Experienced-Based Education is an internship-for-credit program unique to Bethany College. Through EBE, Bethany students earn academic credit while job shadowing or interning.

Anyone can be an intern, but what makes an EBE unique is the learning experience. In an EBE, students

·         set goals and objectives before the internship

·         attend an EBE Orientation

·         journal during the internship and

·         reflect on the experience afterwards with a sponsoring professor and the career-services director.

EBE students not only learn practical career skills and define their career goals, they also apply principles studied in the classroom and gain deeper insights into their academic discipline.

Other EBE benefits include:

·         Explore career options

·         Enhance your marketability

·         Develop professional skills

·         Build professional networks

·         Draw connections between the classroom and professional world

·         Identify and utilize professional resources

·         Earn academic credit

EBEs may be completed during any of Bethany’s four semesters: fall, spring, summer or Interterm. Students may arrange for an EBE at a site in or near Lindsborg, or they may complete an EBE anywhere in the world!

Up to 15 semester hours credit can be earned toward graduation through EBEs. With approval from the department chair, four of the maximum 15 hours may be for 300-level credit. All credits are recorded as pass/fail. A maximum of 12 credits can be earned during a semester, 6 during summer, and 3 during Interterm. Students earn 1 credit hour for every 50 hours spent at the job site or working on the internship. Tuition for EBE credit is assessed at the same rate as all other credits for that particular term.

Explore these pages to learn more, and contact Career Services for more information.

The deadline to submit EBE paperwork to Career Services is the Monday before finals week begins every semester.