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Alternative Internship Projects

Internships outside of the regular summer internship program may also qualify for the Social Entrepreneurship Certificate.  Each of the alternative internships needs to satisfy certain criteria to qualify and be approved by the Director of the Social Entrepreneurship program

Any internship should satisfy basic structural standards:

1. A significant project development period the semester before the Internship
2. A 480 hour internship on site at the host organization, agency, or business to execute the project (may be extended over a longer period than 3 months, with less than 40 hours per week)
3. A final evaluation of the project, related to social entrepreneurial approaches

In addition, a Social Entrepreneurship Internship project must generally have social goals as well as quantifiable financial goals – and both of these goals should increase the financial profitability of the overall organization while also improving its social mission and outcomes. These objectives need to be identified before the internship and used to evaluate effectiveness at the completion of the internship project. The final project evaluation should include an analysis of how the double-bottom line was used in the planning and operation process and how it was or is expected to be achieved. If the anticipated double-profit was not attained, the analysis should include a critique of what prevented its achievement and suggestions on how the obstacles to successful completion might have been overcome.

Alternative internship or experiential projects will be evaluated and approved by the Director of the Social Entrepreneurship program on a case-by-case basis.