AE 3000 COURSE OVERVIEW

AE 3000 is a tuition-free, zero-credit course at TXST designed to formally recognize internship experiences for undergraduate students of any major. Offered each fall, spring, and summer, AE 3000 features reflection-based career curriculum and optional professional development resources. The course supports you throughout your internship and ensures the experience appears on your official transcript.

Benefits & Goals for Students: 

  • Provides transcript notation for internships
  • Removes financial barriers to internship participation
  • Supports diverse internship experiences
  • Encourages professional development through reflective, self-paced assignments

Course Structure & Assignments: 

The course is self-paced and fully online, meant to be completed during an internship. Students are required to complete five total assignments: 

  1. Pre-internship career readiness self-evaluation 
  2. Goal setting for internship success (3-5 goals)
  3. Mid-experience prompt-guided reflection (1-2 pages)
  4. Final prompt-guided reflection (1-2 pages)
  5. Post-internship career readiness self-evaluation

Other weekly assignments and prompts will be optional for deeper engagement. These optional assignments will provide additional guidance on how you can maximize your internship experience and get the most out of it.

Grading: Credit (CR) upon completion of all required assignments. 

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

Student Eligibility: The course is available for currently enrolled, degree-seeking undergraduate students at TXST. Students must have already secured an internship taking place concurrently with course enrollment. Prior completed internships do not qualify. 

Enrollment dates for the course will follow university registration dates. 

Internship Eligibility: To be eligible for the course, the internship: 

  • must be at least 60 hours long over a minimum of 6 weeks during the same semester or summer of enrollment
  • must be professionally oriented, assigning students meaningful projects with learning components
  • must provide regular access to the supervisor
  • must be at an established nonprofit, for-profit, or public organization
  • can be virtual, in-person, or hybrid
  • can be paid or unpaid

Application Instructions: You need instructor approval to take AE 3000. To apply, follow these instructions: 

  1. Follow the link below and login to Handshake
  2. Select the Submit an Experience button
  3. Select the AE 3000: Zero-Credit Internship Course – Application Experience template from the drop-down
  4. Fill out all required fields and hit submit
  5. On the next screen, find the New Attachment button and upload your offer letter.

Your offer letter will need to include your internship title, the company name, expectations of the role, approximate hours to be worked, and start and end dates. If that information is in multiple documents or emails, feel free to submit multiple attachments. If all of the information is not included, attach what you have, and we will reach out if we need more! Your offer letter can be an official document or it may be an email. 

Please contact internships@txstate.edu if you have questions about AE 3000.

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