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Academic Credit

While Florida International University does award academic credit for internships, the requirements and procedures vary among the academic colleges and departments. Some departments award up to 3 credits for an internship while others do not award any academic credit.

Whether or not a student receives academic credit varies among the different academic departments. When academic credit is awarded, typically the internship counts as elective credit that is not required for degree completion.

Students that receive academic credit need the employer's cooperation in the following areas:

• Development of learning objectives
• Supervisory evaluation of the intern
• Completion of the feedback form providing us with information about the intern hired

Most academic departments require a student to review their internship experiences by writing a 10-15 page paper.