Employer Request for Undergraduate Interns

If you’re interested in having one of our undergraduates come do an internship or research at your agency, company or organization, the best thing to do is to email the following information to safs@u.washington.edu:

• Description of Duties
• Start Date and Time Frame: one quarter or a year? Summer?
• Hours/week: Part-time during academic year, full-time in summer?
• Location: Busline to the UW, ouside Seattle?
• Special Requirements: course work, skills, experience
• Certifications required: driver’s license, scuba training, first aid?
• Any compensation, lodging, mileage, etc?
• Anything else they should know: includes research cruise, etc?
• How to respond to the announcement: email resume and coverletter, application?
• Contact information for Internship site: name, email, phone
• Deadline for application

When the internship announcement is recieved, it will be circulated it to the students and they will contact the worksite supervisor/contact person directly. The supervisor should then interview the applicants and make the selection, then send the student back to their UW adviser to determine which type of credit and how much is appropriate. The student will also locate a UW faculty member to serve as their faculty sponsor. There is a form that all three parties will need to sign to formalize the agreement.

The 3 types of Independent Study credit available through SAFS:

Fish 498 Internship	(1-15 cr./qtr, 15 cr. Max)	Credit/No Credit, Any level/major
Fish 499 Research	(1-15 cr./qtr, 15 cr. Max)	C/NC or Graded, Any level/major
Fish 494-495 Capstone	(6-15 credits, 2 qtrs)	Graded, For Seniors mostly. SAFS majors only.