Internship

Catalog description

Prerequisite: for majors, permission of the student?s departmental adviser; for minors, permission of the department?s internship director. May not be used to fulfill the minimum requirement of either the major or the minor. 2 or 4 points per term; 8 total internship points are the department maximum. Pass/fail. Requires a commitment of 8 to 12 hours of work per week in an unpaid position to be approved by the director of undergraduate studies. The intern?s duties on site should involve some substantive aspect of literary work, whether in research, writing, editing, or production (e.g., at an archive or publishing house, or with a literary agent or an arts administration group). A written evaluation is solicited from the intern?s supervisor at the end of the semester. The grade for the course is based on a final paper submitted to the faculty director.