International Programs
Mission
The Office of International Programs (OIP) connects students with study abroad programs all over the world. These high impact experiential learning experiences facilitate intercultural dialogue and expand international awareness, challenging students to take authorship of their personal and intellectual growth within a global context. Through intentional mentorship, students learn to apply their academic pursuits, co-curricular interests, and career goals to their international experience, inspiring a commitment to lifelong global learning. The OIP’s guided programming supports students before, during, and after an abroad experience, empowering each student to become an agent of social change and inspiring them to mindfully contribute and provide leadership within an increasingly interdependent and complex multinational society.
Stonehill College Abroad Programs
Recognizing the benefits of immersion in another culture and study outside one’s home country, Stonehill College encourages every student to consider spending a summer, semester, or year studying overseas. The OIP maintains an approved list of over 40 programs in over 25 countries. Students participating in an approved international program will remain fully enrolled at Stonehill, paying the equivalent of Stonehill tuition and fees, while also maintaining their financial aid. An abroad fee of $750 will be charged to the students’ accounts for each semester spent abroad. The fee is waived during the second semester for students studying for a full academic year in the same location.
All courses taken abroad must be pre-approved by the relevant Department Chair or Program Director and reviewed by OIP. With prior approval, courses may transfer towards a student’s degree program and may fulfill a combination of credit towards the major and/or minor, cornerstone requirements, or general electives. Upon the Registrar’s Office receipt of an official transcript, courses passed with a grade equivalent to or higher than the Stonehill grade of C- are accepted as transfer credit and recorded on the students’ Stonehill academic transcript. Grades earned are not factored in the students’ cumulative grade-point average. Courses whose grade corresponds to a Stonehill grade of D+ or lower will not be accepted as transfer credit.
Application Process
To be considered for any international program, a student must attend a Getting Started session, meet with an OIP adviser, and submit an online application through myHill. The minimum cumulative GPA requirement is 2.5. There are no exceptions below a 2.5. Final acceptance is contingent on the student meeting the established requirements of the specific international program to which they have applied.
Typically students will study abroad during their junior year, although students may study abroad as early as their sophomore year.
For more information concerning any of the programs listed below, contact the Office of International Programs directly.
Non-Approved Programs
Students who study abroad without Stonehill pre-approval or in non-approved programs must withdraw from the College during their time abroad and apply for readmission. Housing upon readmission is on a space-available basis and eligibility for financial aid will be subject to regulations at the time of readmission. This is not recommended or encouraged. If students are interested in a non-affiliated program, please reach out directly to OIP to discuss your options.
Experiential and Independent Learning Programs
Internships
Academic internships provide valuable educational experiences, as they facilitate student learning outside of the classroom. A faculty moderator may approve qualified students to complete a professional internship in which they are able to gain first-hand knowledge in a specific field. Students can intern part-time locally for 3-6 credits or may participate in one of three full-time domestic internship programs for 9 credits. Note that internship qualifications and requirements vary and student should speak with the Faculty Internship Moderator for their academic department for more information, or visit Career Development for more information on the full-time internship program.
Local Internship Credit Structure
| Credits |
Requirements |
Note |
| 3 |
8 hours/week for a minimum of 112 hours (14-week average) |
All Majors (excluding Business Majors) |
| |
12 hours/week for a minimum of 168 hours (14-week average) |
Internships for Business Majors |
| 6 |
16 hours/week for a minimum of 224 hours (14-week average) |
All Majors (excluding Business Majors) |
| |
24 hours/week for a minimum of 336 hours (14-week average) |
Internships for Business Majors |
| 9 |
32+ hours/week for a minimum of 448 hours (14-week average) |
All Internships |
Summer Internships
Students interested in completing a summer internship must seek approval from the appropriate Department Internship Moderator or Department Chairperson. Academic departments are not required to offer summer internships. Academic departments that offer summer internships will allow students to complete a credit-bearing internship during the summer in one of two ways, but may limit which option is available to students. Summer internships can be taken for 3 credits only.
Summer/Fall Split Option
Students may divide the “on-site work” and “academic work” portions of an internship between the summer and the fall semester under the following conditions:
- A student interested in completing an internship during the summer months must fill out the on-line internship application and register for the internship by June 1st. Students adding an internship after the summer Add/Drop period may be charged a $50 late registration fee.
- Students are required to have the on-line Internship Application approved by a Faculty Moderator in the Department of the internship.
- Students must also register for the Internship course offered by the credit-granting department in the Fall semester. The internship will count as one of the student’s fall semester courses. However, students may apply to the Registrar’s Office to have the internship count as an overload course - provided that they meet the eligibility criteria.
- On-site internship hours will be completed during the summer; academic work will be completed in the fall semester under the supervision of a faculty moderator. Students should clarify academic requirements with the department’s faculty moderator prior to starting their summer internship. The bulk of the academic work should be completed during the fall semester, but a portion of the academic work may be required to be completed concurrently with the internship (i.e. weekly journals and supervisor evaluations).
- At the end of the summer session, the summer portion of the internship will be graded with an “I” Incomplete. Faculty moderators will issue a final letter grade and the credit will be assigned at the end of the fall semester. At that point, the summer “I” incomplete grade will be converted to a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) grade.
- Regardless of the total number of hours worked at the internship site, summer internships may count for a maximum of one course or three credits.
- To help defray the administrative costs of conducting summer internships, the student will be charged a reduced registration fee for a summer internship.
This option might be desirable if you would like to spread out the work, reduce your summer costs, or because you are required to be registered by your internship site. Please Note: Students who register for the Summer/Fall Split Option, but who actually complete all of the internship requirements during the summer as required by Full Summer Option are subject to being charged the full summer rate.
Full Summer Option
Students may take the internship for summer credit, complete all work during the summer, and pay the full price for a summer course.
- In this case, students must get a Faculty Moderator to agree to supervise their academic work during the summer and they must sign the on-line Internship Application.
- Students must register by June 1st and pay the summer tuition rate for a 3-credit course at the time of registration. Students adding an internship after the summer Add/Drop period may be charged a $50 late reg. fee.
- Regardless of the total number of hours worked at the internship site, summer internships may count for a maximum of one course or three credits.
- Students will be graded and earn the credit at the end of the summer session.
This option might be desirable if you are trying to complete your graduation requirements and take the internship course in your final summer.
Students wishing to live on campus during their internship and those students who are required to take an internship as part of their degree program are also required to be registered for the internship under one of the options above.
Non-Credit Internships
Students who are doing non-credit internships on their own are strongly encouraged to fill out the myHill Internship Application if students want the internship to appear on their Achievement Record. No registration is required through the Registrar’s Office in this case. At the end of the semester, students should have their intern supervisor email the Career Development Center to confirm that they have completed the experience. This form will also be required by the Office of Residence Life for students who wish to live on campus during the summer while completing a non-credit internship.
Full-time Internship Programs
Stonehill offers 15-credit internship programs in New York City, Washington D.C., and locally that provide students with a combination of real-life work experience and academic coursework. Working 32-40 hours per week, interns have the opportunity to appreciate more fully the connections between theory and practice, to adapt to a culture outside the college environment, to network with professionals at different levels in an organization, and to gain exposure to potential career paths. Participation in outside programs requires the approval of a student’s major or minor department. Please visit the Career Development website on myHill for more information.
Stonehill Full-time Internship Program: New York
Students intern for a full semester, 32 hours per week, while taking one online offered by Stonehill or its SACHEM Consortium partners. This opportunity allows students to gain practical experience in a large urban setting. With guidance from the Career Development team, students are expected to secure their own internships based on their career interests. Students will live in housing provided by Educational Housing Services. This program is administered through Career Development and is open to all majors.
New York Internship Credit Structure
| Credits |
Requirements |
| 3 |
One onlin course taken through Stonehill or a SACHEM Consortium partner |
| 3 |
Journal/field notes and final paper/presentation determined by faculty moderator |
| 9 |
Intern 32-40 hours/week for a minimum of 448 hours (14-week average) |
Stonehill Full-time Internship Program: Washington, D.C.
Students intern 32 hours per week and take an online class through Stonehill or a partner institution in the SACHEM Consortium. With guidance from Career Development, students are expected to secure their own internships based on their career interests. Students will live on Capitol Hill in housing provided by WISH (Washington Intern Student Housing). This program is open to all majors and administered through Career Development.
Washington, DC Internship Credit Structure
| Credits |
Requirements |
| 3 |
One online course taken through Stonehill or a SACHEM Consortium partner |
| 3 |
Journal/field notes and final paper/presentation determined by faculty moderator |
| 9 |
Intern 32-40 hours/week for a minimum of 448 hours (14-week average) |
Stonehill Full-time Internship Program: Local
Students intern 32 hours per week and take one class at Stonehill. With guidance from Career Development, students are expected to secure their own internships based on their career interests. Students will live on campus and work anywhere in the local area including Boston and Providence. This program is open to all majors and administered through Career Development.
Boston Internship Credit Structure
| Credits |
Requirements |
| 3 |
Course selected by the student, taken at Stonehill College |
| 3 |
Journal/field notes and final paper/presentation determined by faculty moderator |
| 9 |
Intern 32-40 hours/week for a minimum of 448 hours (14-week average) |
Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
The Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program is an opportunity for students who have completed at least their first year at Stonehill with an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher to perform significant, publishable full-time research under the guidance of and in collaboration with an experienced faculty mentor. The experience, available in all disciplines, helps to solidify and define students’ career choices, both through graduate school decisions and in post-college employment. All SURE Scholars receive a stipend for an eight- or ten-week full-time summer session. Applications are submitted in early December preceding the summer of participation. For further information, contact the Associate Vice President for Academic Operations, or visit the SURE website.
Directed Study
A Directed Study allows a student to investigate in-depth a subject that is not offered in the regular curriculum. Such a project is ordinarily in an area of concentration or in some field for which the student is well-prepared. A student who desires to pursue a Directed Study should first seek the cooperation of a faculty member in the appropriate discipline who will agree to supervise the work in the subsequent semester. The student then completes the application available on myHill.
A student may not take more than one Directed Study in a semester without permission of the Office of Academic Advising.
Independent Research
With the approval of a supervising faculty member and Department Chairperson, a student may carry out an independent research project, for academic credit, on a topic currently being studied by the faculty member or on an original project developed collaboratively by the student and faculty member. The student must complete an on-line application, which requires approval by the faculty member and department chair prior to registration. The form is available on myHill.
Senior Thesis
Students complete an independent scholarly work, resulting in a substantial written document, under the guidance of a faculty member and with the approval of the Department Chairperson. An online application is available on myHill and must be completed prior to registration.
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