2018

Internship

Unless you register for an internship class with an assigned department and number, Newhouse experience credits or internships are COM 670 courses (always completed under the COM department prefix). Students register for COM 670 by completing an Internship Proposal/Agreement and by taking the following steps:

  1. Find an internship by speaking to faculty or using resources available at the Career Development Center.
  2. Determine the number of credits. You can complete an internship for 1-3 credits. Some programs limit the number of internship credits students can complete so please check with your adviser. You must work 45 hours for each credit hour of experience credit earned, requiring a minimum of 135 hours’ work for a three-credit internship.
  3. Identify and contact a faculty sponsor. Determine the nature of faculty-student contact during your internship period. Your faculty sponsor should complete items 1-4 and sign the form. Be sure the form states clearly and specifically where and when the internship will take place, criteria for grading, and assignments on which the grading will be based.
  4. Get your program director or department chair’s signature and your adviser’s signature.
  5. Complete the required information on OrangeLink for the Syracuse University Center for Career Services (CCS), 235 Schine, ccsintps@syr.edu, 443-4271.
  6. Bring the completed, signed proposal to the GRO for the Associate Dean’s review and signature. The GRO will send it to CCS for a final signature and they will forward it to the Registrar’s Office. The Registrar will add the course to your schedule. No additional online registration steps are necessary.

You may register for an Internship throughout the semester, up until two weeks before the last day of classes.

Special Note: International students cannot do an internship until after they have studied at SU for a minimum of nine months, and must obtain approval for Practical Training from the Center for International Services prior to the start of the internship.

Internships may be completed as part of a specific internship class or you may earn credit for them by completing a proposal for COM 670 (always completed under the COM department prefix). Students register for COM 670 by completing an Internship Proposal/Agreement and by taking the following steps:

  1. Find an internship by speaking to faculty or using resources available at the Career Development Center.
  2. Determine the number of credits. You can complete an internship for 1-3 credits. Some programs limit the number of internship credits students can complete so please check with your adviser. You must work 45 hours for each credit hour of experience credit earned, requiring a minimum of 135 hours’ work for a three-credit internship.
  3. Identify and contact a faculty sponsor. Determine the nature of faculty-student contact during your internship period. Your faculty sponsor should complete items 1-4 and sign the form. Be sure the form states clearly and specifically where and when the internship will take place, criteria for grading, and assignments on which the grading will be based.
  4. Get your program director or department chair’s signature and your adviser’s signature.
  5. Bring the completed, signed proposal to the GRO for the Associate Dean’s review and signature.
  6. Complete the required information on OrangeLink. Click on “Register a credit” under shortcuts on the right-hand side of the page. Click on “Add New” and complete the form through the waiver agreement and click “Submit.”
  7. The GRO will forward it to the Registrar’s Office to be added to your schedule. No additional online registration steps are necessary.

You may register for an Internship throughout the semester, up until two weeks before the last day of classes.

Special Note: International students cannot do an internship until after they have studied at SU for a minimum of nine months, and must obtain approval for Practical Training from the Center for International Services prior to the start of the internship.