After a three-year accelerated undergraduate program, the student enters law school. At the end of four years the student is awarded the B.S. degree and the J.D. at the end of the sixth year. See the Science and Technology Studies program and the Lally School of Managemnt and Technology sections of this catalog for further information. Internship Programs Upper-division undergraduate students may enroll for course credit in a Rensselaer internship program. Students work as volunteers for 10 to 15 hours per week for the New York State Assembly or Senate, the Attorney General's Office, the Sierra Club, or other governmental or private organizations.
Interns have an excellent chance to glimpse career options in the public sector.
As a rule, admission to advanced or extra-help courses is by invitation. Candidates are identified before the start of the fall term or, in some cases, during the fall term. Extra-help sections are designed to meet the needs of students with background deficiencies in a subject. These sections cover the same content as the regular sections. However, they meet an additional hour each weekand the class size is limited, allowing the instructor to give increased attention to individuals.