Transcript Notation Survey at Peer Schools May 2014
Notes/Comments
Amherst College
Do they offer TN or
summer credit?
No credit and no TN
Bates College
Yes to credit
Internships for Credit: One credit is available for successful completion of up to two
qualifying internships (total of two credits). Please be aware that internship credit will not
count as one of the 34 credits required for graduation (32 semester credits plus 2 short term
credits), nor will in be included in a student’s GPA. http://www.bates.edu/career/experientiallearning-internships-and-job-shadowing/
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Carleton College
Clark University
Colby College
Colgate University
Yes to TN
http://careerplanning.bowdoin.edu/summer-internship-notation-policy/
Yes to TN and credit
No credit
Yes to credit
Yes to TN and credit
http://www.brandeis.edu/hiatt/search/internship/credit.html
http://apps.carleton.edu/handbook/academics/?policy_id=21479&a=student
http://www.clarku.edu/offices/career/internships/index.cfm
http://www.colby.edu/careercenter/students/internships/credit/
Yes to credit
ICP allows you to earn "supplemental credit" at Colgate for an internship that you participate in,
provided that your internship meets certain criteria. The credit is purely supplemental to your transcript
and may not be used to fulfill the requirements of a Colgate degree. Really good details here:
http://www.colgate.edu/campus-life/career-services/jobs-and-internships/icp
Colorado College
No TN I could find, one
form of credit
Davidson College
Yes to credit, also
independent study
General Studies Internship Adjunct: Internships provide students with a significant learning
experience outside the classroom setting, often with a company or organization that requires
that the student receive credit from the college in order to be accepted for the internship. The
GS199: Internship Adjunct represents an educational strategy that links classroom learning
with the application of knowledge in an applied work setting. Students may receive 1/4 unit of
credit by participating in an internship for a minimum of four weeks and 40 hours of
supervised work. The GS199 is taken under the Pass/No credit grading option only. A
maximum of two GS199 internships may be completed.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/outsidetheclassroom/internships/
Occasionally, organizations mandate that students pursuing internships receive academic
credit from their college. Davidson has a process that allows students to receive that credit for
their summer internships. In order to qualify for this credit, which will be assigned as Explorer
099, the summer internship must be unpaid and require academic credit as a part of the
organization's internship program. Learn more about Explorer 099 internship requirements.
“Our students can request a letter and incorporate an internship into a special topics course (if they
can find a supportive member of the faculty).”
Students who are not required to receive academic credit for their internship, but who are still
interested in receiving credit, have the option of pursuing an independent study with a faculty
member. These students must find a Davidson faculty member willing to serve as a supervisor
for their independent study. The student and faculty member will discuss appropriate
assignments. If the student pursues a summer internship, the credit will be assigned during the
following fall semester.
http://www.davidson.edu/offices/career-development/students/internships/internshipcompensation-and-academic-credit
https://denison.edu/campus/student-jobs/internships/denison-internship-program
http://www.dickinson.edu/info/20211/career_center/591/student_intenship_notation_program
http://www.grinnell.edu/about/offices-services/cls/internships/credit?group=29216
http://www.hamilton.edu/careercenter/career-related-experience/credit-for-internships
http://careerservices.lafayette.edu/students/gain-experience/internships/receiving-collegecredit-for-internships/
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/cdc/internships/academic_credit
Denison University
Dickinson College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Lafayette College
Yes to TN
Yes to TN
Yes to credit
Yes to credit
Yes to credit
Mount Holyoke College
Pomona College
Yes, 2 options
Yes to TN
Internship Transcript Notation Pomona College awards academic credit for classroom-based
coursework only, which excludes internships and any other experientially-based learning activities that
are not required as part of an approved course. A student who is interested in participating in an
internship for which eligibility requires that the student receive credit should contact the Career
Development Office (CDO). The CDO has been authorized by the faculty to assess internship options
and, when warranted, approve internships to be notated as equivalent to one-half-course credit by those
colleges that award credit for such work, on the student’s college academic record. Pomona College
does not award graduation credit for stand-alone (non-course-based) internships, so the credit is not
calculated into the student’s earned units at Pomona College.
http://catalog.pomona.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=405
Skidmore College
Trinity College
Yes to credit
Yes to credit
Tufts University
Yes acad credit and what
they call career center credit
Yes to TN
http://www.skidmore.edu/advising/internships/guidelines.php
http://www.trincoll.edu/Academics/CareerDevelopment/Students/internships/Pages/default.as
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Nicely explained here: http://careers.tufts.edu/students/internships/credits.asp
Washington and Lee
University
Wesleyan University
Wellesley
Williams
Lots of different options
No credit or TN but clever
way of making an
internship the basis of a
for-credit course for those
orfg that will not waive
the credit requirement
Sort of - see notes
http://www.wlu.edu/career-development/students/internship-and-job-search/internship-forcredit
http://www.wesleyan.edu/careercenter/jobsinterns/internships/credit_for_internships.html
http://www.wellesley.edu/cws/internships/internship101/credit
From their Director: “We award one credit for a "summer learning experience" and express
that in a letter to employers. The credit is not required for graduation or even recorded on
the transcript. Seems to have worked so far.”
Need Credit For an Internship?If your internship employer requires that you receive credit for doing
the internship, you should go to the Registrar’s Office on the second floor of Hopkins and ask for a
letter to be sent to your employer.