Virtual Internships in Buenos Aires —

Program Details

Program Eligibility

About Virtual Internships in Buenos Aires

The Virtual Internship in Buenos Aires program is a four-credit internship opportunity. Virtual internships combined with the internship course give you an opportunity to learn and develop valuable skills.

You’ll work on projects from the US for an international organization while adding a global perspective to your professional work experience. You’ll apply your in-class knowledge to real-world meaningful work, gain experience working remotely, expand your skill base, earn four credits from coursework, and maximize your time.

While we’ll try to place you in your preferred location, keep in mind that our top consideration is making an appropriate match to your skills, experience, and internship goals.

For more information, refer to our Frequently Asked Questions.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

• Communicate and navigate effectively in a global, virtual environment
• Gain culture specific knowledge of work placement country
• Understand your own values, skills, and behaviors and how different values and communication styles may impact workplace dynamics; develop strategies for adapting to these differences
• Identify and articulate skills and experiences necessary to reach future career goals; develop learning objectives for the virtual internship site that will help you move toward these career aspirations
• Conduct your work during the internship utilizing best practices around professional behavior within a virtual work environment
• Understand and practice tolerance of different cultural assumptions
• Use a comparative framework in essays and dialogue with fellow students to examine cultural and professional aspects of work and how COVID-19 has impacted these environments
• Research and analyze the placement country’s workplace, particularly in terms of social media and online presence, including language, norms, values, economic assumptions and compare this to virtual environment to the US

Program Structure

Course Schedule

Spring 2021

January 25: Virtual Internship course begins
February 1: Virtual Internship placement begins
May 3: Virtual internship course and placement ends

The class will meet synchronously six times throughout the semester. Our expectation is that you are able to make it to all synchronous sessions, and do not have another course that has conflicting class times. For this reason, there are two different options for class times, outlined below. You will choose either the Monday/Wednesday option or the Tuesday/Thursday option.

• Mondays and Wednesdays, 9–10 a.m.: January 25 and 27, March 15 and 17, April 26 and 28
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8–9 a.m.: January 26 and 28, March 16 and 18, April 27 and 29

Fall 2020

September 21: Virtual internship course begins
September 28: Virtual internship placement begins
December 16: Virtual internship course and placement ends

The class will meet synchronously three times throughout the semester. The schedule of those classes is:

• September 21 at 10–11 a.m.
• November 2 at 10–11 a.m.
• December 11 at 10-11 a.m.

Coursework

The 4-credit virtual internship course will consist of lectures, small-group discussions, readings, posting to prompts, blogs, essays, a mock interview, and a presentation. Along with the class, you’ll be assigned projects for 12–20 hours per week at your internship placement. The course will help you apply in-class knowledge to your work and understand your newly developed professional skills to articulate in professional situations.

You may selected from an English-taught or Spanish-taught section of the course.

For Spanish majors and minors: The Spring 2021 program can be counted as an elective without a Critical Analysis prerequisite provided that you enroll in a Spanish-taught section of the course and conduct your internship in Spanish. Consult the Spanish Department for approval.

Virtual Internship Syllabus (PDF)

Internship Placements

The majority of placements are available in Spanish, with a limited number of placements available in English. Placements in Spanish require a minimum of 4 semesters of college-level Spanish (SPAN 1004), or equivalent proficiency.

Internships are available in a variety of fields and industries including: 

• Art History
• Art Management
• Business
• Communications
• Creative Arts/Writing
• Education
• Environment/Sustainability
• Finance 
• Fundraising & Philosophy
• Human Resources
• International Relations
• Law
• Marketing
• Nonprofit

Past Internship Examples

Administrative Assistant — International Relations

Consejo para las Relaciones Internacionales
Assist with general administrative tasks related to international relations and foreign policy
Internship language: Spanish
Language prerequisite: SPAN 1004 or equivalent

Research Assistant — Economic & Financial Development

ESEADE Instituto Universitario
Research Latin American and Argentinian economic and financial development
Internship language: English
Language prerequisite: None

Research Assistant — Art Curation

ESEADE Instituto Universitario
Research art curatorship within Latin America and Argentina.
Internship language: Spanish
Language prerequisite: SPAN 1004 or equivalent proficiency

Research Assistant — Service Learning

CLAYS (Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio)
Conduct research on service learning and assist with administrative tasks.
Internship language: Spanish
Language prerequisite: SPAN 1004 or equivalent proficiency
 

Dates & Deadlines

Fees for Virtual Internships in Buenos Aires

Cancellation Policy

Submit

If you would like to apply after the deadline has passed, email lac-virtualintern@umn.edu with your preferred industries and we will determine if a placement is still available.

Complete

After completing the above application, which includes submitting a cover letter and resume, your application will be reviewed.

Next Steps

Notification of placement for internships in Buenos Aires will be made two to four weeks after the application deadline.

If accepted, you will be assigned a confirmation checklist, which you will complete to confirm your participation in the program. If you decide not to continue with the application process, log into the online application system and submit a Cancel Request.

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