Abstract
GIS Internships in the Campus Community
Track: Teaching About GIS for Future Professionals
Authors: Kevin Cary, Jun Yan
As part of the bachelors degree in GIScience, students must complete up to 6 credit hours of GIS internship at WKU. Students have successfully gained intership opportunities within the campus community in which led to employment, either full or part-time with the existing organization. Furthermore, these students find themselves very competitive with entry-level GIS jobs due to the experience gained from the internship. The GIS internship gives an insight to the real-world experience. This presentation will discuss what is expected of the GIScience student, when the student can take the internship and who in the campus community is interested.