Internships
About Our Internships
An academic internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theories learned in the classroom with practical application and skill development in a professional setting. Students earn academic credit and are evaluated according to a job description that is incorporated into a course.
Internships are overseen by a faculty member and by a designated employee of the host organization. Academic learning objectives are integral to the internship, distinguishing them from volunteer positions or jobs.
For all internships occurring at a current place of employment, the internship duties must be outside of your normal daily tasks. Special projects will be taken into consideration.
Internships by Program
Useful Resources
Internship Process
- Meet with your major advisor to ensure an internship meets your program's requirements.
- Meet with your department's Internship Coordinator regarding internship requirements.
- Departments do not assign or locate internships for students. Apply and secure an internship.
- Ensure that your internship meets University internship guidelines and requirements.
- Ensure that your internship meets Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Unpaid internships not meeting the FLSA test for unpaid interns will not be approved. Know Your Rights is a great resource.
- Once you have secured an internship, meet again with your Internship Coordinator for approval of the internship; complete paperwork.
- Once paperwork is approved, register for the internship course.
- Complete internship assignments/requirements.
Note: Students must be enrolled in an internship course while actively interning to earn academic internship credit. Internship credit cannot be retroactively applied to a non-credit internship experience.
Past Geography/GIS Internship sites
St. Cloud Area
Twin Cities
Greater MN
Past Land Surveying and Mapping Sciences internship sites
St. Cloud Area
Twin Cities
- Acre Land Surveying
- Anderson Engineering of Minnesota
- Anoka County Surveyor's Office
- City of Bloomington – Engineering Division
- Civil Site Group
- Community Land Solutions
- Dakota County Survey
- Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc
- Hennepin County Surveyor's Office
- Mead & Hunt
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Pioneer Engineering, P.A.
- Ramsey County Land Survey Services
- Sathre-Bergquist Inc
- Schoborg Land Services Inc
- Sherburne County Surveyor's Office
- Sunde Land Surveying
- W Brown Land Surveying
- Wenck - a part of Stantec
- Wright County Surveyor Department
Greater MN
- Aitkin County Highway Department
- Arro Land Surveying of Brainerd, Inc
- Bax Engineering
- Bolton & Menk
- Bonnema Runke Stern Inc.
- Burnsville Public Works
- Carlson McCain
- City of Duluth Engineering Division
- Duininck Inc
- Festler Land Surveying
- ISG (Land Survey)
- Jones Haugh Smith Engineering Inc.
- JPJ Engineering
- Lake Superior Consulting
- Morrison County Land Services
- St. Louis County Surveyor
- Stonemark Land Surveying Inc.
- Widseth Smith Nolting
- WSB