How are the internships evaluated and credit granted?
The Program staff works with students’ internship supervisors to assemble a detailed evaluation of the students’ work experiences for the semester. Each semester professor creates their own graded assignments, so while the actual coursework varies, students may be asked to write papers, keep journals, and/or complete class presentations reflecting on their internship experiences. The professor takes all of these components into account when he/she assigns final grades. No matter at what internship students work, everyone enrolls in INTR 499 for 6 credits — this is the “Washington Program Internship” course and it is pass/fail. However, students seeking departmental credit for the internship course instead, may request approval from the given department chair and then attain final confirmation with the Registrar.
