Int'l+Student+Issues

=**Changing classes **=

Further clarification was provided by her in blue.

If an international student drops a course and is below full-time, they will need to add a course the same day or consecutive day to remain in good standing with their student visa.

The class has to start the same day or the next day after they drop the course. If they cannot add another course, the International Student Office recommends they stay in the course (even if they fail the course).

**// Under US immigration regulations, an F counts as credit attempted and earned, even if it was a failing grade. A withdrawal (W) does not count toward maintaining full-time immigration status - the same is true for an incomplete (I) //**

**// The student must continue to make academic progress, so if s/he makes many Fs, then s/he would be stopped out, and would have to change majors, which is permissible – and required. //**

International Student Services
 * Monica Sharp, Director **

=Internship Options for International Students =


 * If the internship is a required component of the degree program or will be awarded credit toward the degree program, then the student //must// be enrolled in corresponding credit hours. This type of work authorization for international students is called Curricular Practical Training. It does not matter which course number the student enrolls in. We just need to verify with the academic advisor that the work done on the internship will be awarded degree credit and what the corresponding course number for the internship will be. It is up to the department to decide which course number it will assign to the internship. It is very rare that a student is permitted to work more than 20 hours per week on CPT unless the internship is over the summer.
 * If the student has not completed her degree program and wishes to do an internship on her own that will not be awarded course credit, this is called pre-completion //Optional// Practical Training (an internship held before the student graduates that is not awarded course credit). Obviously, if the student will not receive course credit, she does not need to be enrolled in corresponding internship hours. //However,// we caution students about using pre-completion OPT because //time used on pre-completion OPT will count against the full year of OPT that every student is eligible for upon graduation.//

**Robyn Stewart** International Student Advisor, DSO/ARO International Student Services College of International Studies <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">University of Oklahoma <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">640 Parrington Oval, Room 224 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Norman, OK 73019 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">phone 405-325-3337 fax 405-325-0197 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit OU ISS on the web! http://www.ou.edu/iss/