Internship in Film and Screen Studies

Catalog description

This course provides credit and guidance for internships in film and and screen media outside of Pace University. An Internship is an assignment, paid or volunteer, to a business, corporation, public agenct, school, or other organization that provides on-the-job and pre-professional experience. In this case, internships can range from work in film, televisions, or digital media production, to work in film festivals and other distribution outlets, to writing and research internships in cultural journalism or other areas related to the field of study. Internships are arranged by the University's Career Services Office, by the FSS Department, by individual faculty members, or by the individual student. The internship will be supervised by a professor who will serve as the university contact for the internship provider and will assess the student's participation in the internship. Internships are either full-time or part-time and generally last for one semester. The course gives students employment experience in film and media; encourages them to make industry contacts for post-collegiate opportunities, and provides them with an opportunity to analyze the relationship between academic studies in film to professional work in their field. Permission of Director of Film and Screen Studies required.