Internships

The Professional Writing Internship provides students with the opportunity to complement their knowledge of theories and practices learned during coursework with “real world” application while providing service to local businesses and organizations.

English 498, a one-to-three credit, pass/fail option, requires students to work in local organizations or businesses for 15 weeks (a total of 150 hours, ten working hours per week). Students complete a writing project(s) that reflects their writing interests and provides needed assistant to the host organization.

Past interns have been hosted by:

Before you pursue a Professional Writing Internship, you must successfully complete English 402 and English 405. With the approval of the Director of the Professional Writing Program, you may enroll in English 405 concurrently with English 498. In addition, your prior writing experience must demonstrate an appropriate level of expertise and maturity to qualify as an intern.