An internship integrates career related experience into an undergraduate education through participation in planned, supervised work. Across the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, these opportunities can vary in many ways. They:
- may be paid or unpaid
- may or may not earn academic credit
- can be from 5 hours a week to 40 hours a week: part-time or fulltime
- can take place during the summer or during other quarters of the year
- can last for one quarter, part of one quarter, or extend over several quarters
- may be off campus or can take place on campus
- may be easy to obtain or obtained only through a competitive process which could include an audition, portfolio review, or extensive interview
- are generally done before graduation although in some cases internships are completed after obtaining a degree
- are different than a summer job
