Meet with the Internship Coordinator before you send out your resume and cover letter. Step one Create a one-page resume and gather samples of your work. If offered an internship, see Roger Lipker, internship director, to fill out appropriate paper work and to receive assignments so you will that will receive credit. You cannot earn more than 38 credits in journalism and must have 90 credits outside the journalism department to graduate. You MUST phone in your registration during the registration period.
Graduate students earn only one credit for internship work no matter how many hours worked.
You are expected to work 10 weeks for summer school credit. You do receive a letter grade. Your internship grade is a combination of the evaluation by your internship supervisor, class assignments and samples of your best work at the end of the internship. Your supervisor will be asked to sign an agreement acknowledging the number of hours and the type of work you will be doing. That person will also fill out an evaluation form at the end of the semester.