Summer Internships

 

The Summer is a great time to complete an internship for many reasons, but the main one is that employers traditionally have summer internship programs for students to participate in.

Additionally, many students decide not to take any other courses throughout the summer, making it a perfect time to focus on an internship. By completing the ITR Internship Program, you can focus on your internship and also gain credit at the same time.

There are differences between ITR during the Fall/Spring semesters and the Summer semester(s), which we outline below.

  • The first is the amount of credits and hours for ITR 302, field experience (hours at internship). Summer is 10 weeks which results in the average hours per week being more. See below for a full list of hours.
  • All students will enroll in 2 separate sets of credit: ITR 302 (field experience) and ITR 304 (online seminar). Students are required to complete both sets of credit in the same semester.
  • ITR Internship credit is just like any other class credit. When enrolling in ITR credits, students should keep in mind the other credits they will enroll in to not exceed the maximum amount of credits for the semester (16 across all sessions during the Summer semester).

ITR 302

Field experience credit (the hours you’re working at the internship). The number of credits available to earn range from 3 to 12, based on the number of hours completed at the internship. See the table below for a breakdown of credits and hours.

ITR 304

ITR 304 Brightspace Professional Development Seminar Course:

The Brightspace professional development seminar course is designed to assist students in reflecting on their internship experience. Students are enrolled with classmates that are also completing an internship. The lesson plans are designed to help students process through their experiences and provide support in a cohort model.

Each week you’ll complete a new interactive lesson in Brightspace focused on success in your internship and how to leverage the internship experience in future interviews and throughout your career.. Some of the topics in the course include: interviewing, resume, networking, job search, and a career readiness plan.

The class is held asynchronously online through Brightspace with a course instructor that is a Career Education Specialist. Holding the class through Brightspace allows students to prioritize their internship schedule and provides the ability to complete an internship outside of Rhode Island.

Payment Information

All students pay in-state tuition for the ITR Internship Program over the Summer semesters. This only applies to the ITR Internship Program only (other courses at URI charge according to the URI Summer guidelines). Students are not charged any additional fees for the ITR Internship Program during the Summer.

As a reminder, ITR 302 and 304 are taken concurrently and students pay in-state tuition of all ITR credits.

For example:

5 credits of ITR 302
3 credits of ITR 304
Total = 8 credits of ITR
Payment will be charged for all 8 credits of ITR

Billing Method: students will be charged for ITR credit once they enroll. The amount will be reflected on the students’ e-Bill through Flywire.

Payment Refunds

Students that drop ITR credits will follow payment refund guidelines listed below:

  • URI Summer Session 3 enrollment: uri.edu/summer/billing-and-assessment
  • Alternative Session: Refund adjustments for this session are not guaranteed. Students in this session should contact Enrollment Services and explain that they are enrolled in the Summer Alternative session with the dates of Alternative Session.

Summer Payment, Billing & Registration questions?

Summer Pell Grant

  • If you are a matriculating URI student, you may be eligible to have your URI Summer tuition and fees fully or partially covered by your Pell Grant. This requires enrolling for six URI Summer credits.
  • If you have questions about Pell Grant funding for this summer, make a Financial Aid Counseling appointment via Starfish as soon as possible. If you have immediate questions about your Pell Grant, enter the URI Enrollment Services Virtual Lobby.

Payment Options

For information regarding billing, payment, and summer financial aid, please go to: uri.edu/summer/tuition-and-financial-aid/ and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Billing and Payments

All URI billing and tuition payments are accessed via your eBill and Flywire.

Financial Aid, Loans, and Grants

If you have leftover financial aid from a previous semester, you may use it towards your summer tuition. Please review your eCampus account or call Enrollment Services (401-874-9500) to determine if you have leftover aid.

If you do not have leftover aid, you have the option of applying for a Summer Pell Grant, a Federal Direct Loan, or a personal loan. Please note that if payment from your grant or loan is not disbursed by July 31, you will begin to accrue a late fee starting August 1.

Other Payment Options

The following exceptional methods of payment will also be accepted for eligible candidates:

Tuition Waivers

Tuition waivers are accepted on a case-by-case basis. The URI employee completes the tuition waiver in eCampus. Once the request is approved by HR, email the completed tuition waiver entry to Bruce Birch for approval: bruce_birch@uri.edu (Subject: Internship Program Tuition Waiver)

Waiver questions? Contact Mary Beth Arnold in Human Resources: 401-874-5567, mbarnold@uri.edu

VA Benefits

To be certified with the VA, submit the following (along with all inquiries) to uriveteran@etal.uri.edu:

1) internship description, and 2) URI Veteran’s worksheet. If approved, the VA will send payment to URI at the approved percentage. If not approved for 100%, the student is responsible for payment balance.

Talent Development

Talent Development Scholars who are within their 10 eligible semesters of their Hardge/Forleo Grant and who are eligible to graduate in August or December, may be eligible to have their summer internship credits covered by a TD grant. Contact your assigned TD Advisor or Associate Director, Kristina Moyet (kristinamoyet@uri.edu) to determine your eligibility. Scholars who do not proceed with this step, may not have their Hardge/Forleo Grant applied to their ITR credit and summer bill.

Athletic Scholarship

Student athletes will be notified late-April if they are eligible for summer funding.Please work with your Athletic Academic Advisor to complete the summer school application.The Associate Athletic Director of Business will email eligible students with a document detailing the amount of scholarship awarded.This document must be signed by the student and returned by the deadline provided on the document.Failure to submit this document by the deadline will affect the awarding of the scholarship.

For August Graduates: Federal Loan Repayment

Once you graduate, drop below half-time enrollment, or leave school, your federal student loan goes into repayment. However, if you have a Direct Subsidized, Direct Unsubsidized, or Federal Family Education Loan, you have a six-month grace period before you are required to start making regular payments. (studentaid.gov)

ITR 302: Credits Total Hours Hours/Week (Ove 10 Weeks)
3 105 11
4 140 14
5 175 18
6 210 21
7 245 25
8 280 28
9 315 32
10 350 35
11 385 39
12 420 42
ITR 304 is 3 credits and is a letter grade, which will impact students GPA.