Registering for Internship Credit

Students will register for internship credits the semester before they plan to intern by completing these steps:

Important Notice: Internship credits cannot be earned retroactively. Students are not allowed to register for credit after completing the internship.

Determine the number of internship credits you want to earn. You may be able to earn credits in more than one department. When arranging credits in more than one department you will have two faculty moderators, two sets of, and two registration forms. Refer to the hours per credit guidelines to determine the minimum number of hours you need to work for the number of credits you want to earn. Students at CSB/SJU are allowed to earn a maximum of 16 internship credits during their 4 years.
Check with your academic department about their requirements for earning internship credits.
Find a Faculty Moderator in the department where you plan to earn credits.
The faculty moderator is typically a professor from whom you’ve taken a class or with whom you’ve developed a relationship. It’s a good idea to talk to your faculty moderator during the planning stages of your internship and get a verbal agreement to moderate for your internship.
Make an appointment with the Internship Office staff by phoning 363-5799.During this appointment, staff will review the registration forms with you, including the legal forms and the reports and evaluations required for participation in the program. You MUST be registered before you will be allowed to begin your internship. To register complete the Registration for Internship – Learning Contract, circulating it as instructed. The final submission to the Internship Program Coordinator must be completed by the registration deadline, usually the last day of classes of the semester preceding your internship.
Download the electronic form:
Registration for InternshipLearning Contract
Read all 5 pages of the form before you complete it.
Save it as: InternshipRegistrationFirstNameLastName- i.e. InternshipRegistrationJonDoe
For additional information about writing goals and objectives see this link:
Learning Contract: Writing Goals
Meet with your site supervisor to find out as much as you can about the work you will be doing. Ask for a job description.
Complete a draft of your learning goals, tasks and strategies to share by email or when you meet with your faculty moderator and site supervisor. For additional information about writing goals and objectives see this link: Learning Contract: Writing Goals
Type the final draft of your learning goals, tasks and strategies in the space provided on the Registration For Internship Learning Contract. Follow the instructions on page 2 of the form for completing and circulating the form for signatures.
Page 1 of your registration form must be signed by you, your faculty moderator, the department chair [with noted exceptions], your site supervisor and the internship coordinator. You are also required to sign the Student Internship Agreement and Release on page 4 of the registration form, and you and your site supervisor—if you are interning off campus--are required to sign the Internship Program Host Agreement on page 5 of the registraton form.

Schedule an appointment with your faculty moderator to review your learning goals. Forward the REGISTRATION FOR INTERNSHIP – LEARNING CONTRACT by email attachment to your faculty moderator in advance of your appointment. At this appointment your faculty moderator determines the means of evaluation--what your moderator will expect you to do in order to demonstrate what you're learning. Your moderator will give you your final grade.
After your faculty moderator (and department chair if required) signs the Registration for Internship – Learning Contract approving your goals, the form will be returned to you by email attachment. Follow the instructions on page 2 of the form for circulating to your site supervisor and the internship coordinator for the remaining signatures.
For a fall or spring internship, indicate your intent to register for an internship, by entering DNA-397-01A and the current Call # through Banner. Find the call number in the internship section at the front of the current class schedule. This step won’t register you for the internship but will protect your full-time student status until your registration paperwork reaches the Registrar.
Attend a REQUIRED one-hour Legal and Professional Issues Session the semester before (or earlier) you plan to intern. Sessions are offered in November-December for spring interns and in April for summer and fall interns. If you have questions about these sessions phone the Internship Office at 363-5799. You do not need to sign up in order to attend a session. PLEASE NOTE: The Internship Coordinator will not sign your registration forms until you have attended a Legal and Professional Issues Session.
Your Registration for Internship – Learning Contract with all required signatures must be forwarded by email attachment to the Internship Coordinator by the registration deadline. This is usually one week before the end of the semester preceding your internship. Extensions beyond that date require prior permission from the Internship Coordinator.

Other things you need to do if you’re interning away from campus:

If you’ll be residing off campus during your internship notify the Residential Life Office and get information about how to secure housing after you return to campus.

Notify the Registrar's Office if you're moving to a new address for the internship.