Some companies hire permanent employees only from their intern pool.
The faculty strongly recommend that students complete internships. A student may arrange an internship for the job experience alone, but a student who seeks academic credit for the internship must enroll in a course and complete its requirements in addition to the internship responsibilities. Undergraduates enroll in ENGL 4378, and graduate students enroll in ENGL 5378. The faculty supervisor may also require periodic meetings to review the work accomplished. The internship should require the type of work that a professional technical communicator might be expected to do.