SYLLABUS
Course: UMGT 375-01 Business Internships
Fall
2004/Uptown Campus
Tuesday evenings
Instructor: Robert Hailey
rhailey@tulane.edu
Work: 504-862-8064
FAX: 504-832-8065
Office Hours: I will be available for 15 to 30 minutes prior to class
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Course Objective: This course is designed to help students prepare for a career
in business through both education and experience. Students will be required to spend 75 hours
working in a business office. This
internship will be secured by the student, with assistance from the
professor. In addition to the 75 hour
requirement, students will attend all class meetings scheduled on this
syllabus. These meetings are to the student’s benefit, as they are designed to
enhance the professional work experience.
Texts: 175 High Impact Resumes, Beatty, Richard H, 3rd ed,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.
175 High
Impact Cover Letters, Beatty, Richard H, 3rd ed, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 2002.
Grading: Quizzes/In-Class Exercises/Homework 25%
Final Exam 25%
Final
Report on Internship 50%
Total 100%
Since quizzes, homework and in-class exercises
comprise 25% of the final grade in this class, consistent attendance is almost
essential for getting anything higher than a C. Assignments will be given out
in class and posted on Blackboard.
I understand that this class is demanding, with the
75 hour requirement in addition to classroom time, however I expect you to
attend class on a regular basis. You are responsible for everything discussed
or handed out in class.
If you are absent for a quiz or in-class exercise,
you will receive a 0. Late homework
assignments will be accepted with a penalty of -10 points per calendar day that
the assignment is late. After 10 days,
late work will not be accepted.
94 and above = A 74 – 76 = C
90 – 93 = A- 70 – 73 = C-
87 – 89 = B+ 67 – 69 = D+
84 – 86 = B 64 – 66 = D
80 – 83 = B- 60 – 63 = D-
77 – 79 = C+ 59
and below = F
All
assignments are to be typed; handwritten work is unacceptable.
Internship Rules: Once you have secured an internship opportunity,
please provide me with the contact information for your supervisor so that I
may contact him/her directly. It is up
to you and your supervisor how you will accumulate the 75 hours. At the end of the semester your supervisor
will sign off on an evaluation sheet stating that you met the 75 hour
requirement for completion of this course.
I will provide you with a time sheet that I highly suggest you use on a
regular basis to keep track of the hours and tasks you complete. Keeping up with your hours on a regular basis
will avoid any confusion at the end of the semester!
Please view
this internship as a “real” job and treat it with the same serious intent. A few guidelines to follow:
·
Always be on time!
·
Inform employer ahead of time if you are going to be absent for any
reason and make up any absences.
·
Dress in an appropriate manner for the office in which you are working.
·
Keep up with you journal, particularly in the areas of number of hours
worked and tasks completed and be prepared to share this information with me or
your supervisor at any time.
·
Don’t hesitate to ask for help if a task you are asked to perform is
above your skill level.
·
Always act in a professional manner, i.e. in meetings turn cell phones
and pagers off and respect the smoking rules of a particular office.
·
Come directly to me if anything you consider unethical or illegal is
asked of you during your internship.
Final Project: You will need to keep a journal of your
experiences during your business internship. Please note that this journal,
which will form the basis of your final project, accounts for 50% of your
grade. Whether you keep it daily, weekly
or monthly, I expect to see great detail. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK TO
TRY AND RECREATE THE DETAILS OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE. I WILL KNOW & YOUR GRADE WILL REFLECT
IT!!!
You should include in this
journal, activities and skills developed, projects participated in,
descriptions of the supervisory style of your manager and others that you
worked under, analysis of whether or not this is a career in which you wish to
spend the rest of your life, reflections on the experience, and anything else
that is relevant to your internship.
Your journal should reflect
the full 75 hours that you spent in the internship. The final project should contain:
·
Cover sheet with date, your name and your contact information as well
as the name of your supervisor and contact information for your business
internship opportunity
·
Cover letter addressed to me
·
Current resume
·
Journal
·
Work samples (if applicable)
·
Evaluation form signed by your professional business internship work
opportunity supervisor
All materials should be
typed on 8.5 x 11 white bond paper, one sided.
Materials should be submitted in a bound version (either a 3-ring binder
or some form of spiral or comb binding with a hard cover). Spelling, grammar and punctuation count!
Exams: You will have one exam in
this class at the end of the semester that will account for 25% of your
grade. It will be all essays and will
include the material covered in class.
No make-up
exam will be given except under highly extenuating circumstances and
with prior approval of the instructor.
Schedule: Introduction: Review of Expectations & Finding an
Internship Classes: August
31
Part I:
Classes:
September 7 & September 14
Classes: October
12 & 19
Part III: Business
Etiquette, Networking/
Classes: November 2, 9 & 16
Part IV: Wrap Up & Review/Final Project Due
Classes: November 30
Final Exam: Tuesday,
December 7---
Please
note that written homework & reading assignments are not listed on the
schedule. They will be given out in
class & posted on Blackboard.