of ESAT 3420 Exercise Testing and Prescription; (3) Instructor permission to register. Instructor's permission will be granted (1) after all steps listed below under "Before Enrolling in Class" are completed to the satisfaction of the instructor and (2) after the instructor determines whether the intern is a viable candidate for placement at the selected internship site based on the individual strengths and weaknesses demonstrated in courses which are direct or indirect prerequisites for the course (ESAT 3400, ESAT 3420). Grading: S (satisfactory) or N (not satisfactory) only. You cannot register for nor participate in an internship if you are on Departmental Academic Probation.
Before Enrolling in Class
- An affiliation agreement between the University of Minnesota Duluth and the agency must be established before the student can enroll for the internship. Securing an agency site involves contacting the agency, providing them with a copy of the affiliation agreement, and having them agree to the provisions outlined in the affiliation agreement. This process may take at least 30 days to complete because both UMD's and the agency's legal council will need to review and approve the agreement. The student is highly recommended to complete the internship at one of the approved agency sites. New sites can be established based on the needs of the student but the student must realize that the process to establish an approved site will take at least 30 days, possibly up to a full semester.
Agency Sites
- The student is required to schedule a meeting with the UMD internship coordinator for the purpose of discussing the length of the internship, number of hours for the internship, the site of the internship, requirements of the internship, and to determine if the student is qualified to be an intern at the selected site. This meeting must be held at least 4 weeks prior to the student enrolling into the course.
Deadlines for 2009-2011:
* Estimate based on current plans, subject to change prior to actual semester.Semester Start Date Deadline for Filing Internship Requests Fall 2009 Tuesday, September 08, 2009 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Spring 2010 Thursday, November 19, 2009 Thursday, October 22, 2009 Fall 2010 Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Summer 2010 Monday, May 17, 2010 Monday, April 19, 2010 Fall 2010 Tuesday, September 07, 2010 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 *Spring 2011 Thursday, November 18, 2010 Thursday, October 21, 2010 *Summer 2011 Monday, May 16, 2011 Monday, April 18, 2011
- For every one semester credit enrolled the intern will complete 40 hours of supervised field internship experience. The minimum length of an internship is 120 hours (3 semester hours) of supervised field experience where as the maximum length of an internship is 480 hours (12 semester hours).
- The student must contact the approved site to determine if an internship opportunity is available. At the time the student visits with the internship agency supervisor he/she must provide the supervisor with the following materials: supervisor contract, letter of agreement, and internship evaluation form.
Supervisor Contract
Letter of Agreement
Internship Evaluation Form
- Each internship must have the approval of the internship coordinator.
Requirements During The Internship
- The student will begin and complete their internship during the semester or summer session enrolled in the course. The internship starting date can vary within the semester or summer session due to the length of the internship but the internship will be completed on the last scheduled class day of the semester or summer session. The intern is not permitted to begin their internship prior to the beginning of the semester or summer session in which they are enrolled in the course.
- The intern will complete the assigned duties identified by the sponsoring agency and conduct themselves in a professional manner according to the agencies standards.
- The intern will complete an internship weekly log/review of the week's activities. The UMD exercise science internship coordinator will on a weekly basis read and evaluate the log then provide feedback to the intern via telephone or email.
- Mid-term and final internship evaluations will be completed by the agency internship supervisor. The evaluations are sent to the UMD exercise science internship coordinator.
- The exercise science internship coordinator will contact the intern and internship agency supervisor as needed during the internship. Contact may be conducted with a personal visit, via telephone or through email. These contacts are to assess the intern's experience and allow the agency supervisor to provide information about the intern's status.
- The intern will schedule an exit internship meeting (can be in person or via telephone or email) with the UMD exercise science internship coordinator upon completion of the internship to discuss the internship experience.
- Once the above requirements have been satisfied the UMD exercise science internship coordinator will issue a grade of "S" or "N" for the class.