Externships

Externships are career-related work experiences that result in academic credit upon completion. Externships are usually non-paid work experiences that occur at locations similar to where students may be employed upon graduation and require advanced approval by the Academic Program Director. Externships provide students the opportunity to dress appropriately and to perform work professionally while demonstrating achievement of program-related learning objectives. Students are encouraged to begin working with the Academic Program Director and/or Academic Advisor at or prior to the beginning of the student’s last semester in order to facilitate timely scheduling of their externship.

Students who have not successfully completed externship requirements within one academic term will be assigned a grade of “Incomplete.” Students have three weeks after the end of a term to complete externship requirements or the “I” grade will changed to “F”. Externship courses are authorized, coordinated, and graded by faculty with input from on-site externship supervisors. Classroom allowances for absence do not apply to the externship setting. Students must satisfactorily complete all externship course requirements.

Externships are coordinated by Academic Advisors with Career Services. Career Services assists with externship site locations after faculty have scheduled students for an externship. Externships are offered in many programs and are required in some (review the specific program information in this Catalog to determine if externships are required for a particular academic program).