Academic Internships are structured educational work experiences designed to complement your academic program.
Benefits
Requirements & Deadlines
Summer Domestic Academic Internships
Registration Process
- Apply your academic coursework to a real-world work situation.
- Work with both a faculty and site supervisor to maximize learning.
- Explore career options.
- Obtain practical and professional experience in a field of interest.
- Receive a P/N grade and notation as academic internship on your official transcript.
- Network with professionals.
- Deadline to register a domestic academic internship during the regular academic year is set in accordance with the Registrar's last day to add a semester-length course. The deadline to register a summer domestic academic internship is June 1st.
- Institutional Review Board: If your academic internship will involve research activities with human subjects, be sure to see the Institutional Review Board’s website for steps to have your research project reviewed well in advance of the start date of your internship.
- Complete the Academic Internship Learning Agreement & Plan.
- For 1.0 credit, on-site experience plus academic work must total a minimum of 160 hours (120 on-site).
- For 0.5 credit, on-site experience plus academic work must total a minimum of 100 hours (80 on-site). NOTE: 0.5-credit internships cannot be completed during Interim.
- The academic internship counts as an elective credit and does not fulfill GE requirements. It can sometimes be counted toward the major or concentration. Signature from the department chair/program director is required if counting the academic internship toward a major or concentration.
Summer Domestic Academic Internships - Deadline June 1st
Summer Academic Internships require completion of the Registration for St. Olaf Summer School Term II Form available at the Registrar's Office. This form, accompanied by a $50.00 non-refundable fee payable to the Registrar's Office, must be turned in along with a copy of the Academic Internship Learning Agreement & Plan in order for students to be officially registered! The deadline to register for Summer Academic Internships is June 1st . Students will be billed summer tuition rates for either 0.5 or 1.0 credit-bearing internship — the $50.00 non-refundable fee will be applied to the student's summer tuition bill.
- Come to the Center for Experiential Learning (Modular Village) to learn about internship opportunities and for assistance preparing a resume, cover letter, and interviewing skills.
- Secure an internship.
- Designate a faculty supervisor.
- Access the Academic Internship Learning Agreement & Plan - fill out the form online... do NOT print and fill in by hand. BE SURE IT SAYS 2009-2010 ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. IF NOT CLEAR YOUR COMPUTERS CACHE TO GET CORRECT FORM.
If you are completing the internship during the summer, make note of the additional requirements listed above.
- Begin filling out the learning plan. Finish the form with your faculty supervisor and your site supervisor. Sample Learning Goals & Strategies
- You, your faculty supervisor, and your site supervisor need to complete applicable sections and then sign on the required signatures section on page 4. The department chair's signature is required only if you want the internship to count toward your major or concentration.
- Complete the job description - this can either be an official job description or a summary of what tasks you will be engaged in during the internship.
- Carefully read and sign the student release form.
- The International and Off-Campus Studies Office needs to sign your form only if you are doing an internship outside of the United States.
- After you have completed the paperwork and obtained all the required signatures, call x3268 to make an appointment with the Internships Program Director in the CEL to finalize the application. The CEL is the last to sign the form before it is taken to the Registrar's Office. You must have an appointment!
- CEL will keep the original Academic Internship Learning Agreement & Plan. Copies will be made for the student, faculty supervisor, site supervisor, and Registrar's Office. The student must take this paperwork to the Registrar's Office to officially register for the internship. Deadline to register an internship during the regular academic year is set in accordance with the Registrar's last day to add a semester-length course.
- If you are completing the internship during the summer, make note of the additional requirements listed above. The deadline to register a summer domestic academic internship is June 1st.
Questions? Stop by the CEL and talk with a Peer Advisor or staff member.
