1. The internship must be 240 hours, and must be completed in a maximum of 12 weeks.
2. Barring exceptional circumstances, internships at for-profit organizations must be paid, either in the form of a stipend or an hourly wage. Please note that students pay approximately $1200 tuition for their internship.
3. Students may not begin an internship before completing the Internship Agreement and supplying all the required documentation to the JMC office.
4. Upon approval of their internship application, students must enroll in MCOM111 before the last add date of the semester in which they propose to do the internship. Students will not be permitted to register in a subsequent semester for retroactive credit nor to petition for a waiver of the course.
5. All work must be done with an approved organization. Companies must apply for internship consideration on company letterhead and must state business objectives and qualifications of persons proposed to supervise the intern.
6. An internship may be served only from the site of a licensed business operating from a building in an area zoned for business/commercial purposes.
7. Students may not do an internship in a company owned by a parent or relative.
8. Students may not do an internship in their place of present employment unless they are (1) formally transferred to another department which is separate from the department in which they are employed; (2) the department is under the direction of a different supervisor; and (3) the internship is directed by a person who is a professional in their field of study.
9. Students may not interrupt an internship except in the case of emergency. Any interruption must be approved by both the employer supervisor and the faculty supervisor.
10. Internships must be completed within the calendar dates allocated to the learning period as published in the schedule of classes.
11. The internship must be completed before the last semester of the senior year.
12. The internship requirements may be waived at the discretion of the School for comparable professional experience obtained prior to completion of the eligibility requirements for enrollment in MCOM111.