BIO 498 Internship
Prerequisites:
 Overall GPA of at least 2.00
 Junior or senior standing
Minimum Hour commitment (fall/spring semesters):
 1 credit = 3 hrs/wk
 2 credits = 6 hrs/wk
 3 credits = 9 hrs/wk
Minimum Hour commitment (over entire summer/8 weeks):
 1 credit = 6 hrs/wk
 2 credits = 12 hrs/wk
 3 credits = 18 hrs/wk
Minimum Hour commitment (over 1 summer session/4 weeks):
 1 credit = 12 hrs/wk
 2 credits = 24 hrs/wk
 3 credits = 36 hrs/wk
Add’l information:
 Students are responsible for finding their own internship.
 Internship must be hands-on where student is learning about some aspect of Biology (no filing, answering the
phone, sweeping the floors, etc.).
 Shadowing is NOT an internship.
 Can earn up to 12 credit hours BUT only 3 hours maximum will be applied toward Biology electives.
 Students do not enroll for an internship on Seanet. Once all paperwork has been submitted, it will be placed
on a student’s schedule by the Registrar’s office.
 Internship must be completed in the semester it is on a student’s schedule. For example: cannot complete an
internship over the summer and have it placed on a fall schedule.
 Students are charged tuition for an internship because UNCW will be issuing college credit.
 Grade is a Pass or Fail.
 Can be paid or unpaid.
 Not all states are approved for internships. Please check this link first:
http://uncw.edu/dl/StateAuthorizationsDistanceLearningUNCW.html
Steps for completing paperwork:
1. First, the site and site supervisor must be approved. The Site Approval Form:
http://uncw.edu/cas/documents/FORAPPROVALFORPLACEMENTOFINTERNS.pdf
2. The minimum requirement for a site supervisor is the person must at least have a bachelor’s degree. If the
person cannot submit a resume, then he/she must complete this Electronic Resume form:
http://uncw.edu/cas/documents/UNCWSITESUPERVISORELECTRONICRESUME.pdf
3. Student must find a faculty member in Biology to be his/her faculty supervisor. Together, the student, site
supervisor, and faculty supervisor complete and sign the Permission To Enroll form:
http://uncw.edu/reg/documents/Internship_form.pdf
4. If a site and site supervisor have been approved previously then can skip steps 1 & 2 and only need step 3.
If unable to determine if a site has been previously approved, please contact Melanie Canfield
(canfieldm@uncw.edu) .
5. Once all paperwork is completed, please submit to Melanie Canfield, Dobo Hall, 118.