• See Handshake: https://handshake.umn.edu/ 

• Review job search resources at https://www.careerhelp.umn.edu/jobsearch. 

• Review Career Info By Major at https://www.careerhelp.umn.edu/majorinfo

• Make an appointment with your career counselor online, in-person, or call 612-624-2710

• Take a look at the Find an Internship tab of this site

Your experience will qualify if you...

• Will spend more than 120 hours in the one experience (you may do 30 of these hours before or after the semester of your experience). You can NOT combine two or more experiences to equal 120 hours. 

• Are completing a project or undertaking activities related to your major field or intended profession

• Have begun your experience no more than 6 months prior to the first day of the course

• Will be supervised by someone in your intended profession who is not a member of your family

• Will be able to attend the required virtual class meetings for the course

• If you have any doubt about whether your internship/professional experience will be approved, ask the Internship Coordinator, Mari Ruddy, before accepting your experience. mmruddy@umn.edu

If you are doing your internship outside of the US: 

• You must have access to the course site on Canvas throughout your experience

• Your internship supervisor must be able to respond in English to emails and evaluations

• Check the GPS Alliance website for countries that require pre-approval for student international travel.

• Register your international travel with the Student International Travel Registry. Through that process, you will complete an online health and safety module through Canvas and receive University-approved international medical insurance.

Please note, only CFANS undergrads or degree seeking undergrads of CCAPS may take these two courses. 

Both CFAN 4096 and CFAN 3096 meet the CFANS experiential learning requirement. 

CFAN 3096 and CFAN 4096 are essentially the same course content. Both courses have you reflect on your internship/professional experience as it relates to who you are in the world and what you hope to do in your career after you graduate from college. 

The main difference between the courses is the delivery system. 

• CFAN 3096 happens alongside you doing your internship/professional experience. 

• CFAN 4096 happens somewhat alongside you doing your internship/professional experience (the prerequisite) and then you reflect during the fall semester.

Summer Internships/Experiences:

If your internship or professional experience takes place during the summer, take one of the following courses. 

Both courses use the same curriculum and have essentially the same work load.  

• Option 1: CFAN 3096 - Students complete the course concurrently with their internship/professional work experience. 

  • • This is an ideal option for students who will have a heavy course load in the fall and want to complete their Experiential Learning credit while doing the summer internship/professional experience.

    • Summer tuition costs apply for this option. Contact OneStop for details about summer tuition costs for 1 credit.

• See this link for dates and times for the summer sessions that are offered.

• Option 2: CFAN 4096 - Students complete an 8-week, non-credit online Canvas reflection module during the summer prior to registering for this fall course. 

See this link for dates and times for the sections offered. 

Fall or Spring Internships/Experiences:

If your internship or professional experience takes place during the fall or spring semesters, take CFAN 3096 during the semester in which you are completing your internship experience.