Undergraduate Internships

Student internships will normally meet the following standards:

• Not more than 15 semester hours of credit should count toward the 120 credit hours required for graduation except where accrediting standards (organizations/agencies) or professional practice require a greater number of hours.
• S/U grading should be used for internships except where there is close faculty supervision of students or where professional practice indicates preference for letter grades.
• The ratio of actual clock hours in the internship to credit hours earned should not exceed 30:1, excluding travel and preparation time.

Department curriculum committees should be responsible for providing the college curriculum committee with the following information when proposing new internship courses:

• Relationship of the internship to the total program.
• Requirements or recommendations of accrediting agencies, organizations, or professional standards when applicable.
• Objectives of the internship and procedure for evaluating student accomplishments.
• Type and amount of supervision of student interns.
• Role and/or responsibility of the participating internship agency.
• Evidence that quality control of the internship rests with the college/department.
• Qualifications of personnel supervising student interns.
• Faculty-student ratio.
• Whether internship is for majors only or also for non-majors (with rationale given for non-majors).
• Student prerequisites for the internship should be spelled out, e.g., GPA, hours earned, etc.