The paper determines whether the students’ career aspirations have changed from the
time they enrolled for a particular programme during the first year until they have
encountered socialisation throughout the four-year learning period, which includes the
internship programme. Descriptive research design was used in the study. The
research population for the study were all final year University Botswana
undergraduate business students on a four year study programme. Purposive sampling
was used to select a total of 100 students from the final year Accounting and Finance
students and, the two groups being equally represented in the sample. Primary data
was used for the study and collected using a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire from the
two groups during class time. Descriptive statistics and Independent sample t-tests
were used to analyse the data. The internship programme is an eye opener to the
students and help them to prepare for their careers. The students who enrolled for the
accounting and finance programmes stuck to the careers choices they had made at the
commencement of their four year study programmes. The university must continue
with internship programmes, if possible assist finance students to secure internship
places in finance related institutions both locally and regionally.

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