The MS in Cybersecurity degree requirements include 3-6 credits of a Cybersecurity Culminating Experience. Students may coordinate one of the following culminating activities in consultation with their assigned faculty advisor.
CYBER 590 Practicum/Internship
CYBER 591 Project
CYBER 692 Cyber Capstone Course
The following information is provided to help you understand how to obtain credit for internships. Boise State requires concurrent registration during the semester the internship work is performed. This means that if your internship takes place during the fall semester, you must register and pay for the internship credits during fall semester. You must do this even if your internship is a full-time position and you are not taking any other classes.
Note: An internship can be a permanent, full-time job. It is not limited to a position that an employer designates as an "intern." You may receive internship credit for full-time work that you perform in cybersecurity.
The first step is to meet with your Faculty Advisor to confirm your intended internship.
Upon advisor approval, follow the instructions provided by the university to register for academic internship credit: https://www.boisestate.edu/career/internships/
If you have questions about registering your internship for academic credit, please email internships@boisestate.edu.
Other helpful details about internship credit:
Obtain employment that qualifies for accounting internship credit. The type of work must relate directly to a graduate class that you have or will be taking.
Add the internship as a Boise State class. If you are not a full-time student you will have to pay the additional per credit fees for adding the class. You cannot enroll for an internship on the regular class registration site at myBoiseState. To enroll for an internship you must complete an online internship application. Full instructions and application are available on the Boise State website at the Career Center. Be sure to plan ahead as there are established deadlines for adding an internship each semester.
You will receive one credit hour for each 45 hours of work directly related to some area of cybersecurity. The work must involve responsibilities related to your graduate program. The maximum hours you will receive credit for is 135 hours because the maximum credits earned for a graduate internship is 3 credits.
Once your internship application has been approved by your advisor and internship supervisor, it can take up to 2-4 weeks for the registrars office to register you for the course. If you haven't been registered after 4 weeks, please follow up with specialregistrations@boisestate.edu
Internship Paper: To receive credits for your internship, you must submit an internship paper one week prior to the last day of classes. The following topics are to be included:
Company information and internship position and responsibilities: Give a brief description of the company and describe the job that you did at this company and how that experience relates to your program. Be sure to link specific theories and concepts from your business coursework to your practical experiences.
Evaluation of the overall success of the internship: Discuss the strengths and the weaknesses of your effort. Provide a summary of the values or lessons learned from your internship.
Paper Guidelines: Length: Between 3 and 5 pages; 11 point font, conventional margins, double spaced. This paper should be well written and free of grammatical errors.
Please work with your instructor to have the course set up, you will need a permission number.
Your instructor will ask for the course to be set up for you. The program coordinator will use the scheduling link from the registrars office for fall and spring semesters and the extended studies scheduling link for summer: https://www.boisestate.edu/extendedstudies/extended-studies-schedule-change-request-form/
Once the course has been created and upload for registration, you will need to reach out to your instructor for a permission number to register for the course.