Internships: Academic Major Requirements

SBUS Academic Major Requirements (Undergraduate)

Accounting Concentration

  • Department Head Approval
  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum courses in major completed at RMU - 4 courses (12 credits)
  • Undergraduate transfer students must have completed 24 credits of coursework at RMU (9 of the 24 credits must be accounting courses at the 2000 level or above)
  • Registration deadlines are the end of the fourth week of the fall and spring semesters and the end of the second week of the summer session.

Economics Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 72 These credits must be completed prior to the start of the academic internship
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: two (2)

Finance Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5.
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 72
  • These credits must be completed prior to the start of the academic internship
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: two (2)

Hospitality & Tourism Management Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.25
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 60 Students must complete 60 credits prior to taking HTMG4903
  • Students cannot earn more than 12 internship credits
  • Any changes must be approved by the Director of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Management Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.25 overall
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 72
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: two (2)

Marketing Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.25 overall
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 72
  • The following field concentration course is required prior to the start of the academic internship: MARK3100 Principles of Marketing
  • After completing MARK 3100, Principles of Marketing, students must complete or should be in the process of completing three additional marketing courses (9 credits) prior to participation in the internship program
  • Any changes must be approved by the Department Head of Marketing

Sport Management Concentration

  • Minimum GPA: 2.25
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 45
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: two (2)
  • Any changes must be approved by the Department Head of Sport Management

SIHSS Academic Major Requirements (Undergraduate & Graduate)

Communication Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 3.0
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 60
  • Undergraduate transfer students must have completed at least 12 credits at RMU prior to applying to the Academic Internship Program
  • Must have completed Communication Skills 1 through 5
  • Must have completed at least two (2) Communication Department requirements.
  • Must have completed the following Communication Electives with a grade of B or higher:
    • ARTM2050 - Writing for Media OR COMM3030 - Professional Writing
    • COMM2500 - Instructional Media Design OR JRNL3020 - Journalism Production
  • Must have completed at least one (1) course in their concentration
  • All academic Internship applications must be approved by the Internship Coordinator

Competitive Intelligence Systems
Computer Information Systems
Cyber Forensics and Information Security
Information Sciences Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 60
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: three (3)
  • Undergraduate transfer students must have completed 12 credits including one 3-credit INFS course (one full-time semester) prior to applying to the program
  • Must have open electives or one INFS elective
  • Credits as additional coursework are not permitted
  • Updated job description must be provided each term if the internship covers multiple terms
  • Internships at current or past employers are not acceptable (unless a change of department and supervisor will take place; e.g. a former accountant becomes an IT tech.)
  • Deadlines for registration are February 15 (spring term), June 10 (summer term) and October 5 (fall term)

English Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 60
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: three (3)
  • The following field concentration courses are required prior to the start of the academic internship:
    • Must have completed Communication Skills 1 through 4, including COSK2230 ENGL2540 Study of Language or
    • ENGL3500 Study of Rhetoric

Media Arts Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits prior to the beginning of the internship: 60
  • Must have completed a minimum of three Communication Skills classes
  • Must have completed the second-level course in the student's concentration
    • Graphic Design: ARTM3110 Design Studio I
    • Interaction Design: ARTM3210 HTML Toolbox
    • Photography: ARTM3300 Digital Photography
    • TV/Video Production: ARTM2430 Video Field Production
  • Undergraduate transfer students must have completed 12 credits including one 3-credit Media Arts course (one full-time semester) prior to applying to the program
  • All academic internships must have a qualified on-site supervisor (practicing experienced professional in the internship field)
  • All academic internship applications must be approved before the start date of the internship by the RMU Career Center and Media Arts Department

Organizational Leadership Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 69
  • Minimum Number of RMU credits: 12
  • Must have completed the following:
    • ORGL – 12 credits in the major

Professional Communications and Information Systems Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.5
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 69
  • Minimum Number of RMU credits: 12
  • Must have completed the following courses and one INFS course
    • COMM2550 Interpersonal Communication
    • COMM2600 Introduction to Human Communications
    • COMM2700 Organizational Communication
  • Must have open electives or one open INFS elective
  • Credits as additional coursework are not permitted
  • Updated job description must be provided each term if the internship covers multiple terms
  • Internships at current or past employers are not acceptable (unless a change of department and supervisor will take place; e.g. a former accountant becomes an IT tech.)
  • Deadlines for registration are February 15 (spring term), June 10 (summer term) and October 5 (fall term)

Communication and Information Systems
Competitive Intelligence Systems
Information Security & Assurance
Information Systems Management
Information Technology Project Management
Internet Information Systems Majors (Graduate Programs)

  • Student must be in good standing
  • Graduate students must have completed nine (9) credits at Robert Morris University
  • Maximum of nine (9) graduate internship credits may be earned in a 36-credit master's degree program (C.O.I.S. degree program excluded)
  • Maximum of three (3) graduate internship credits may be earned in a 30-credit master's degree program
  • Maximum of three (3) graduate internship credits may be earned by students enrolled in the Integrated BS/MS in Computing Program

The internship must be in-state unless with worldwide companies and/or those with a presence in the Pittsburgh area.

Social Science Majors

  • Minimum GPA: 2.0
  • Minimum Number of Credits: 70
  • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: four (4)

    SEMS Academic Major Requirements (Undergraduate)

    Actuarial Science Majors

    • Minimum GPA: 3.0
    • Minimum Number of Credits: 60 (including transferred credits)
    • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: four (4)
      • ASCI2010 Introduction to Actuarial Science
      • MATH2070 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
      • MATH2170 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
      • STAT3140 Probability/Math Statistics I
    • Students cannot earn more than six internship credits per semester and a maximum of nine credits at RMU

    Engineering Majors

    • Minimum GPA: 2.0
    • Minimum number of credits: 64
    • Must have completed/transferred the following courses:
      • Calculus sequence: MATH2070, MATH2170 & MATH3090
      • Basic Engineering (at least three of the following): ENGR1010, ENGR1610, ENGR2080, ENGR2140, ENGR2160, ENGR2180
      • Programming: INFS2184 or equivalent
    • Credits: A student must earn a minimum of 3 credits (150 hours) of Engineering Practice in order to meet graduation requirements. In view of the specialized nature of engineering assignments - this may be achieved with a single internship experience or in installments as appropriate. The Academic Department Head or his/her designate will make the determination.

    Environmental Science
    Biology Majors

    • Minimum GPA: 2.5
    • Minimum number of credits: 64
    • Must have all introductory science courses on 1000 and 2000 levels or by Department Head recommendation

    Mathematics Majors

    • Minimum GPA: 3.0
    • Minimum Number of Credits: 60 (including transferred credits)
    • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: four (4)
      • MATH2070 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
      • MATH2170 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
      • MATH3090 Calculus with Analytic Geometry III
      • STAT3140 Probability/Math Statistics I or
      • MATH4000 Discrete Mathematics

    SNEHS Academic Major Requirements (Undergraduate)

    Health Services Management Majors

    • Dean's Approval
    • Minimum GPA: 2.5
    • Minimum Number of Credits: 75
    • Minimum Number of RMU credits: 12
    • Must have completed the following courses prior to the start of the academic internship:
      • HSAM1300 Health Services Administration II
      • HSAM1400 Introduction to Managed Care
      • HSAM1800 Marketing for Health Services Organizations

    Psychology Majors

    • Minimum GPA: 2.0
    • Minimum Number of Credits: 70
    • Minimum Number of Courses in Major: four (4)