Undergraduate Internship Requirements

Statement of Purpose: Undergraduate students wishing to do an internship for credit in the Department of History must pursue work that has a strong historical component, defined here as a public history internship. Other types of internships may be considered but must be approved by the Undergraduate Studies Committee.

Public history internships come in many forms but generally they draw upon history students' skills in researching and documenting history and extend those skills to presenting history in a public setting. Internships may include work in an archive cataloging historical documents; in a museum helping with exhibition development, educational programs, or collections management; with a media company (such as the History Channel) doing historical research for programming; or in the field of historic preservation at a site (like Mount Vernon), with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, with the HABS-HAER Program in the National Park Service, a State Historic Preservation Office, or with a cultural resource management firm.

Students interested in an internship for credit in History must consult compile a list of possible internships and then consult Dr. Franz, the Internship Coordinator in the Department of History.

Credit Hours: 3 credit hours/15 hours a week for 12 weeks during the fall and spring semesters and 15-40 hours a week during summer semester. Undergraduates may count only one, 3 hour internship for credit toward the History Major.

Checklist: Please Consult the Requirements Checklist for a timeline and all necessary forms!