Writing Internship

Catalog description

Students plan and apply for a supervised, semester-long internship in a professional workplace that involves writing, editing, teaching, publishing, copy editing, journalism, corporate communications, or other writing-intensive activities. Students are expected to work approximately 7-8 hours per week for a total of 150 hours. Emphasis on practical professional preparation and creation of a portfolio. <i>Written or electronic permission of the internship coordinator or department chair. May be taken once for degree credit and repeated for non-degree credit. May not be used for core credit. Paid internships are usually ineligible for degree credit.</i>