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Internships for Credit

Advisor: Director of Career Services

The primary distinction between credit and non-credit internships is the degree to which students are required to reflect on their experiences. Students apply theoretical concepts in the workplace, reflect on the experience, and then reassess ideas. Academic credit is earned for the work and for placing the pre-professional experience in a conceptual and comparative context. Additional differences in the academic requirements between credit and non-credit internships include the degree of College supervision, the duration of the experience, the investment of College resources, and the student’s payment for and receipt of credit.

Internships for credit may be arranged in virtually any academic area and may vary in duration and in credit earned from 4 credits to 15 credits per semester. A student may earn a maximum of 15 credit hours of internship while seeking a degree at Juniata. Placements are arranged through the cooperative efforts of the student, the faculty sponsor, and the Director of Career Services. Over 125 students participate in credit internships each year. Examples of internships include: AIDS Health Project, Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation, Alliance to Save Energy, Altoona Curve, Altoona Hospital, American Red Cross, Brethren Volunteer Services, Brigham & Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Camp Blue Diamond, Capital Children’s Museum, Cornell Abraxas, DuPont, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, FBI-DNA Analysis Unit, Fort Roberdeau Historic Society, Genzyme Corporation, Great Valley Nature Center, Hershey Medical Center, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Huntingdon County Office of Business & Industry, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Jefferson Labs, Johns Hopkins University, KidsPeace, Lake Raystown Resort and Lodge, Mutual Benefit Group, National Gallery of Art, National Institute of Health, Northwestern Mutual Life, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Engineering, PA Game Commission, PA Department of Environmental Protection, PA State Correctional Institutions, Pittsburgh Zoo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, United Nations, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, WPSX - TV, local law offices, medical offices, and social service agencies.

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