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PrintExperiential Education Opportunities
Enhance your internship experience
by taking part in the GUCEL Program!
Learn more here.
Why participate in GUCEL?
- Enhance your Intellectual Community:
establish connections across levels
and disciplines - Develop Teamwork Skills: gain experience
working in a cooperative team environment,
essential for success in later employment - Increase your Impact: collaboration with
fellow students leads to results that
are “greater than the sum of its parts”
Degroote School of Business
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Arts & Science Program
Obtaining Academic Credit
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students have the opportunity to receive academic credit for their participation in the Sustainability Internship Program. Students are encouraged to contact their faculty to learn about available opportunities.
NOTE: Sustainability internships are non-paid experiential opportunities. Course credit is awarded to successful
participants by the faculty through which the internship is offered.
Graduate Students
Graduate students are encouraged to speak with their departmental Graduate Advisor/Administrator for potential opportunities to receive academic credit for experiential learning.
Degroote School of Business
Applicable Course(s): COMMERCE 4EL3 – Experiential Learning in Business
Course Description: This course is defined as a structured experiential learning based project that a student undertakes under the supervision of a faculty member, with the authorization of the Associate Dean (Academic), from the DeGroote School of Business. It may be completed as a team activity or as an independent project / leadership activity. The focus is on developing managerial decision making, project management, resource management and leadership skills in preparation for a career in business.
Contact Information: Please contact the Faculty Office (DSB 104, ext. 24433) to speak with an Academic Advisor
Faculty of Health Sciences
TBA
Faculty of Science
Science students wishing to complete a science experiential course are encouraged to contact the Science Career & Cooperative Education office for information about course options.
Students are required to complete an application form, including a detailed learning contract, evaluation criteria, and must secure a Placement Supervisor and an Academic Supervisor. Academic Supervisors must be a faculty member in the Faculty of Science.
All applications are reviewed and approved on an individual basis.
Contact Information: Science Career & Cooperative Education, BSB 127
scce@mcmaster.ca
www.science.mcmaster.ca/scce
Contact Information: Ruthanne Talbot, Programming and Outreach Manager (Experiential Education, Faculty of Social Sciences) at talbotr@mcmaster.ca, ext. 23382 or KTH 102.
Arts & Science Program
Applicable Course(s): ARTS&SCI 3EE3, 3X03, 4A06, 4C06, 4EE6
Course Descriptions: http://artsci.os.mcmaster.ca/courses/2013-2014
Contact information:
Arts & Science Program Administrator
Shelley Anderson
Commons 105
Email address: artsci@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 Ext. 24655
Arts & Science Program Administrator
Rebecca Bishop
Commons 105
Email address: rbishop@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 Ext. 23153
Created December 14, 2011