Registering vs Reporting: What's The Difference?

Register Your Internship Report Your Experience
Explanation Registered Internship: You are employed in work that allows you to develop essential skills; is relevant to your career field or industry; the title of the role includes the word intern or the responsibilities of the role are those of an intern. Reported Experience: You are taking part in an experience such as work or volunteering, that allows you to develop essential skills, and may or may not be directly related to your major.
How to Register your cooperative education and internships through Bradley netWORK and meetings with your career advisor. Report your experience(s) through Bradley netWORK.
Questions Contact your Career Advisor. Contact your Career Advisor.
Employers Value YES YES
Experiential Learning (EL) Tag Eligible YES
Foster College of Business
Henry P. Slane College of Communication and Fine Arts
College of Education and Health Sciences
Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
NO
Internship Dates (check with your Career Advisor) August - December/January: Fall Semester
January: January Interim
January - May: Spring Semester
May - August: May II Interim or Summer Session II
August - December/January: Fall Semester
January: January Interim
January - May: Spring Semester
May - August: May II Interim or Summer Session II
Noted on Transcript YES
Registered cooperative education and internships are officially noted on your transcript. You can typically register your cooperative education or internships for 0 - 3 credit hours per semester. Registering for 0 credit hours allows the course to be transcripted without cost.
NO
Internship Fund Award Eligible YES NO
Outstanding Co-op/Intern of the Year Award Eligible YES NO
Benefits
  • Essential Skill development
  • Clarification of career options
  • Exposure to chosen field or industry
  • Development of professional network
  • Increased employability
  • Notation on transcript/resume and/or credit toward graduation
  • Essential Skill development
  • Clarification of career option
  • Exposure to various fields or industries
  • Development of professional network
  • Increased employability
  • Notation on resume