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Accounting
& Finance Internships
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Coordinator : |
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Bettie
Adams
Accounting & Finance Internship Coordinator
Coggin College of Business
Building 42, Room 3226
904-620-1376 (phone)
904-620-3861 (fax)
badams@unf.edu |
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Criteria
for Accounting & Finance Internships:
In order to apply for accounting or finance
internship credit within the department of Accounting and
Finance, the following criteria must be met. |
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The position must be designated
as an internship position with a definite beginning and ending
date. This position may not be a permanent one and cannot be
for a firm where the student has been previously employed.
The employer cannot be a family member of the student. |
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The position must entail
significant accounting duties for an accounting internship
or significant finance duties for a finance internship. |
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The position must pay a
minimum compensation rate of $10.00 per hour. |
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The position must entail
at least 20 hours of work per week for an entire semester
(15-16 weeks) in order to earn three semester hours credit
(adjustments in hours and length can be arranged
for the summer semester.) |
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The student requesting
the internship credit must have a minimum 3.00 cumulative
GPA at the University of North Florida and be admitted to the
Coggin College of Business. |
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Retroactive credit cannot
be granted for a previous work experience. |
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| Students are
required to submit a five-page paper detailing their internship
experience and how it relates to their professional goals.
Grading for accounting and finance internships is on a pass/fail
basis. Employers are also asked to complete a performance evaluation
on each student. |
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| Procedure
to Secure Credit for Internships: |
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If both sets of criteria are met (student qualification and job qualifications), students should ask the prospective employer to write a letter on company letterhead to the internship coordinator with details of the employment opportunity. Each of the points covered in bulleted items 1 to 4 above should be clearly enumerated. The internship duties must be specifically listed so that the coordinator can evaluate the internship and decide whether credit can be granted. The letter must also clearly indicate that this employment is a temporary internship opportunity and give the starting and ending date of the employment. The student’s name and N number must be included in the letter. (See next item.) |
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The employer letter must
be received by the internship coordinator at least one week
before the beginning of the semester for which internship credit
is being requested. |
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After the coordinator reviews
all facts, the student will be contacted by email concerning
the approval of the internship credit. |
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Students receiving electronic
approval will be able to register for the internship via
the web. |
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| Note: |
Students normally find
their own internships. See listing of internship
opportunities on the Coggin College
of Business website. |
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Frequently
employers find that the student interning is someone they
would like to employ on a permanent basis. Accordingly, employers
who hire an intern on a permanent basis subsequent to the
internship can do so. |
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