The following courses are offered for Outdoor Adventure Leadership majors. You must indicate which course you will be registering for on the Student Placement Form.

RLS-44100
Internship in Recreation & Leisure Studies
Credits: 8-11
Prerequisites:

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00
• Minimum GPA of 2.50 in RLS courses
• Minimum GPA of 3.00 in RLS-24800
• Completion of at least 24 credits of required RLS courses and 6 credits of recreation electives
• Approval of department chair

RLS-34900
Advanced Fieldwork
Credits: 8

Students must have completed at least 24 credits of required RLS courses and 6 credits of recreation electives. If any of the following apply, however, students will need to enroll in Advanced Fieldwork (instead of Internship), which requires students to intern within 200 miles of Ithaca College to receive closer faculty supervision:

• A grade of B- or less in RLS 24800
• Cumulative GPA of less than 2.00
• GPA in RLS courses of less than 2.50

Permission of department chair required.

1. Download and read the Internship & Advanced Fieldwork Manual for OAL majors.

2. Download the Application for Internship or Advanced Fieldwork Form and the GPA Calculator Spreadsheet. Follow the procedures for filling out the form as stated in the guidelines. This form then needs to be submitted to the RLS Internship Coordinator.

3. Once approved you will receive an e-mail requesting that you set up a meeting with the RLS Internship Coordinator.

4. In consultation with your academic adviser and the RLS Internship Coordinator, begin researching potential sites.

5. Once a site has been identified and approved by the RLS Internship Coordinator, download the OAL Site Acceptance Form, fill in the top portion of page 1, and then send the form to the site supervisor to complete.

6. Once the RLS Internship Coordinator has received the Site Acceptance Form from the site, you will need to complete the OAL Student Placement Form (using this link).

7. Upon confirmation of your placement, complete the Internship Requirements Checklist based on your start and end dates, and submit it to the Internship Coordinator.

8. By the end of the first week you are actually on site, complete the Student Information Form and return it to your Faculty Supervisor.

9. Submit to the Faculty Supervisor both a Midterm Evaluation Form and a Final Evaluation Form, completed by your agency supervisor with comments provided by you, at the appropriate mid-point and end of your internship.

10. Complete the Department of RLS Internship Agency Evaluation Form and submit it to your Ithaca College internship supervisor.