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Requirements for Earning Credit

1. Adhere to the program guidelines for minimum hours and duration of an academic internship.

Duration of Internships for Credit:
Academic Year:      16 weeks over one semester
Summer:               12 weeks over summer break

The minimum hour guidelines for earning internship credits:
1 to 4 credits:   160 hours in one semester.
8 credits:          320 hours in one semester.
16 credits:        640 hours in one semester.

*Deviations from these guidelines require prior approval from the academic department and the Internship Coordinator.

2. Attend a Legal and Professional Issues session the semester before (or earlier) you start your internship. A series of sessions are offered in November-December for spring internships and in April-May for summer and fall internships.

3. Complete the following 5 forms and obtain all required signatures before you are registered for your internship. 
       
Registration for Internship Learning Contract
       Internship Agreement and Release
       Internship Program Agreement
       Liability Insurance For Interns
       Address Form

4. During your internship submit the required means of evaluation as listed on your Registration for Internship Learning Contract form to your faculty moderator on the agreed upon dates. Submit the following reports and evaluations to both the Internship Coordinator and your faculty moderator.
      
Intern’s First Report
       Intern’s Second Report
       Joint Midterm Evaluation
       Supervisor’s Final Evaluation
       Final Self-Evaluation

5. Schedule and complete a Site Visit or Conference Call with your site supervisor and faculty moderator in the first half of your internship. Email the scheduled date to the Internship Coordinator (jchristle@csbsju.eduin advance of the site visit or conference call.  The Internship Coordinator may also participate.

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