High-Impact Experience
High-Impact Experience (HI) is a required Reflection and Integration course in the IDEAs in Action curriculum. There are several types of high-impact experience opportunities at Carolina.
In addition to the approved courses and experiences listed below, this requirement may also be fulfilled by taking a second Research and Discovery course.
Study Abroad
All UNC–Chapel Hill approved study abroad programs fulfill the High-Impact Experience requirement. Program information can be found at the Study Abroad Office.
Internship (HI-INTERN)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| AAAD 293 | 
Individual Internships for Majors and Minors | 1-3 |
| AERO 393 |
Air and Space Expeditionary Training | 1 |
| AMST 493 |
Internship | 1-3 |
| ANTH 393 |
Internship in Anthropology | 1-12 |
| APPL 493 |
Internship in Applied Physical Sciences | 3 |
| ARCH 393 |
Internship in Archaeology | 3-6 |
| ARTH 293 |
Art History Practicum | 3 |
| ARTS 493 |
Studio Art Practicum or Internship | 3 |
| ASTR 111 |
Educational Research in Radio Astronomy | 1-3 |
| BIOL 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Biology | 3 |
| BMME 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Biomedical Engineering | 1-3 |
| BUSI 393 |
Business Internship Project I | 1.5-3 |
| BUSI 493 |
Business Internship Project II | 1.5-3 |
| CHEM 293 |
Undergraduate Internship in Chemistry | 3 |
| CLSC 580L |
Clinical Immunohematology Laboratory | 4 |
| COMM 393 |
Internships | 1-3 |
| COMP 293 |
Internship in Computer Science | 3 |
| DRAM 393 |
Professional Theatre Laboratory | 1-12 |
| DRAM 493 |
Theatre Management | 3 |
| ECON 193 |
Internship in Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship | 1-3 |
| ECON 293 |
Internship | 3 |
| ECON 327 |
Venture-Creation Workshop H | 3 |
| ECON 393 |
Practicum in Entrepreneurship H | 3-6 |
| EDUC 411 |
Making Liberal Arts "Work" | 3 |
| EDUC 593 |
Internship/Student Teaching | 1-12 |
| EDUC 695 |
Human and Organizational Leadership Development Capstone | 9 |
| EDUC 698 |
Internship in Human Development and Family Science | 3-9 |
| ENEC 393 |
Internship in Sustainability | 3 |
| ENEC 493 |
Environmental Internship | 1-4 |
| ENEC 593 |
Environmental Practicum | 1-3 |
| ENGL 293 |
Internship for Credit | 3 |
| ENGL 593 |
Internship in Health Humanities | 3 |
| EXSS 293 |
Internship in Exercise and Sport Science | 1-3 |
| EXSS 393 |
Sports Medicine Clinical | 1-3 |
| EXSS 493 |
Field Experience in Sport Administration | 3 |
| EXSS 593 |
Practicum in Physical Fitness and Wellness | 1-9 |
| GEOG 493 |
Internship | 3 |
| GERM 493 |
Internship in German | 3 |
| GLBL 193 |
Global Studies Internship | 1 |
| HIST 493 |
Internship in History | 1-3 |
| HIST 593 |
Exploring the U.S. South Hands On and Ears Open: Internship at the Southern Oral History Program | 3 |
| HPM 393 |
Internship in Health Policy and Management | 2 |
| INLS 393 |
Information Science Internship | 3 |
| LING 493 |
Internship in Linguistics | 3 |
| MEJO 393 |
Journalism and Media Internship | 1 |
| MEJO 593 |
Washington D.C. In-Residence Semester | 3 |
| MUSC 493 |
Music Internship | 3 |
| NDSS 593 |
Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Internship | 3 |
| NSCI 493 |
Internship in Neuroscience | 3 |
| NURS 697 |
Capstone: Transitions in Care and Practice | 6 |
| PHYS 293 |
Internship In Physics and Astronomy | 3 |
| PLAN 575 |
Real Estate Development | 3 |
| PLAN 639 |
Complete, Safe, Equitable Streets | 3 |
| PLAN 640 |
Roadways for a Safer Future | 1 |
| PLCY 293 |
Internship in Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 493H |
Internship in Public Policy and Global Affairs | 6 |
| POLI 193 |
Internship in Political Science | 3 |
| PSYC 493 |
Internship in Psychology | 3 |
| PWAD 393 |
Internship in Peace, War, and Defense | 3 |
| RADI 463 |
Clinical Education I | 4 |
| ROML 293 |
Internship in Romance Studies | 3 |
| SOCI 393 |
Independent Experiential Internship | 1-3 |
| STOR 493 |
Internship in Statistics and Operations Research | 3 |
| WGST 393 |
Internship in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Public Service (HI-SERVICE)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| AMST 398 |
Service Learning in America | 3 |
| ANTH 92 |
UNITAS | 3 |
| ANTH 93 |
UNITAS | 3 |
| ANTH 425 |
Public Archaeology Practicum | 3 |
| ANTH 539 |
Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ANTH 582 |
Fieldwork with Social Models of Well-Being | 3 |
| ANTH 625 |
Ethnography and Life Stories | 3 |
| ARTS 383 |
States of Change | 3 |
| BIOL 119 |
Experiencing Health Professions: A Service-Learning Partnership for Pre-Health Students | 3 |
| BIOL 294 |
Service Learning in Biology: APPLES H | 1-2 |
| CHIN 441 |
Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting | 3 |
| COMM 82 |
First-Year Seminar: Food Politics from an Organizational Communication Perspective | 3 |
| COMM 625 |
Communication and Nonprofits in the Global Context | 3 |
| COMP 80 |
First-Year Seminar: Enabling Technology--Computers Helping People H | 3 |
| COMP 180 |
Enabling Technologies H | 3 |
| COMP 580 |
Enabling Technologies | 3 |
| DHYG 362 |
Community Dental Health Internship | 2 |
| DTCH 275 |
Rising Fortunes and Rising Tides: The Dutch Golden Age and its Legacy | 3 |
| EDUC 387 |
Peer Tutoring | 3 |
| EDUC 400 |
Autism in Our Communities: An Interdisciplinary Perspective | 3 |
| EDUC 461I |
Exploring Social Determinants of Health Across Populations | 3 |
| EDUC 576 |
LatinxEd Internship | 3 |
| EDUC 583 |
Career and Professional Development | 3 |
| EDUC 617 |
Teaching in the Middle School | 3 |
| EMES 412 |
Principles and Methods of Teaching Earth Science | 4 |
| ENEC 412 |
Principles and Methods of Teaching Earth Science | 4 |
| ENGL 50 |
First-Year Seminar: Multimedia North Carolina | 3 |
| ENGL 271 |
Mixed-Race America: Race in Contemporary American Literature and Culture | 3 |
| EXSS 420 |
Program Planning in Recreation Services | 3 |
| GEOG 429 |
Urban Political Geography: Durham, NC | 3 |
| GEOG 650 |
Technology and Democracy Research | 3 |
| GERM 278 |
Performance, Drama, Translation, Adaptation and Ethnographic Exchange | 3 |
| GERM 286 |
(Un)Welcomed Guests? German Reflections on Exile and Immigration | 3 |
| GERM 307 |
German for Educational and Community Engagement | 1 |
| GLBL 485 |
Comparative Development | 3 |
| GLBL 489 |
Paradigms of Development and Social Change H | 3 |
| HBEH 411 |
Pathways to Effective Community Engagement | 2 |
| HBEH 610 |
Alternative Spring Break | 2 |
| HBEH 611 |
Philanthropy as a Tool for Social Change | 3 |
| JAPN 418 |
Service Learning in Japanese Language | 3 |
| MEJO 332 |
Public Relations Writing | 3 |
| MEJO 459 |
Community Journalism | 3 |
| MEJO 671 |
Social Marketing Campaigns H | 3 |
| NSCI 294 |
Service Learning in Neuroscience: APPLES | 1-3 |
| NSCI 424 |
Neural Connections: Hands on Neuroscience | 3 |
| NURS 461I |
Exploring Social Determinants of Health Across Populations | 3 |
| NURS 619 |
Experiencing Health Professions: A Service-Learning Partnership for Pre-Health Students | 3 |
| PHIL 62 |
First-Year Seminar: Philosophy with Children | 3 |
| PHIL 294 |
Philosophy across the Lifespan | 3 |
| PLCY 130 |
Getting It Done: Social Innovation | 1 |
| PLCY 393 |
Public Policy Clinic | 3 |
| PLCY 394 |
The Intersector | 3 |
| PLCY 698 |
Senior Capstone in Public Policy | 4 |
| POLI 206 |
Race and the Right to Vote in the United States | 3 |
| POLI 404 |
Race, Immigration, and Urban Politics | 3 |
| POLI 414 |
Election Administration in the United States | 3 |
| PSYC 294 |
Service Learning in Psychology: APPLES | 1-3 |
| PUBA 401 |
State and Local Governance | 3 |
| ROML 60 |
First-Year Seminar: Spanish and Entrepreneurship: Language, Culture, and North Carolina Communities | 3 |
| ROML 194 |
Service Learning in Romance Studies | 1 |
| SOCI 273 |
Social and Economic Justice, Experiential Education | 3 |
| SOCI 423 |
Sociology of Education, Experiential Education | 3 |
| SOWO 492 |
Seminar in Service Learning | 1-6 |
| SPHS 400 |
Autism in Our Communities: An Interdisciplinary Perspective | 3 |
| WGST 340 |
Leadership in Violence Prevention | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Performance Creation or Production (HI-PERFORM)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| AMST 225L |
The Practice of Stand Up Comedy | 1 |
| ARTS 206 |
Video II | 3 |
| ARTS 233 |
Wood Sculpture | 3 |
| ARTS 243 |
Metal Sculpture | 3 |
| ARTS 322 |
Narrative Painting | 3 |
| ARTS 353 |
Phantasmagoria: Haunted Art, History, and Installation | 3 |
| ARTS 409 |
Art and Science: Merging Printmaking and Biology H | 3 |
| ARTS 458 |
Photo Printmaking | 3 |
| ASIA 124 |
Iranian Post-1979 Cinema | 3 |
| ASIA 382 |
The Story of Rama in Indian Culture--Experiential | 3 |
| ASIA 387 |
Disciplining the Body and Mind: The Martial Arts of East Asia in Religion, History, and Culture | 3 |
| BUSI 350 |
Symposium Core Committee | 1.5-3 |
| BUSI 505 |
Entrepreneurial Consulting | 3 |
| BUSI 583 |
Applied Investment Management H | 3 |
| BUSI 592 |
Applied Private Equity: Real Estate | 3 |
| CHIN 242 |
Chinese Qin Music | 3 |
| COMM 387 |
Disciplining the Body and Mind: The Martial Arts of East Asia in Religion, History, and Culture | 3 |
| COMM 466 |
Advanced Study in Performing Literature | 3 |
| COMM 562 |
Oral History and Performance H | 3 |
| COMM 644 |
Documentary Production: First Person Filmmaking | 3 |
| COMM 665 |
Performance, Politics, and Culture | 3 |
| COMM 666 |
Media in Performance | 3 |
| DRAM 85 |
First-Year Seminar: Documentary Theatre H | 3 |
| DRAM 191 |
Technical Methods: Scenery | 3 |
| DRAM 192 |
Technical Methods: Costume | 3 |
| DRAM 193 |
Production Practicum | 3 |
| DRAM 196 |
Dramatic Art Projects | 1-3 |
| DRAM 260 |
Advanced Stagecraft | 3 |
| DRAM 460 |
Stage Management | 3 |
| DRAM 666 |
Media in Performance | 3 |
| FOLK 562 |
Oral History and Performance H | 3 |
| GERM 373 |
"Denk ich an Deutschland. . .": German Lyrical Poetry through the Centuries | 3 |
| GERM 374 |
German Theater: Words Speak as Loudly as Actions | 3 |
| HIST 562 |
Oral History and Performance H | 3 |
| MUSC 256 |
Advanced Beat Making Lab | 3 |
| MUSC 300 |
Advanced Keyboard Lessons and Recital | 3 |
| MUSC 302 |
Advanced Voice Lessons and Recital H | 3 |
| MUSC 303 |
Advanced String Lessons and Recital H | 3 |
| MUSC 304 |
Advanced Woodwind Lessons and Recital H | 3 |
| MUSC 305 |
Advanced Brass Lessons and Recital H | 3 |
| MUSC 306 |
Advanced Percussion Lessons and Recital H | 3 |
| MUSC 307 |
Advanced Composition/Recital | 3 |
| MUSC 364 |
UNC Summer Jazz Workshop | 3 |
| MUSC 381 |
Inside the Song: Analysis of Songcraft | 3 |
| RELI 382 |
The Story of Rama in Indian Culture--Experiential | 3 |
| RELI 387 |
Disciplining the Body and Mind: The Martial Arts of East Asia in Religion, History, and Culture | 3 |
| WGST 562 |
Oral History and Performance H | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant (HI-LEARNTA)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| BIOL 291 |
Teaching Apprentice in Biology | 1 |
| BIOL 292 |
Teaching Assistant in Biology | 2 |
| BMME 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistantship in Biomedical Engineering | 1 |
| CHEM 291 |
Teaching Apprentice in Chemistry | 1-3 |
| COMM 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant in Media Production | 3 |
| COMP 227 |
Effective Peer Teaching in Computer Science | 3 |
| ECON 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant Seminar and Practicum | 1-3 |
| EDUC 591 |
Seminar in Academic Mentoring in Education | 1 |
| EXSS 391 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistanship | 1 |
| MATH 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistantships | 1 |
| MCRO 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Apprentice | 1 |
| MCRO 292 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant | 2 |
| PHYS 410 |
Teaching and Learning Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 510 |
Seminar for Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistants | 1 |
| PHYS 510L |
Practicum for Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Assistants | 1 |
| PLCY 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant Practicum | 1-3 |
| POLI 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistant Practicum | 1-3 |
| PSYC 391 |
Pedagogy Course for Psychology & Neuroscience Undergraduate Learning Assistants | 3 |
| STOR 291 |
Undergraduate Learning Assistantship | 1 |
High Impact Experience-General (HI-GENERAL)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| ARTH 306 |
Loving Your Local Art Scene | 3 |
| ARTH 551 |
Introduction to Museum Studies | 3 |
| ARTS 306 |
Loving Your Local Art Scene | 3 |
| BUSI 293 |
Affordable Housing Practicum | 3 |
| EMES 473 |
The Changing Coasts of Carolina | 3 |
| ENGL 402 |
Investigations in Academic Writing and Writing Centers | 3 |
| ENGL 473 |
The Changing Coasts of Carolina | 3 |
| IDST 293 |
Global Tech Experience | 6 |
Collaborative Online International Learning (HI-COIL)
COIL courses involve shared learning between students in a course at UNC–Chapel Hill and peer students at a global partner university. Faculty members at both institutions design collaborative activities for their students lasting at least three weeks, such as completing small group projects, engaging in dialogue drawing on their different societal or disciplinary perspectives, or exchanging scholarly or creative work.
Search for COIL courses at the section level in ConnectCarolina using the "Search by Class Attribute" feature.
More information is available at UNC Global.
