Register and Earn Credit
To earn academic credit for an internship at 91制片厂 (including the 0-credit option), you need to:
- Discuss your internship with your departmental advisor and Dale Leyburn, Director of Internships in the Center for Life's Work (GAC 117). Keep them in the loop! If you have found or created an internship on your own, you want to ensure it will be approved for credit.
- Once you聽have accepted your internship, fill out an Internship Advisor Approval Form聽with your advisor AND聽a聽Site Agreement Form聽with your internship supervisor*.聽Please be sure each form is complete before submitting (failure聽to provide all necessary information will slow your registration process).
F-1 International Students need additional authorization to complete a credit-bearing internship. Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization must be secured prior to the start of the internship. Please see the Assistant Director in CIE for more information.
If you are using the internship pathway for SPARK Grant, please apply for the grant and submit your forms as a part of your聽SPARK Grant application. Use the Site Agreement Form provided on the SPARK Grant website.
- Return completed forms to the Director of Internship in the Center for Life's Work. After a review of submitted forms, you will be given permission to register for the appropriate internship class.
- Register for the appropriate internship class in Student Planning.聽You must register for an internship course before the start of the experience to receive credit for your internship. Internship course registration follows 91制片厂 registration and drop/add deadlines. Exceptions may be made for internships secured within the first three weeks of the semester (two weeks in the summer) - contact the Director of Internships for details. There is no class size or seat limit for internship courses - you will not be closed out and you can add this course after your designated registration day. Please note, moving from part-time to full-time status after the drop/add deadline will result in financial aid revisions and billing changes.
- Watch for emails.聽The Director of the Internship Program will send you directions and important dates regarding internship course requirements, session meeting times, etc. Dale may be reached at dleybur7@naz.edu.
Fast Facts
- The initial聽Summer 2026聽3-credit internship and Summer A internship registration deadline is聽May 18
- Students who secure a 3-credit internship after May 18, but before May 29, and submit forms before May 29 (noon) may be added to an internship course. Connect with the Director of Internships for more information.
- The Summer B 2026 1-credit SPARK and 0-credit registration deadline is June 26 (noon). Please note that Summer B is not long enough to accommodate 3-credit experiences.
- Internship forms must be submitted before starting the experience.聽Hours completed before form submission and registration permission will not count towards requirements.
- In addition to the on-site activities, you will take steps to customize and craft your internship experience, complete reflective activities, and connect your experiential learning with your academics via course assignments. Performance evaluation and assessment of the internship and self-assessment of learning occur at the end of the semester.
- You need to spend at least 10 weeks (8 weeks during the summer) AND 120 hours minimum at your internship site for a 3-credit internship. A 1-credit internship requires at least 5 weeks AND 50 hours. Hours must be completed during the dates of the term.
- Students completing a second internship at the same site must take on a different role or engage in substantially different tasks and projects than in their previous internship.