We offer several academic course options for both undergraduate and graduate students. Should you choose to enroll in one of our classes below, your first responsibility will be to secure an internship in your major or field of interest. The Career Center is available to assist you in your internship search process.
Benefits of Enrollment
- Receive support throughout the internship and guidance on how to make the most of the experience.
- Maintain full-time student status (INT 2010/2020/2030 only) during the fall or spring semester that you are interning.
- Receive academic notation of the internship experience on your CU official transcript.
- Pay only a registration fee and not full tuition on the INT course.
- By being enrolled in an internship course, the income earned by you from the internship is treated differently for financial aid determination.
Internship CPT Advising
Curricular practical training (CPT) is available to F-1 students who have been lawfully enrolled full-time for at least one academic year.
Contact Us
Contact the Off-Campus Internships Team to learn more about our internship courses.
- Secure an internship in your major or field of interest.
- Contact the Financial Aid Office to set up a time to discuss how taking INT will affect your financial aid package.
- Register for the appropriate INT course.
- Complete all assignments by the posted due dates.
- Work the required minimum hours.
- Successfully complete the internship without termination.
The fee for the course is $200. The last day to withdraw from the class without a W Grade is consistent with the last day to withdraw from any course, according to the Clemson University Academic Calendar.
Add a course through iRoar as you would any other course. Contact our office if the last day to add/drop day has passed.
INT 1010 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who have never taken a part-time INT course in the past
- Must complete at least 160 contact hours within the internship, approximately 10-15 hours a week
- Enrollment in INT 1010 can be a part of a full-time course load during the fall and spring semesters or only INT 1010 for the summer term.
INT 1020 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who previously enrolled in INT 1010
- Must complete at least 160 contact hours within the internship, approximately 10-15 hours a week
INT 1030 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who previously enrolled in both INT 1010 and 1020
- Must complete at least 160 contact hours within the internship, approximately 10-15 hours a week
INT 3500 | 3 Credit Hours
- Counts a General Education Global Challenges requirement
- Must be taken in conjunction with the one of the following:
- INT 1010
- INT 1510
- Must complete at least 160 contact hours within the internship, approximately 10-15 hours a week
INT 2010 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who have never taken a full-time INT course in the past
- Must complete at least 320 contact hours, approximately 30-40 hours a week
INT 2020 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who previously enrolled in INT 2010
- Must complete at least 320 contact hours, approximately 30-40 hours a week
INT 2030 | 0 Credit Hours
- For students who previously enrolled in both INT 2010 and 2020
- Must complete at least 320 contact hours, approximately 30-40 hours a week
INT 3600 | 3 Credit Hours
- Counts a General Education Global Challenges requirement
- Must be taken in conjunction with the one of the following:
- INT 2010
- INT 2510
- Must complete at least 320 contact hours, approximately 30-40 hours a week
Add a course through iRoar as you would any other course. Contact our office if the last day to add/drop day has passed.
INT 8010 is available for all graduate students in part-time experiences (at least 160 contact hours) or full-time experiences (at 320 contact hours).
Course Sections
- Automotive Engineering Program students should enroll in INT 8010-003.
- Mechanical Engineering Industry Track students should enroll in INT 8010-004.
- Students in all other graduate programs should enroll in INT 8010-001 or INT 8010-002.
Participation Confirmation Quiz
Due to university policy and federal regulation concerning participation confirmation, registered students must show they are participating in their courses within the first week of class. Please complete this assignment to confirm your participation in the INT course.
Contact Form & Responsibilities
You are responsible for completing the Career Center Contact Form & Responsibilities with your site mentor and turning it in via Canvas. We also recommend that you update your local information in Clemson’s student database while interning.
Information Quiz
As the course description notes, we provide an internship orientation workshop PDF introducing you to internships and how to make the most of them. Please view the INT Orientation Workshop PDF located within the Getting Started module in Canvas and answer the ten-question quiz in the Assignments section of Canvas.
Interview Prompt Quiz
Answer interview questions prompts in the space provided:
1) Overview of Internship
2) Why did you choose this internship
3) What are you excited about in your internship?
Community, Engagement, Belonging, and Access (CEBA) Assignment
Clemson aspires to foster a community of belonging where all members thrive and will do so by building positive relationships, broadening collective understanding, providing experiential learning opportunities, and engaging in innovative and collaborative research. By fostering a culture of full inclusion through events and initiatives, we lay the groundwork for a more equitable society. Through your internship experience, you have grown in competencies to show your ability to develop authentic & mutually beneficial relationships; understand your own strengths, limitations, emotions, and biases; have made choices and consistently acted in a manner that displays integrity and ethics; and demonstrated a consistent personal brand in a professional setting.
- Please watch a video from the list of resources below and answer the following questions.
- You will be given a few interview questions to serve as a way to practice your articulation in these competencies of collaboration, self-awareness, integrity & ethics, and brand, and to practice highlighting your experience in building community, engagement, belonging, and access.
Hours Documentation
Submit the survey documenting all hours and methods for obtaining hours.
Final Exam | Student and Mentor Evaluations
Your last assignment for the internship course will be two final electronic evaluations.
- One evaluation you will complete, and it has reflection questions.
- The other evaluation your supervisor will complete is about you and your experience.
- Both you and your supervisor will be asked to verify hours completed during the internship. The links will be sent to you and your supervisor via email with about four weeks left in the semester.