Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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  1. NAU
  2. Franke
  3. HRM
  4. Hotel and Restaurant Management Experiential Learning
  5. Internships and work hours
  6. Minimum Requirements at Various Credit Hour Levels

Minimum Requirements at Various Credit Hour Levels

The official guide for the minimum number of hours a student must work to receive paid internship credit at various levels are as follows: (Exceptions require the approval of the Internship office. Flexibility is key, so negotiations or substitutions of requirements are possible)

12 academic credit hours

  • A minimum of five hundred and forty (540) hours worked
  • Complete employer’s intern program (handbook, manual, classes, etc) OR a term project
  • Exposure to a combination of three (3) departments / positions / areas
  • Exposure to supervisory / management learning (i.e. scheduling, inventories, accounting, projects, manager meetings, etc)
  • Bb-Learn online learning activities

9 academic credit hours

  • A minimum of four hundred (400) hours worked
  • Complete employer’s intern program (handbook, manual, classes, etc) OR a term project
  • Exposure to a combination of three (3) departments / positions / areas
  • Exposure to supervisory / management learning (i.e. scheduling, inventories, accounting, projects, manager meetings, etc)
  • Bb-Learn online learning activities

6 Academic Credit Hours

  • A minimum of three hundred (300) hours worked
  • A term project
  • Exposure to a combination of two (2) departments / positions / areas
  • Exposure to supervisory / management learning (i.e. scheduling, inventories, accounting, projects, manager meetings, etc)
  • Bb-Learn online learning activities

3 Academic Credit Hours

  • A minimum of two hundred (200) hours worked
  • A term project
  • Exposure to a combination of two (2) departments / positions / areas
  • Exposure to supervisory / management responsibilities (i.e. scheduling, inventories, accounting, projects, manager meetings, etc)
  • Bb-Learn online learning activities

Use these “mins” as a guide to developing your “objectives to be met” also referred to as the one-page outline. How you will meet or exceed these requirements. You may enroll in up to 6 additional NAU academic credit hours total while completing an HA408 internship. Exceptions require the approval of the Internship office.