1. Internship Courses Current situation:
~30 internship courses with a variety of types & credit awarded – e.g,
EDUC 498: Secondary EDU: Internship (2 units, GRD)
PUBPOL 120: Internship (0 units, S/U)
SOCIOL 499S: Sociology Internship (1 unit, GRD)
THEATRST 317: Professional Internship (0.5 units, S/U)
No catalog/bulletin standardization
Proposed model:
Internships carry zero course credits
Carry ‘INT’ course component
Options for pairing with credit-bearing independent study or other special topics courses (e.g., Writing 270)
Compliance and adherence with existing standards and policies for those paired courses
* Note: Practicum courses are separate and can still carry credit

2. Changes to the bulletin
p. 27 Course credit: "(7) no more than 1.0 course credit in elective academic internships;" p. 48 "Academic Internships In Trinity College course credit can be earned for internships only when they include an academic course of instruction as a component. In Trinity College, internship courses carry zero credits. In order to receive credit for an internship, students must enroll in an independent study or companion course in which the student distills from the internship a certifiable academic experience that qualifies for course credit within the faculty member’s department or program. Academic internships must be offered under the auspices of an academic unit in Trinity College. Each student’s internship must be sponsored by a departmental/program faculty member and approved by the director of undergraduate studies. Such internships typically draw upon work experience to investigate a research problem from one or more intellectual/disciplinary perspectives. They thus have an experiential component and a formal intellectual component leading to submission of a substantive research paper. Academic internships are of two types: 1) those that are required for an existing major and are required in programs designed to meet state teaching certification standards; 2) all others are considered to be electives. Only one course credit from these elective academic internships may count toward the thirty-four course credits required for graduation. Further information about procedural requirements may be obtained from the academic deans."