8 weeks | 2 days/week | 50 minutes | Open to freshmen and sophomores

In this course, you will gain a broad range of skills, education, and experiential learning that equip you to be a well-rounded citizen and competitive professional. This course is taught with a structured and flexible process that will build your IU experience to set you up for a meaningful and impactful career and life after IU.

Based on design thinking principles, you will explore your work and life values, strengths and interests, as well as develop plans for continuing this exploration over the next four years. The course will culminate in a set of future-focused plans, critically examining the viability of each plan, and then setting goals for building forward beyond the course.

2 credits | 16 weeks | Open to all sophomores and juniors

This internship, job, and graduate school prep course will help you examine the relationship between your current field of study and life after graduation. The course invites you to leverage your unique skill set and learn to articulate the assets of an Arts and Sciences degree.

Under the guidance of a career coach and an academic adviser, you will identify opportunities of interest and develop personal marketing materials (resume, cover letter, personal statements, online profiles) that tell your liberal arts story and target those opportunities. You will also identify skills gaps, set goals, launch a professional network, practice interviewing, and emerge ready to engage fully in your next steps. Each section presents a special academic or industry area focus, but you are welcome to join any section that fits your schedule. 

8 weeks | 2 days/week | 50 minutes | Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors

This course will teach you to tell your unique professional story in a compelling way, helping you connect with employers, obtain internship and job offers, and find meaningful work. The course will emphasize industry and employer research and highly customized, focused application materials.

In this course, you will develop a self-marketing plan based on your unique academic, extracurricular and professional experiences, as well as your individual strengths, skills, and career readiness competencies. You will master telling your story through a variety of job searching avenues, including resume, cover letter, professional social media presence, interviewing, and networking.

1-3 credits | Varies | Open to all Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors

Getting real-world experience should be a big part of your liberal arts and sciences education at Indiana University. There are specialized courses for some departments, but you can also receive credit through the Walter Center’s internship course, ASCS-X373. This course will complement your internship experience with reflective activities.

Disclaimer: You must be approved for internship course credit prior to enrolling in this course. Ask your academic advisor if this course is right for you—some departments offer internship credit and you should fulfill your department’s option first. 

Eligibility requirements for ASCS-X373:

• Be an undergraduate student
• Have at least a 2.0 GPA
• Have at least 24 credit hours completed prior to the start of the course
• Have completed your department’s internship course, if applicable

Internship requirements for ASCS-X373:

For your internship to be approved and to qualify for enrollment, your internship must meet the following criteria:

• Internships must occur during the same semester in which you are seeking credit
• It must enhance your career development or offer the opportunity to apply the knowledge you’ve gained in the classroom to real-world scenarios
• The internship must not exist to simply advance the operations of the employer or replace the work that a regular employee would routinely perform
• The skills and knowledge learned must be transferable to other employment settings
• The experience must have a designated start and end date, and a job description outlining projects, duties, and/or responsibilities; please ensure that your employer pays close attention to this requirement when approving your job description
• There are clearly defined learning objectives/goals related to your academic coursework or professional goals
• There is supervision by a professional with expertise and educational and/or professional background in the field of the experience
• There is routine feedback from the experienced site supervisor
• The site supervisor is committed to submitting course evaluations of your professional development through the experience
• There are resources, equipment, and facilities provided by the host employer that support learning objectives/goals

Course requirements for ASCS-X373:

If you meet the above criteria, use the information below to decide how many credit hours you want to apply for. The more credits you choose, the more hours and coursework you will be required to complete to receive a Satisfactory (S) grade in the course. Note: Once you enroll in the course you can access the syllabus in Canvas.

1 credit requires:

• Log at least 50 hours of work at your internship site during the semester in which you are receiving credit
• Submit written and video reflections throughout the semester
• Write two 500-word essays, to be collected at the midway point of your internship and during your final week of work
• Any additional assignments as dictated by your instructor

2 credits require:

• Log at least 100 hours of work at your internship site during the semester in which you are receiving credit
• Submit written and video reflections throughout the semester
• Write two 750-word essays, to be collected at the midway point of your internship and during your final week of work
• Any additional assignments as dictated by your instructor

3 credits require:

• Log at least 150 hours of work at your internship site during the semester in which you are receiving credit
• Submit written and video reflections throughout the semester
• Write two 1,000-word essays, to be collected at the midway point of your internship and during your final week of work
• Any additional assignments as dictated by your instructor

Note: The maximum number of credits hours you can earn for an internship is three credits, regardless of the number of hours you work. You cannot exceed six lifetime credit hours of ASCS-X373/X375 enrollment. You cannot earn credit for an internship you’ve already completed.

Grades assigned to ASCS-X373 are Satisfactory (S) or Fail (F). The course fees for ASCS-X373 are the same as any other credit-bearing course. Read more about grades and calculate your semester fees at Student Central.

Please contact Erin Erwin with questions about ASCS-X373.

1-3 credits | Varies | Open to all sophomores, juniors, and seniors

This course provides you with Full-Time Student Status while working in a full-time, 40 hours per week internship. It can be helpful for loans and scholarships that require a ‘Full-Time Student’ status. Please speak with your scholarship or loan provider to determine necessary status required to receive aid.

All eligibility, internship, and course requirements are identical to ASCS-X373 — see above for details.

Please contact Erin Erwin with questions about ASCS-X375.