SOME ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS have set up special courses for internship credit, which they award for their concentrators only. These include:
Check with your department for specific details.
IN OTHER PROGRAMS, you may not get credit for simply doing an internship. However, it may be possible to get academic credit for an independent study that complements your internship. An independent study is a special arrangement made with an instructor to complete academic work not normally offered through traditional classroom instruction.
HOW TO ARRANGE AN INDEPENDENT STUDY FOR AN INTERNSHIP. Here are the steps you should take to get independent credit study for a paper or project based on an internship experience.
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