For an EBIO major, an internship is a great way to get involved in the field and learn more about possible career paths, including working in industry, ecological/environmental research, natural resources conservation and management, wildlife field studies. According to several sources聽. Plus, .
For guidance in searching and applying for a job fitting your career interests, visit SM调教所 Career Services. If you're looking for directions in writing your resume or a cover letter, set up a meeting with one of the people in the EBIO Writing Lab.
How to Find an Internship that's Right for You
To find an internship on your own, you can visit job ads fitting the career interests聽of聽EBIO majors on SM调教所's聽听补苍诲听Biology Advising聽websites, and also on聽, the , 补苍诲听;听迟丑别听聽regularly lists positions as well. Subscribing to can tell about open internships as well as full-time, post-graduation caeer opportunites. In addition, internships are regularly advertised by the聽,听,听,听,听,听,听,听补苍诲听.
罢丑别听聽offers hundreds of internships every Summer.听For some more information about how聽REUs work and some suggestions for writing a letter of application, click here.听
Applying for Internship Credit
After you've been hired, you can apply for enrollment in EBIO 3930 (Internship) to receive course credit if you've聽completed at least 9 credit hours in聽EBIO classes, with your grades equalling a GPA of >聽2.50. No retroactive credit can be given for previous internship experience, even if that experience was with your current employer. Internship credits from other institutions do not transfer.听EBIO 3930's enrollment deadline is extended well beyond primary enrollment deadlines to聽the聽10th week of Fall and Spring Semesters (mid-October), and the 6th week of Summer Session C (mid-July).听
Enrolling in EBIO 3930 requires聽submitting聽a formal application and securing聽the department's permission.听Key information you'll need to provide when applying聽includes written responses to the following prompts:
- Position Description.聽Describe the nature of your position and/or your duties. What will be the most substantive aspects of your position? What will you do most of the time?
- Educational Relevance.聽What do you hope to learn from this experience? How will the position help you grow as a science major, and a scientist in your field of study?
- Learning Activities.聽Describe聽the tasks聽you will do in your internship聽(i.e., field sampling, GPS mapping, lab data collection, etc.), the ways聽you'll apply/further develop what you've learned in your science classes, and how those will help you move forward in preparing your career post-graduation. Conclude with a brief statement regarding the聽final report you will turn in when the semester/session ends聽(i.e., written report, research poster, workplace聽presentation, etc.).
To help your application be successful, you should draft聽responses to these prompts and email聽Internship Faculty Sponsor聽Dr. Harrison Carpenter for review and feedback. If the responses fill the department鈥檚 requests, your application will be submitted electronically.听
The formal application requires you to tell how many EBIO 3930 course credits you're requesting.听You may enroll for 1-6聽course credits, based upon your聽hours of work time in your internship. For every聽40 hours of work time, you can request聽1 course credit (i.e.,听40-79 hours of work time = 1 course credit; 80-119 hours of work time = 2 course credits, etc.).听EBIO 3930 is graded Pass (P) or Fail (F).听If your internship overlaps a break between semesters, you should enroll during the semester in which your internship begins; you will be given a grade of Incomplete (I) for that semester and a final grade will be given after your聽internship has concluded.
Local Opportunities
If you're housed within the Boulder area, note that organizations along the Front Range frequently hire聽interns:
The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre facility located within Denver鈥檚 City Park, and affiliated with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It houses species from all over the world, including hoofed mammals, carnivorous mammals, primates, pachyderms, birds, reptiles, and fish. The zoo鈥檚 animal collection contains more than 4,000 specimens representing over 600 species. Within the areas of Animal Care and Animal Behavior, the zoo offers both paid and unpaid internships throughout the year.
Environment for the Americas' internship program is geared toward connecting diverse people who are passionate about engaging others in natural resources, guiding young people into careers in the sciences and conservation, bird conservation, and education. Learn about the programs and positions聽available 聽by visiting their聽听飞别产辫补驳别.
Interns work alongside aquarium professionals, gaining knowledge through hands-on career experience.听聽Interns will assist aquarium staff with the various duties in each department, and will develop and conduct an Independent Project under the guidance of an intern supervisor.听聽Topics will be chosen based on area of interest balanced with aquarium needs.听Once the topic of interest is defined, interns will develop the project, write a project report and give an oral presentation to aquarium staff.听聽are always available; formal paid internships can be found on聽.
Founded in 1995, Butterfly Pavilion was created by the Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium as the first stand-alone non-profit invertebrate zoo in the nation. Home to literally thousands of butterflies, Butterfly Pavilion is a 30,000 square foot facility situated on an 11-acre campus provided by the City of Westminster. As a publicly supported facility, Butterfly Pavilion is primarily supported by admission fees, community support and by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Their aim is to foster an appreciation of invertebrates while educating the public about the importance of conservation of threatened habitats in the tropics and around the world.
Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a nonprofit organization that is devoted to the rehabilitation and release of wildlife. Since opening in 1982, Greenwood has become the largest wildlife rehabilitation center of this kind in Colorado. Rehabilitating over 100 species of orphaned, injured and sick wildlife, Greenwood cares for between 2,000 and 3,000 animals every year. Internships provide hands-on experience teaching skills such as handling techniques, cleaning and sterilization procedures, habitat enrichment, diets, food preparation, and feeding methods, and treatment procedures.
Since 1982, the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (RMRP) has served the northern Colorado community through rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured birds of prey. Working with veterinary experts, specially trained volunteers provide all aspects of raptor care, ranging from compassionate medical care to constructing cages that serve as temporary homes for recovering birds. RMRP seeks to inspire the protection and appreciation of raptors and the spaces where they live through rehabilitation, education and research, admitting聽approximately 300 raptors each year.