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Harmon College Internship Office

 

Experience Your Degree

While pursuing a degree within the Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies, you have the opportunity to earn academic credit and real-world business experience. The Harmon College Internship Office can help you find internship opportunities to apply for, and facilitates the internship course to challenge you to apply classroom knowledge directly in your internship.

 

Start Searching

Social media is the quickest way to stay up-to- date with the internship opportunities our office finds. You may also visit the office to discuss other opportunities and for help searching.

View open internships!

Application Process

Once you have been offered an internship, we need a few things from you in order to get you enrolled in the internship course, and one step closer to completing your degree.

**Download the correct form, fill it out, and email it DGill@ucmo.edu with a copy of your job description or bring the form and your job description to Ward Edwards 1600

Harmon College Business Internship Application     

Harmon College Sport Management Application 

Harmon College Public Relations Internship Application

 

Majors We Serve

Accounting, Aviation Management, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Entrepreneur and Social Enterprise, Finance, Management, Marketing, Events Management and Marketing, Sport Management, and Public Relations.  

Graduate level: Accounting, Computer Information Systems, MBA, and Sport Management.

Pre-requisites

Requirements for undergraduate business students are 60 completed credit hours, admission to the BSBA and a 2.5 GPA. The GPA requirement varies slightly with major, so be sure you check out the Harmon College Internship Application and Requirements to be sure you meet the pre-requisites.

Sport Management students required to take SM 4000 before doing their internship. 

Public Relations students must complete PR 1600, 2620, 3610, and 3620 with a C or above. You must also have a GPA of 2.33 or higher. 

 

Graduate level requirements are student specific, so be sure you take your internship application and job description with you when you meet with your program advisor to determine if internship credit is a fit for you and your plan of study.

Course Requirements

There are two components to the requirements for passing the internship course. One component is the work hour requirement. Our most common enrollment is 3 credit hours, which is a minimum of 210 work hours, or 6 credit hours, which is a minimum of 390 work hours. 

If you are an undergrad Sport Management student then you will take the class for 6 credit hours and work 400 hours.  

If you are an undergrad public relations student then you will be required to work a minimum of 60 hours per credit hour you are enrolled in.

The other component is the course assignments. These are designed to challenge you throughout the duration of your internship, to help you apply classroom knowledge and reflect on your ability and skills.

All of the course work is available on Blackboard, allowing you to complete an internship in any city, state or country!

If you are an international student then you will be required to attend at least 1 in-person class during the semester. 

Edge Program

An internship is one of the components of the Harmon Professional Edge program.  The Edge program can provide you a competeitve edge agains the competition.  

Click here to learn more about the Professional Edge Program

Quick Stats

 

Still need more reasons to do an internship?

About 50% of our interns are offered full-time or part-time employment after their internship.

Average pay is typically above minimum wage - to highlight a few, most recently Management interns averaged $16.65/hour; Marketing interns averaged $15.92/hour and Economics interns averaged $14/hour.

Have questions?

Give us call at 660-543-8432 or stop by Ward Edwards 1600.

We look forward to connecting you with opportunities to gain real-world experience toward  your degree.

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The vision of the Harmon College Internship Office is to provide hands-on, applicable growth opportunities for Harmon College students to engage in their field of study and become the more hirable candidate through internships, class projects and networking opportunities.

Contact

Derrick Gill
Partner Development & Internships Coordinator
WDE 1600
Tel: (660) 543-8432

 

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