Effective Date: August, 22 2017
Last Reviewed: August, 22, 2017
The Stonehill College Internship Program is designed to encourage students to gain in-depth field experience in an area of their choice, usually related to their major or minor concentration. Internships are expected to complement, indeed enhance, theoretical studies by integrating experiential learning to the academic program. As such, the internship experience must be of educational benefit and should involve participation in professional projects or activities.
Students interested in completing a summer internship must complete the online internship application process and seek approval from the appropriate Faculty Moderator or Department Chairperson. Academic departments are not required to offer summer internships. Academic departments that offer summer internships will allow students to complete a credit-bearing internship during the summer in one of two ways but may limit which option is available to students.
Regardless of the total number of hours worked at the internship site, summer internships may count for a maximum of one course or three credits.
Option 1
- Students may take the internship for summer credit, complete all work during the summer, and pay the established summer rate.
- In this case, students must complete the online internship application process by the designated summer deadline and have it approved by the Faculty Moderator from the department sponsoring the internship.
- Students must pay the summer rate for a course at the time of registration. Students adding an internship after the summer Add/Drop period may be charged a late-registration fee.
- Students will be graded and earn the credit at the end of the Summer session.
Option 2
- Students may divide the “on-site work” and “academic work” portions of an internship between the summer and the fall semester under the following conditions:
- A student interested in completing an internship during the summer months must complete the online internship application process by the designated summer deadline and have it approved by the Faculty Moderator from the department sponsoring the internship. Students adding an internship after the summer Add/Drop period may be charged a late-registration fee.
- Students completing a summer/fall split internship will also be registered for the Internship course offered by the credit-granting department in the subsequent fall semester. The internship credits will count towards the student’s fall semester credit limit. However, students may apply to have the internship count as a credit overload – provided they meet the credit overload eligibility criteria (overload charges apply starting with the Class of 2020).
- On-site internship hours will be completed during the summer; academic work will be completed in the fall semester under the supervision of a faculty moderator. Students should clarify academic requirements with the department’s faculty moderator prior to starting their summer internship. The bulk of the academic work should be completed during the fall semester, but a portion of the academic work may be required to be completed concurrently with the internship (i.e. weekly journals and supervisor evaluations).
- At the end of the summer session, the summer portion of the internship will be graded with an “I” Incomplete. Faculty moderators will issue a final letter grade and the credit will be assigned at the end of the fall semester. At that point, the summer “I” incomplete grade will be converted to a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) grade