Local internships may vary from semester pattern. Since UNLV students come from all over, they can often do internships in their hometowns and live at home. Students without housing will require compensation for living expenses, and occasionally transportation. Students who intern with conventions, but do not accrue enough hours to qualify for a full internship. Students receive one credit for a minimum of 40 hours, as an elective.
Compensation is optional and up to the participating organization.
Students often traveled to other locations to work conventions for expenses only. However, many professors allow students to 'make-up' work missed during a semester. They receive no course credit, but it is a degree requirement. Students are usually paid an hourly rate. This requirement is in addition to the internship.