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)

Course List

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
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
BIOL 293	Undergraduate Internship in Biology	3
BUSI 393	Business Internship Project II	1.5-3
BUSI 493	Business Internship Project I	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 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 Organizational Leadership and Development Capstone	9
EDUC 698	Internship in Human Development and Family Studies	3-9
ENEC 393	Internship in Sustainability	3
ENEC 493	Environmental Internship	1-4
ENEC 593	Environmental Practicum	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
INLS 393	Information Science Internship	3
LING 493	Internship in Linguistics	3
MUSC 493	Music Internship	3
NSCI 493	Internship in Neuroscience	3
NURS 697	Capstone: Transitions in Care and Practice	6
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
POLI 193	Internship in Political Science	3
PSYC 493	Internship in Psychology	3
PWAD 393	Internship in Peace, War, and Defense	3-6
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	Practicum 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)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Approved Courses
AMST 398	Service Learning in America	3
AMST 460	Rising Waters: Strategies for Resilience to the Challenges of Climate and the Built Environment H	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
BIOL 294	Service Learning in Biology: APPLES H	1-2
CHEM 291	Seminar on Academic Mentoring	1-3
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
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
GEOL 412	Principles and Methods of Teaching Earth Science	4
GERM 278	Performance, Drama, Translation, Adaptation and Ethnographic Exchange	3
GERM 286	(Un)Welcomed Guests? German Reflections on Exile and Immigration	3
GLBL 485	Comparative Development	3
GLBL 489	Paradigms of Development and Social Change H	3
HBEH 411	Pathways to Effective Community Engagement	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
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
PSYC 294	Service Learning in Psychology: APPLES	1-3
PSYC 502	Psychology of Adulthood and Aging	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 253	Sociological Theory - Experiential	3
SOCI 273	Social and Economic Justice, Experiential Education	3
SOCI 417	The City and Urbanization, Experiential Education	3
SOCI 423	Sociology of Education, Experiential Education	3
SOWO 492	Seminar in Service Learning	1-6
SPAN 329	Spanish for Professional and Community Engagement	3
SPHS 400	Autism in Our Communities: An Interdisciplinary Perspective	3
WGST 340	Leadership in Violence Prevention for Peer Educators	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)

Course List

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
ARTS 499	Senior Projects	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 514	STAR - Experiential Learning Project	4.5
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 88	First-Year Seminar: Ecology and Performance	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
ENGL 309	Theatrical Writing for the Puppet Stage	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 300	Advanced Keyboard Lessons and Recital H	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
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)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Approved Courses
PHYS 410	Teaching and Learning Physics	4
PSYC 301	Pedagogy Course for Psychology & Neuroscience Undergraduate Learning Assistants	3
STOR 291	Undergraduate Learning Assistantship	1

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.