Our internship program is designed to give qualified applicants practical work experience in accounting. This experience enables students to assess the correctness of a career choice, to apply in practice concepts and ideas which until now have only been studied in the classroom, and to better choose remaining accountancy electives.
Internships are offered for the summer and spring semesters for 11 weeks minimum. Internships are taken for three credit hours. During the internship, interns work full-time as accountants and are paid a salary commensurate with their abilities. Students may not enroll in other courses during the time period of their internship. Permanent employment may not be used for ACCY 673 and ACCY 673 many not be taken as the last course in a program. Students are also responsible for bi-weekly activity reports, current development reports, an oral presentation critiqued by peers and accounting professionals and group meetings during their internships. A student admitted to the M.S.T. program, meets the M.S.T. internship prerequisite criteria.
The deadlines for applications for all internship programs are regularly announced through a variety of department channels. Please contact Tamara Phelan at (815) 753-6208 or email tphelan@niu.edu for more information.