Students can complete up to 24 credits of ITR throughout their time at URI to use towards graduation. However, the max amount of ITR credit that can be taken in one semester is 15.

In order to complete ITR another semester, the internship experiences must differ in some capacity. This could include:

• an internship at a different organization
• an internship at the same organization, but in a different department; or in the same department with different or additional responsibilities

The only way a student may return to the same internship and still earn academic credit is if some or all of the work differs from the previous semester.

When enrolling in ITR for a second time and beyond, students only enroll and receive ITR 302 credit (pass/fail credit). The Brightspace seminar course, ITR 304, is not repeated.

All students are strongly encouraged to find an internship within their career field of interest. Ideally, this will be a new opportunity to add to a resume, networking contacts, and gain a greater learning experience.

However, this may not be possible for students that work full time or are responsible for financially supporting themselves and/or others. In this case, students may be eligible to use a new or existing full time or part time job for internship credit. To be eligible, the below criteria must be met and the position must be approved by a CES, just like any other internship.

• The position must already be an academic credit worthy learning or work experience
• You must be supervised by a professional in the organization
• Your supervisor must be amenable to completing the 3 required internship forms: Internship Description Form, Midterm Evaluation, Final Evaluation
• Strongly encouraged: If the position is not new to you, you should have an additional project, task, opportunity or learning experience added to your regular/existing responsibilities.

If you have an internship lined up and you aren’t sure if it would qualify for our ITR program, either reach out to your CES or ask your supervisor to complete the Internship Description Form for your CES to review.

A student may not participate in two different internships in the same semester for ITR credit. Students are also discouraged from participating in two different internships in the same semester for two different sets of credit, due to the difficulties of managing both internships and the significant drop in ability to succeed as evidenced by years of past students. The only way a student may participate in two internships in the same semester through ITR:

• The supervisor is the same individual for both internships (e.g. the supervisor is a clinical therapist in both a hospital setting and in private practice – the student may gain experience in both settings)
• The agency/organization is the same, but the supervisors differ (e.g. a student interns within two different departments of the same agency, (e.g. a student interning in a high school in the Guidance department and in a classroom in the same high school)
• Supervisors will need to coordinate with each other to designate one superior as point person for the course instructor to communicate with

Students are required to intern within the designated internship timeframe with the following flexibility:

• Students who would like to begin their internship early, may begin accruing internship hours two weeks prior to the designated time frame. Alternatively, students can extend their internship hours to meet the requirement up to by 2 weeks/through grade submission
• Although discouraged, students are eligible to end their internship two weeks prior to the designated end date if:
  • All internship hours are complete
  • The internship supervisor approves of the end date
  • The student continues to participate in the internship seminar, completing all required coursework, through the end of the semester
• Students interested in pursuing formalized internship programs whose dates do not match ITR Internship Program dates should meet with their CES to determine if reasonable accommodations can be made.
• It is the mutual decision of the student and the agency/organization if the student chooses to remain at the internship after required ITR internship hours have been completed.

Students must complete all required internship hours. Missed hours due to sickness, emergency, or poor weather conditions must be made up by any of the following methods, as mutually agreed upon by the internship site:

• Adding an additional day/days of internship through the week to make up missed hours
• Increasing weekly hours to account for the missed time
• Complete missed hours during URI Finals Week
• during URI’s Spring Break (for spring semester students only)

Spring semester students interning in a school system with extensive breaks (February vacation, April vacation), must make up those missed weeks by using any of the methods above.

If the agency/organization is closed for a national holiday on a scheduled internship day (e.g. Independence Day, Thanksgiving), the student does NOT need to make up that time.

Students who do not complete all required internship hours by the designated end date will either:

• Earn an Incomplete until the hours are finished
• Earn a lesser amount of field credits, based on the number of hours completed.

Majors that do not have free electives available and cannot (typically) participate in ITR include the following:

Business: All students in the College of Business should contact their Experiential Education Coordinator
Kinesiology: Experiential learning experiences are built into the curriculum
Nursing: Experiential learning experiences are built into the curriculum
Pharmacy: Experiential learning opportunities are built into the curriculum
Education: All students should speak with their faculty advisor prior to considering ITR credit
Engineering: All students should speak with their faculty advisor prior to considering ITR credit
Textile, Merchandising & Design: All students should speak with their faculty advisor prior to considering ITR credit
Textile Marketing: All students should speak with their faculty advisor prior to considering ITR credit

If you’re a student in one of the above majors, this module and the ITR Internship Program is not ideal for you. Connect with your Faculty Advisor for more information about internship for academic credit through your major/program.

International Internships:

Students completing international internships – internships with agencies outside the United States – are not eligible for the ITR Internship Program. However, students may pursue internship credit through the URI Office of International Education.