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ECON 4920: Cooperative Education in Economics

Students can gain valuable professional experience by working as an intern. One, two, or three hours of course credit are available for eligible students with approved internship employment. The internship course, ECON 4920, can be used as elective that contributes to your economics degree
requirements.
ECON 4920 allows students participating in an internship off-campus to earn college credit. If you are still looking for an internship opportunity, please visit the UNT Career Center or its website. The Department of Economics does not place students in internships.

  • The internship must involve some sort of economics content or economics related duties.
  • The course grade will be P/NP.
  • Upon enrollment students must select the number of internship credit hours they seek to earn from the class.
  • Earning one ECON 4920 credit hour requires 75-149.9 hours of work at the internship during the semester.
  • Earning two ECON 4920 credit hours requires 150-209.9 hours of work at the internship during the semester.
  • Earning three ECON 4920 credit hours requires > 210 hours of work at the internship during the semester.
  • Failing to meet the minimum hours for the selected SCH will result in a grade of NP.
  • Students may earn a maximum of 3 semester credit hours in ECON 4920.
Requirements to Enroll
  • Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) in Economics: 3.00.
  • Consent of the Department (undergraduate advisor); a registration code will be needed to enroll in the class.
  • Must be an economics major (BA, BS, or BBA).
  • Must have completed ECON 1100, ECON 1110, ECON 3550, and ECON 3560 with a grade of C or better.
  • Senior standing (completed at least 90 credit hours -- at least 15 hours of which must be advanced).
  • The student must have an offer to participate in an internship.
  • The student must turn in the Internship Enrollment Request Form.
Requirements to Complete the course
  • The student must meet all requirements for the internship position as outlined by the employer.
  • The employer must submit an Internship Credit Form (stating the number of hours worked and that the student has fulfilled the requirements of the internship) to the Department of Economics before final examination week of the semester in order for the student to earn a grade of P.
Create/login to Handshake acount
  • Once you have created or logged into your Handshake account you can either find an internship through Handshake or skip to the credit verification process.
  • For credit verification process, click on Career Center on the left-hand side then click on Experiences.
  • Click on Submit an Experience.
  • Click on Experience template and type in Economics and select the correct term.
  • Enter your remaining information. you will need to provide: Job Title, Start and End Dates, Job Type, Salary, Estimated Hours per week; Internship responsibilities, Supervisor’s Name, address, phone number, email, etc.
  • Submit the completed form by clicking on Submit an Experience.
  • An email will be sent to the course instructor for review. You should receive an email response within 5-7 days. If approved the email will have more information on how to register for 4920.

For more information about internships, contact Adriana Martinez, Adriana.Martinez2@unt.edu.