How do I?
How do I do a January term?
Internship
- Find a faculty sponsor from the academic department in which you want to do an internship. Talk to the Internship Coordinator if you need guidance on how to secure the right sponsor.
- Work with your faculty sponsor and the Career Development Center to find an internship site suited to your goals.
- Utilize a counselor in the Center to develop your resume and a cover letter for an application.
- Determine how many credits the internship will be (1-4), listed as either DEPT 290 or 390.
- Complete internship paperwork through the Career Development Center and submit to registrar’s office.
- See housing and board policy.
Contact: Internship Coordinator at 336-316-2187
Service Project
- Determine if one of the College’s ongoing service projects is a good fit. If not, discuss your own ideas with James Shields in the Bonner Center.
- If you want credit from a particular department for your project, get a sponsor from that department, secure the department chair’s approval, (and a representative from Early College, if you’re a student in ECG). If general studies credit is acceptable, ask James Shields to be your sponsor.
- Determine # of credits for the project (1-4).
- Fill out the independent project form available in the registrar’s office at New Garden Hall.
- Submit to registrar during the registration period.
- See housing and board policy.
Contact: James Shields at 336-316-2447
Independent or Group Project
- Brainstorm with a faculty sponsor or mentor to develop your project idea.
- Secure a faculty sponsor or mentor and flesh out the details and timing of your project.
- Secure the sponsor or mentor’s formal approval for your project.
- Fill out an independent project form (available in the registrar’s office at New Garden Hall), and obtain both the sponsor/mentor’s and department chair’s signed approval.
- Submit to the registrar’s office in New Garden Hall during advertised registration period.
- See housing and board policy.
Contact: your academic advisor
Seminar
- Consider how different experiences on the list will enrich your academic profile and personal development.
- Pick from the list of existing experiences.
- If you want a seminar to count towards your major, choose a graded experience.
- Go to Banner and register for one experience. Refer to the calendar for registration dates.
- Apply for January term housing and pick a meal plan in Banner Web if you will be on campus at any time.
- Purchase required course materials before the start of the January term.
- See housing and board policy.
Contact: the instructor of the seminar
Study Away (Domestic)
Requires a two-stage application: starting on Guilford’s Study Abroad website.
Find your initial application at Study Abroad’s interactive online map; search by term, choosing Winter 2014.
Stage two applications involve either the off-campus partner or an interview with the faculty leader to be started after approval by the Guilford College Study Abroad office.
Deposits are due with initial application; becomes non-refundable with acceptance.
For Ghost Ranch experiences, pick your top three choices. First choice is not guaranteed.
Deadlines are early. See calendar on the inside back page.
Refund policies vary from program to program.
For “Photography and the Power of Place,” see housing and board policy.
Contact: Study Abroad staff in King Hall 107 or 112
Study Abroad (International)
- Many require a two-stage application: starting on Guilford’s Study Abroad website and ending with an affiliate partner. See descriptions.
- Find your application at Study Abroad’s interactive online map; search by term, choosing Winter 2014.
- Apply to ONE abroad project only. Deadlines are early. See calendar on the inside back page.
- Deposits are due with your initial application. See program descriptions for amounts.
- For partner programs only, after being approved by Guilford, submit a stage two application to the partner.
- Upon acceptance, deposits become non-refundable.
- Refund policies vary from program to program with a short window for withdrawal and severe penalties.
- For experiences that include on campus instruction, see housing and board policy.
Contact: Study Abroad staff in King Hall 107 or 112
