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INTERNSHIP APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR UNPAID INTERNSHIPS

The Mendoza College of Business (MCOB) allows undergraduate business majors to earn academic credit for unpaid internship opportunities during the summer.  The internship experience should be a professional business experience related to your major and must be unpaid.  An exception is made for Mendoza undergraduate international students to our unpaid policy.

• Students may earn one academic credit for an unpaid internship; BAUG 37000 Internship Special Studies.
• To earn this credit, students must submit two assignments that are due in Summer Session.
• Students may not earn internship credit for the same internship experience more than once.
• Internship credits are graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U).  To earn a Satisfactory grade for the internship, students must submit a Journal Entry (1 page) and a Final Project.  Deadlines and details are listed below.
• Internship credits are considered Activity/Experiential and business students are limited to three such credits applying towards their degree. Check your GPS to see if you have maxed out that block.
• There is no cost associated with the summer internship course credit; however, students will initially be billed then credited for the Internship class in the summer term.

Special Instructions for International Students

• International Students with F-1 Status may earn internship credit for a paid work experience.
• Mendoza undergraduate students with F-1 status have the option of applying for the Curricular Practical Training (CPT) employment authorization.  
• Mendoza College of Business will approve the CPT work authorization three (3) times.  Students must submit applications for CPT through ISSA; information can be found at: https://issa.nd.edu/

Internship Application Procedures

• Students must complete the Internship Application for Academic Credit. Students must upload a copy of their offer letter/email and job description from the internship employer.
• An email notice will be sent to the student when the override is provided for them to enroll in the internship course, BAUG 37000.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION for Summer 2026:

• The Journal Entry and the Final Project must be submitted through CANVAS by the deadlines below. 
• All communication over the summer is done through your nd.edu email. Students are responsible for monitoring this email for internship updates.
• Assignment deadlines are firm. There are no options to extend these assignments.
  
  

IMPORTANT DEADLINES for Summer 2026: 

• DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ONLINE APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT FOR SUMMER 2026 INTERNSHIPS:  Monday, June 1, 2026 
• DEADLINE TO DROP BAUG 37000:  Tuesday, June 16, 2026
• DEADLINE FOR JOURNAL ENTRY:  Monday, June 22, 2026
• DEADLINE FOR FINAL PROJECT (regardless of internship completion date):  Monday, July 20, 2026

QUESTIONS? Contact the Office of Undergraduate Studies:

101 Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, mendozaugradadvising@nd.edu, 574-631-6602