Educational Programs

Independent Study

Independent Study provides students with an opportunity to undertake a program of supervised reading, research, or artistic production not provided within existing courses. Independent Study should not be used simply to approximate an existing course for a single student or to cover projects more properly described as an Internship.

The Independent Study option is available to students who have junior or senior standing with a cumulative QPA of at least 2.70. Transfer students must have completed one fall or spring term of study at Moravian College before taking on Independent Study. An Independent Study earns one course unit. Students may schedule no more than one Independent Study or Honors course unit in a term, to a maximum of four over the period of the junior and senior years.

Independent Study may be taken in any term, including the summer. A student may not take more than one Independent Study during the summer and must register for it no later than the beginning of the second summer session.

An Information and Approval Form describing the project and certifying that the student is eligible and qualified to undertake it must be submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs, which decides any question concerning eligibility.

Internship

Internships are an opportunity for off-campus work, study, or both, for which a student may receive from 1 to 3 course units of credit per term for a total not to exceed 3 units of the 32 required for graduation. Internships may be taken in any term, including summer, on a full-time or part-time basis, and may assume the form of volunteer work or internships in public or private agencies, institutes, or businesses. It does not include those field experiences or internships required for completion of certain programs or majors such as education or the law and society track in sociology. The three-unit maximum on fieldwork, however, applies to the total number of units for which a student may enroll either in an elective internship or a required internship.

A faculty coordinator and an on-site supervisor share supervisory responsibility for each Internship project. Upon completion of an Internship, the faculty coordinator consults with the field supervisor and assigns a final grade.

To be eligible for an Internship, a student must have junior or senior standing with a cumulative QPA of at least 2.70. In some cases, there may be prerequisites for a particular Internship. A student may register for more than 2 course units of Internships in a single term or summer session only if the project involves a full-time commitment and residence off campus. A student may not continue an Internship for credit at the same placement in a later term or summer session without the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs. A transfer student may take an Internship only after completing one term at Moravian. Students are not compensated for Internships unless compensation is authorized by the Office of Academic Affairs.

A student who wishes to undertake an Intership program must submit an Internship application form to the Office of Academic Affairs. Complete information on procedures for Internship registration is available in the Registrar's Office.