Internship Course Registration

To ensure academic integrity and compliance with federal financial aid regulations, the following rules apply to the timing of internship work and course registration for academic credit: 

• Internship Duration: All work for a for-credit internship course must be completed within a single academic term (e.g., semester or part of term), not exceeding 21 weeks in total. 
• Term Alignment: Internship work hours may begin after the conclusion of the previous full term/semester (including any official break or intersession period) and must end no later than the last official day of the term in which the student is registered for internship credit. Hours worked prior to the end of the previous term or after the end of the registered term are not eligible for academic credit.  
• Registration Timing: Students must be enrolled in the internship course during the same term in which the internship work occurs (including intersession periods). Retroactive registration or credit for work conducted during a prior full term is not permitted. Students may request, but are not guaranteed, formal late enrollment approval within the same term. When an internship continues beyond the end of a semester, students must register for internship credit again in the next academic term to earn credit for the work completed during that period. 

This policy applies to all for-credit internships, regardless of whether they are paid or unpaid.