internships
At the University of Iowa, the Pomerantz Career Center connects students with many established programs for interning or service learning. Many undergraduate colleges and departments also provide regular rubrics for internships or service-learning programs that tie substantively to their areas of inquiry and practice. Take stock of the professional or career-related work you are already doing. For example, work as a CNA may count as internship credit for students in health sciences; work as a UI resident assistant or orientation leader may count as a leadership internship. Are you doing a practicum for semester hour (s.h.) credit? With the completion of the Honors Reflection Process, this may also count. Contact the Honors Program if you are unsure if your internship is eligible for honors credit.
Students are strongly encouraged to register their internship, which will be listed on their grade report.
If a student’s internship supervisor is a relative, the internship is not eligible for earning honors credit.
Honors at Iowa encourages students to intern — whether as volunteers, paid employees, or as students enrolled for academic credit. Internships are supervised work experiences related to your academic or career goals and are available across all disciplines. The word “internship” does not need to be in the job title for your experience to count as one.
Registering For Your Internship
Option 1: Enroll in an internship course (CCP:XXXX) from the Pomerantz Career Center. These courses are available for zero (0) or more semester hours. Request to register by following these instructions and deadlines. To enroll in a zero (0) semester hour credit course, your internship must meet these requirements.
- Professional experience that relates to student's major field or area of career interest
- At least 80% professional work
- Full or part-time intern must work a minimum of 10 hours per week
- Intern must work at least 10 weeks during spring or fall term, or 8 weeks in summer
- Requires continuous supervision by a professional in the field (not a student)
Option 2: Tippie College of Business students may enroll in the zero (0) semester hour internship course BUS:3100. Request to register by following these instructions and deadlines.
Option 3: Enroll in an internship or practicum course usually offered by your college or department. This is a credit-bearing course and has associated tuition and fees. Contact your college or department to find out more about the course options and registration process.
Option 4: Enroll in HONR:3160. You can choose to earn zero, one, two, or three credits for this course with associated tuition and fees. This option is only available for internships supervised by a UI faculty or staff member with authority to issue a grade.
Option 5: If your internship does not meet registration requirements, it may still qualify as an experience for which you can earn honors credit. To explore this option, please contact the Honors Program.
If you were not able to register your internship before the late registration deadline, contact the Honors Program.