Student Requirements
To be eligible to enroll for internship credit, they must have:
A minimum academic standing of 2.0 accumulative GPA or higher and completed 58 or more credit hours toward graduation prior to beginning the internship period. Candidates for associate's degrees must have completed 28 or more credit hours toward graduation. A student must have completed at least 9 credits in the major or minor where the internship credit is to be awarded and a 2.5 GPA in their major or minor. Internships can be taken for up to 6 credits per internship per semester, with a maximum of 12 credits toward graduation. One credit hour will be awarded for a minimum of 40 clock hours worked at the internship site. No more than 9 credit hours can be counted towards meeting the academic major requirements, and no more than 6 credit hours can be counted in meeting minor field requirements. (Interns may be required, by the employing organization, to work more clock hours than are required for the credit a student is seeking).
Registration can only occur after all required paperwork has been submitted to the Career Services Office for auditing. The paperwork must meet all the academic requirements through the signatures of the division head, faculty member, and site supervisor. Any exception to these requirements the student must have a policy exception form completed and signed by the Provost or Associiate Provost. Registration for the internship course credit should be completed prior to the start of the work at the internship work site. Any attempt to enroll for internship credit after a semester has begun could jeopardize the awarding of credit for the internship during that semester.
It is the student's responsibility to complete the application process prior to the Registrar's deadlines to be awarded credit for the internship during the semester they plan to receive credit. Students will be required to register for the internship credit during the semester of their internship experience. The application should be filed with the Career Services Office according to the following schedule:
Internship Deadline for each semester:
Fall Semester Last day of drop/add in the Fall Semester
Spring Semester Last day of drop/add in the Spring Semester
Summer Semester Last day of the 1st week of the 1st summer session
If the internship experience crosses two semesters, the internship should be registered during the semester in which the bulk of the work time is being done!
Must Register for an internship prior to the following deadlines:
Fall Semester November 1
Spring Semester April 1
Summer Semester August 1
Students may not retroactively register for internship credit.
