MASS COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIPS FOR CREDIT

Broadcast and Journalism

Students are encouraged to seek their own place of employment for internships, but academic advisers can be very helpful in suggesting appropriate internship sites.  Students should confer with their academic adviser or internship faculty adviser before contacting internship sites.  

Students must apply for academic internships.  Applications can be downloaded from this site or picked up in Johnson 219 during normal office hours.  The deadlines for internship applications are as follows: 

Because Internships are expected to provide meaningful professional experience related to one’s major, not all proposed internships will be approved.  In addition to gaining approval for internship sites, students must meet the following academic requirements: 

• Junior standing
• Completion of MCOM 241 with a C or better
• Six hours from MCOM 325, 331, 333, 341, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347, 348, 370, 377, 410, 425, 441, 446, or 471 with a C or better in each course.

Once a student is approved for his or her internship, a contract must be completed between the student, the employer, and Winthrop University.  In order for academic credit to be given for the internship, a record of the student’s progress must be kept.  Specific guidelines will be set up in the internship contract, but minimum requirements include:

• Filing a weekly report to your internship adviser showing the work you have completed
• Completing a final report that summarizes, reviews and analyzes the internship experience before a grade is assigned
• Employers must submit a confidential evaluation form concerning the student’s work and ability to the internship faculty adviser

In recent years, students majoring in mass communication have completed rewarding internships at the following:

 Broadcast 

 Journalism