Apply for the College of Business Internship for Credit Course

Earning Academic Credit for Internships

In the College of Business, we offer our business majors, minors, and economics students the opportunity to earn credit for their internships!

To receive credit, students are required to complete the internship at the same time as the corresponding internship-for-credit class coursework. Please note if you decide to take the summer class and defer your grade to the fall semester, you are still responsible for completing the required coursework in the summer during your internship!

• Before you apply for the deferred option, please book an appointment with Nicholas Jesse to fully understand what this means.

Available Credit (must meet prerequisite requirements)

• Pre-requisite Requirement: GPA of 2.5 or better
• BUSN 2470
• BUSN 4600

Steps Prior to Applying for Credit

1. You must be pursuing a business major or minor.
2. Check with academic advisor on class credit hours.
3. Read and understand the criteria in the Internship Handbook
   • If you have questions about this information, please book an appointment with Nicholas Jesse.
4. Formally accept your internship offer from the employer (internship and coursework are completed concurrently).

How to Apply

3. Submit an experience in Handshake

Handshake

1. Follow the step-by-step instruction in the Internship Handbook on how to submit an experience
2. Notify your employer they will receive an email (this is the most important step!)
3. Check the status of your application. To view the status, log in to Handshake and look under Experiences, in the Career Center tab
4. Communicate with the internship for credit coordinator if you run into barriers

Once these steps are completed, the internship for credit coordinator will make a decision and approve or decline the internship. There are times where the internship for credit coordinator will reach out for more information about your job, duties, contact info, payment info and more.

Once the internship is approved, the internship for credit coordinator will be the one to register you for the class.

For a more in-depth guide see the Internship Handbook on pages 2-5.

International Students

International students who want to receive credit for an internship experience, must submit additional paperwork and work with the International Students and Scholars Office and the internship for credit coordinator (Nicholas Jesse) through the process below:

To apply for CPT/receive approval from International Students and Scholars students needs to review the CPT info slides.

• Fill out the CPT application which requires input/signatures from:
  • UW person who is evaluating the internship (me)
  • The supervisor of the student at the internship employer/company where internship is being completed
• Once those forms are completed, you will submit those to us via the Current Student Request link on our Current Student Resources website. 

Notes:

• When ISS approves that internship opportunity, they enter the internship information into the student’s immigration record and issue an updated Form I-20 showing approval for them to participate.
• The employer/internship company needs to have that document as proof of work authorization, so that the student can be hired for the internship. 
• The Designated School Officials (DSOs) are the staff over in ISS.

ISS asks that students submit this to them no less than one week prior to the start of their internship. This will give them time to verify your enrollment for the internship credit, review the information on the forms, and enter the info into their immigration record, so that we can issue the updated Form I-20 and email that to the employer of the internship.

Internship for Credit Coordinator Contact Information:

You may check the status of your application anytime within Handshake or connect with Nicholas Jesse for further information.

Nicholas Jesse | Career Services Manager |njesse@uwyo.edu | 307-766-3061