SBU 103: General Education Internship

Academic credit:
The General Internship will be worth one-to-three credit hours. Credit value will be granted by the Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences in light of hours worked, responsibilities, and duration of the internship, with a rough guide of 50 hours of internship equivalent to the credit hour. Internships may be taken during the summer or during the academic year.

Objectives:
The General Internship is an elective course that will allow students to apply the skills and proficiencies they develop through the General Education curriculum in a professional setting. It allows students then to gain academic credit for professional work undertaken outside of that prescribed as part of a major or program requirement.

See the SBU 103 syllabus for details on how to proceed.

SBU 104: General Education Service Learning

Academic credit:
The General Education Service Course will be worth one to three credit hours. Credit value will be granted by the Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences in light of hours worked, responsibilities, and duration of the service, with a rough guide of 40 hours of service equivalent to the credit hour. Service may be undertaken during the summer or during the academic year.

Objectives:
The General Service Course is an elective course that will allow students to apply the skills and proficiencies they develop through the General Education curriculum to serving the needs of a defined community. Students provide service in their community that is directly connected to their academic coursework, and the community provides an educational experience for the student while receiving support for their work. The collaboration between student and community ought to be one that is mutually beneficial—while the student develops definable skills and meets learning goals, the primary beneficiary ought to be the community the student is serving; sustainable, demonstrated benefits that contribute to meaningful positive change for the community should be an ideal. The community itself should be, in addition, in control of determining the nature and basis of these benefits.

See the SBU 104 syllabus for details on how to proceed.

For more information

Please contact the Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Guy F. Imhoff.