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Basic Academic Guidelines for Internships
Forty hours of on-site work is required for one credit hour of internship credit unless otherwise specified. Variations of this formula are to be anticipated for full-semester and/or summer internships; BVU internship faculty supervisors provide students with the formula used in such cases.
Students may apply a total of 15 internship credits to their program of study with no single internship carrying more than 12 credits; a maximum of 3 credit hours of internship may be applied to a major or minor, unless otherwise specified by the major program.
To engage an internship, students must:
- Generally have achieved junior standing to be permitted to engage in internships.
- Have completed a minimum of 9 credit hours in a field of study to engage an internship in that field of study.
- Have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 to engage an internship. (See individual catalog descriptions for variations in credit hour and GPA requirements with specific programs). If a student's CGPA drops below a 2.0 the term/semester immediately prior to the internship, the student may be removed from the internship experience at the discretion of the internship sponsor. Because arrangements likely will have been finalized with the internship site supervisor at the time the final CGPA issue is known immediately prior to the internship, it is at the discretion of the BVU faculty supervisor to determine the best way to maximize the student learning and minimize the potential negative image of BVU in placing a student who has failed to maintain appropriate academic credentials.