Dan Gossett

Dr. Gossett
Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Marketing Internship Coordinator, AMA Faculty Advisor

For businesses wishing to offer UTA students an internship opportunity, click HERE to see the Job Description Form

FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND MBA STUDENTS:

Marketing Internship Guidelines and Requirements

For Spring 2011 Internship (Undergraduate and Graduate), the deadline is Monday, January 10th, 2011. The paperwork and approval process can take up to a week or more, so plan ahead as all the paperwork and approvals cannot happen the day of the deadline. No application or approvals will be processed after the stated deadline for the semester! The deadline for each semester is clearly stated on the Internship packets distributed by the Advising Office or Career Services office.

The internship program is an excellent partnership between the Career Services Office, the College of Business, and the corporate community. It allows students to obtain three hours of upper-level College of Business credit while gaining valuable experience in an industry or functional area, including the application of advanced business skills learned in the program. It also rounds out your education and can make students more desirable to companies upon graduation. If you are a Marketing major or an MBA student with a concentration in marketing, the internship must be in the field of marketing.

Go to the College of Business Advising offices (107BB) to pick up an internship packet if you want to receive credit for the internship. Follow the instructions on the front cover of the packet.

For more information, please contact the department internship coordinator, Dr. Dan Gossett, at gossett@uta.edu (817) 272-2322, or Business Career Services at (817) 272-5201.

COBA Internship Eligibility Requirements

Undergraduate: Eligible students must have junior or senior standing with a declared major in Marketing, a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5, and have three hours available on the degree plan for advanced business electives. The internship courses in the College of Business are ONLY for declared business majors only.

Graduate: MBA students must have an overall grade point average of 3.0, meet the College of Business admission requirements, and have three hours available on the degree plan for business electives. Check with the graduate advisor about adding the internship course to your degree plan.

International Students: If you are an international student, you have to abide by the requirements of the Office of International Education (OIE). One of their requirements is the dates you can work for a firm. Check with OIE for the exact dates. There is no negotiation on these dates. You must obtain an offer letter that states these start and ending dates before any other paperwork is processed. Check with the OIE for more details.

Dual MBA/ MSMR degree students: All internships must be approved by the MSMR director.

Procedures: You must first obtain an internship packet from the College of Business Advising Office, room 107BB, which includes instructions, Form 1, and Form 2, along with deadlines for submission of all paperwork. Carefully follow the instructions provided, and submit all paperwork and secure approval from the Marketing Department internship coordinator on or before the deadline published on the internship packet for the semester in which you apply. After Form 1 has been approved by the Degree Plan Evaluator (College of Business Advising Office), you are responsible for obtaining a job. You can find jobs listed on the UTA Career Services website, the Marketing Department Internship coordinator, or from your own search. After you have obtained a job, fill out Form 2 and submit it, along with the approved Form 1, to the marketing department office (234BB) for them to put into Dr. Gossett's mailbox. (Under no circumstances, slide things under his office door.) He will review your request to determine if it is an appropriate placement for academic credit. If it is approved, he will provide you with Form 3 and further instructions. Dr. Gossett will also discuss with you the requirements for receiving a passing grade for the course. The internship will be graded as pass or fail.

Internship credit is not given for work that would be performed in the normal course of current employment. It shall be given for an appropriate new position with a new employer (starting approximately when the semester starts), or sometimes with an existing employer based upon a new job description and new duties.

Ø Internships cannot be supervised by family members. You cannot work for a parent, sibling, aunt/uncle, etc.

Ø Students are expected to complete their internships within the United States.

Ø The internship class is offered during the Fall, the Spring, and the long 11-week Summer sessions only. It is not offered during any type of Intersession semester.

Ø Honor’s credit will not be given for the internship course.

Ø Students enroll in and pay for tuition and fees for the internship class just like any other class.

Ø Undergraduate students only: You must have successfully completed a minimum of 6 credit hours of marketing classes prior to enrolling in an internship.

Ø Graduate students only: you cannot hold an assistantship and enroll in an internship during the same semester. Also, you must have completed a minimum of nine credit hours in the graduate program prior to enrolling in an internship, and you must have successfully completed a minimum of 6 credit hours of marketing classes prior to enrolling in an internship.

Internship Course Requirements

Internships may be paid or unpaid.
One meeting with the Internship Coordinator before or at the beginning of the semester.
Students must work a minimum of 240 hours during the semester.
Students must keep a daily diary of work activities.
Students must write a paper relating class studies to the internship experience. The paper should be submitted in hard copy form. Instruction on the paper will be provided toward the end of the semester by the internship coordinator..
An employer appraisal is required at the end of the semester. The department internship coordinator will provide you with the form toward the end of the semester.
The grade is pass/fail.

Where to Find a Suitable Internship

To begin with, look on the internship board outside the Marketing department office (234BB). What jobs are referred to the Marketing Department are posted there. Then go to COBA Career Services in 106BB. Enlist in the HireAMaverick online job search. Then you can search online for jobs that have been posted by companies looking for interns or permanent positions. Companies often post jobs there without notifying the Marketing Department, so there are many more other positions available there than what is on the board outside 234bb. Also, start networking. You can begin with applying to the AMA@UTA- the UTA chapter of the American Marketing Association. You can then start seeing the events sponsored by the DFW Professional chapter of the AMA. They often have socials for the DFW area marketing professionals and AMA students. This is a great way to talk to a lot of different people about their discipline.

Bottom line: don’t wait! Start right away. And don't put all your eggs in one basket. Apply to many companies in hopes of securing one.

Outline for Internship Course Paper

Paper should be eight to ten pages excluding title page, table of contents, and appendices.

I. Executive Summary

Briefly summarize your intern experience.

II. Academic Application

Describe academic principles or concepts you used or you saw being used. Discuss why they were or were not effective.

Describe academic principles or concepts not being used that you believe could be beneficial to the company. Explain why.

III. Significant Learning Experience

Explain in detail what experiences you view as most significant.

IV. Student Recommendations

Describe the recommendations you would give another student about this experience.

Make any suggestions for changing the program.

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