Solid writing skills are a prerequisite for almost every internship. You will be working in the professional world and will be expected to communicate on a professional level. Take every opportunity before your internship to work on your writing. You should have completed a good freshman composition course and preferably the general education upper-division writing requirement. You are strongly encouraged to have taken Political Science 200, Political Inquiry, as well.
Interpersonal skills are also very important.
Assess how you relate to others and if you are able to work with other members of a group to accomplish a common purpose. If you sense that this may be an area in which you are lacking, start now to improve yourself. Because an internship for which academic credit is earned is, in part, a supplement to what has been learned in the classroom, it is important that you have taken the necessary courses to provide you with the theoretical understanding of the work you will be doing. All students completing an internship for political science credit should have completed Political Science 110, Introduction to American Government, or its equivalent. Students applying to the Utah State Legislature program or with other local internships are encouraged to take Political Science 311, State and Local Government.