The Internship in English Studies enables students to gain practical experience in potential career fields while developing a portfolio of work to present in pursuit of employment or grad school.
Interns gain practical “real world” experience and learn what it means to write, design, and produce documents, films, and other media in non-academic settings.
GPA: overall 2.5 and 3.0 in English courses.
Prerequisites: 60 hours of undergraduate credit and upper level practical course work in technical or professional writing, film writing or production, software documentation, editing, or rhetoric and writing.
Internship Hours: 10 to 20 hours per week for a minimum of 120 hours per semester.
Course Credit: English 3312: Internship in English Studies, a three credit hour course that meets every two weeks during the internship semester. Students will take English 3312 concurrent with their internships.
If you already have an internship:
Fall: August 1 Spring: Dec 1 Summer: May 1
If you do not have an internship:
Fall: July 1 Spring: Nov 1 Summer: April 1
Austin Film Festival, Austin
Austin Library Foundation, North Austin
Austin Radio Network
Buildasign, North Austin
C3 Presents, Austin
Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos
Disney, Orlando
English dept LD Studies, Campus
Latinitas, Austin
Rougeux & Associates, Labor & Emp. Law
San Antonio Film Festival, SATX
Sen John Cornyn Austin office, Austin
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
Texas Monthly, Austin
Texas Preparatory School, San Marcos
University Attorney for Students
University Marketing Office, Campus
University Student Support Services, Campus
Williamson County Sun, Georgetown
Witliff Collection, Campus
Writing Center, Campus
