AIP Courses
Academic courses facilitated by AIP are experiential learning opportunities designed to bridge students’ studies and career goals. They combine practical hands-on experience, research, and reflection to help students apply classroom learning in professional settings, explore career interests, build professional networks, and develop skills/competencies that can strengthen career readiness.
AIP serves all undergraduate majors, and students intern in a wide range of community and industry settings. Students who have secured an internship may apply to earn credit via an AIP course. The AIP team works with students to facilitate a successful application and internship experience. Students are encouraged to check with their major department to determine whether AIP courses can fulfill a major requirement.
Note: Students may earn credit up to three times for AIP courses, and may not exceed 16 units of AIP.
General Course Structure
Core components of AIP courses are:
- Internship: Students secure their internship from any industry, where all internships are vetted by AIP prior to enrollment based on internship criteria, and students fulfill a time commitment based on the number of units elected (see drawers below).
- Reflection: Assignments in the course are designed to facilitate reflection to create opportunities for students to think about and learn from the internship experience, particularly in relation to career development.
- Final deliverable: Students work under the guidance of a Faculty Advisor to develop and execute a final deliverable (paper or project) that applies an academic lens to the internship context, connecting theory and practice as a demonstration of learning.
Once you have determined the best course for your situation, please review the AIP deadlines.
AIP 97
Lower-division, Pass/No Pass Special Studies course, making enrollment in an internship course accessible to lower-division students. See Course Catalog for official descriptions.
Eligibility: 30 units completed with a 3.0 UC GPA
Unit Options & Minimum* Required Hours:
- 2 units: 5 hours/week (50 hours total)
- 4 units: 10 hours/week (100 hours total)
*The minimum hours required for the unit option elected assumes participation for the entirety of a 10-week quarter. Students are not required to enroll for the maximum units based on hours worked (e.g., a student interning 20 hours/week may opt for 2 or 4 units, if preferred).
AIP 197
Upper-division, Pass/No Pass Special Studies course. See Course Catalog for official descriptions.
Eligibility: 90 units completed with a 2.5 UC GPA
Unit Options & Minimum* Required Hours:
- 2 units: 5 hours/week (50 hours total)
- 4 units: 10 hours/week (100 hours total)
- 6 units: 15 hours/week (150 hours total)
- 8 units: 20 hours/week (200 hours total)
- 10 units: 25 hours/week (250 hours total)
- 12 units: 30 hours/week (300 hours total)
*The minimum hours required for the unit option elected assumes participation for the entirety of a 10-week quarter. Students are not required to enroll for the maximum units based on hours worked (e.g., a student interning 20 hours/week may opt for 2 or 4 units, if preferred).
AIP 197P
Upper-division, Pass/No Pass Special Studies course. Students intern with non-profit or government entities, and may apply credit toward Public Service Minor requirements. See Course Catalog for official descriptions.
Eligibility: 90 units completed with a 2.5 UC GPA
Unit Options & Minimum* Required Hours:
- 4 units: 10 hours/week (100 hours total)
- 8 units: 20 hours/week (200 hours total)
- 12 units: 30 hours/week (300 hours total)
*The minimum hours required for the unit option elected assumes participation for the entirety of a 10-week quarter. Students are not required to enroll for the maximum units based on hours worked (e.g., a student interning 20 hours/week may opt for 2 or 4 units, if preferred).
Partner Programs
In addition to AIP's core courses, we support enrollment in internship courses linked to partner programs, including BISP 197 (Biology Research Internship Program), ANTH 197 (Anthropology Internships), and GLBH 197 (Global Health Internships).