Professional Master's Academic Field Studies

3 Course Units

This class allow master's students to pursue full-time internship opportunities in the Fall semester to apply what they have learned in practice. The student is required to work 35-40 hours a week, 12-15 week long full-time internships. International students under this academic field study (AFS) track will be eligible for full-time CPT. As part of the application for field studies, students have to attach their coursework plan and receive approval from their program director to make sure they can meet all program requirements in 10 CU's (11 CU's for BIOT). Prerequisites: This class is restricted to SEAS Master's students only. Students can apply after their first two semesters of academic work at Penn. Students must complete at least 6 CU's (course units) between their first two semesters during their first year. Academic field studies can only be done once for the duration of a master's student studies at Penn. For students pursuing a single Master's degree, the field study period is usually the summer and continuing into the Fall semester of the second year. This option is not permitted in the final semester in which the student is graduating. As part of the application for field studies, students have to attach their coursework plan and receive approval from their program director to make sure they can meet all program requirements in 10 CU's (11 CU's for BIOT). Students on a single master's degree have to graduate within 2 years. Dual degree masters students have to graduate within 3 years. Student must be in good academic standing (minimum GPA 3.0) with their program and the University. Those that are not, are unable to apply for the track. Students that receive an offer to extend their Summer internship, should turn in their proposal no later than August 1st. Proposal requires details on internship work, explain relevance to student's field of study, and requires a supervising faculty member. Students are required to turn in a mid-progress report and a final report to their program. Students apply for field study has to have an internship offer from company. It is not the responsibility of Penn to help students find an internship. https://grad.seas.upenn.edu/student- handbook/academic-options/academic-field-study-for-masters-students/ 3 Course Units