Domestic Students

Although domestic students do not have to register for CPT, the department would still like to track the extracurricular professional development of our students and facilitate conversations between advisor and student. 

Discuss with your CHE supervisor how tuition, stipend, and insurance will be paid for while you are on internship. The department will need a signed PDF letter on department letterhead (CHE | Powered by Box) that outlines your course enrollment choices during the internship, your plan for health care, and who will be responsible for these costs. Note that internships taken for individual professional development are not required to be supported financially as financial support is contingent on job performance.  This letter should be signed by the advisor if the advisor is supporting the student financially during the internship, and by the student.

COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT

Please include the following information in a single email:

• Your full name and EID
• Your entry semester and year
• Your supervisor’s full name
• The name, location, and dates of the internship
• The course abbreviation, course number, and full title for the course in which you are registering for the internship, (CHE 397M, CHE _99W, or other Co-op course), if applicable.
• The semester and year the credit will be earned (be specific about the semester you are enrolling the course, not necessarily the term in which you do the internship)
• If enrolling in dissertation credit during the internship, briefly explain how the work is a necessary and required part of your dissertation in complete sentences
• Also attach to the email a PDF of a signed letter that outlines your course enrollment choices during the internship, your plan for health care, and who will be responsible for these costs.

Email this information to the following people:

• The Graduate Adviser (Dr. Tom Truskett, ttruskett@utexas.edu)
• The Graduate Program Administrator (Cristina Rodriguez, chemegrad@utexas.edu) 
• Your supervisor and, if applicable, your co-supervisor
• The department's HR team in charge of your work appointments and tuition payments (hr@che.utexas.edu)