Answers to Frequently Asked Questions 1. Usually the student intern will be employed for one semester in a professional position outside of the college. The internship can be a great opportunity for learning, for getting acquainted with professional work and personnel, for establishing contacts, and for gaining work experience to help in seeking permanent employment. It is not a semester off from college. The exact amount of academic credit will be established prior to the beginning of the internship and will be based on the duties and amount of working time required by the position.
Most interns receive nine hours of credit, but other numbers of hours are possible.
A three credit internship entails a 8-hour per week working position. A six credit internship would require 16 hours of work each week while a nine credit internship would require 24 hours per week of work. The student must end the semester with the total number of hours per week times fourteen weeks. On a nine semester hour internship, that would equal 336 hours. This permits the student to arrange the schedule in a variety of ways.