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Internship Policy

Policy Number
3315
Date Created/Revised
Executive Responsibility
Provost
Faculty Senate
Functional Responsibility
Registrar
Applies to

Undergraduate Students

3315.1 Policy

Any WSU undergraduate student engaged in a cooperative, internship, field placement, or experiental learning activity, under the supervision of and with approval from a WSU faculty member, with a formal written agreement between the student, community placement site/employer, and university, will be considered having full time student status if the student is taking at least 12 credit hours total, or is completing at least 24 hours a week in relevant community experience, or a proportionally equivalent combination.