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Internship Policy

General Requirements

To qualify for an internship, a student must:
-- Be a registered UT Dallas undergraduate and a major in Arts and Humanities
-- Have junior-level standing (54 or more credit hours)
-- Have completed at least 15 hours of UT Dallas coursework, at least 12 in the major
-- Have a minimum 3.20 GPA in the major and 2.80 GPA overall
-- Present a complete application with accompanying documents

An internship must:
-- Be related to the student's major
-- Be taken in conjunction with no more than 12 additional hours of course work
-- Require a minimum of 140 hours of supervised work for 3 credits (280 for 6)

Procedures and Regulations

  1. Students should first visit the Career Center, set up a UTD CareerWorks account, attend the Internship Orientation session and meet with the A&H Internship Coordinator to fill out the A&H Internship Application.
  2. Once an internship has been selected and approved by the A&H Internship Coordinator, students should meet with their academic advisor.
  3. Students should then acquire the endorsement [signature only] of a relevant member of the full-time faculty based on the interest area of the internship. The faculty endorsement certifies that the faculty member thinks the student has sufficient background to undertake the internship; the faculty member does not supervise the internship.
  4. Students seeking credit for their internship should then enroll for the Internship course with their academic advisor.
  5. If seeking credit, students must enroll for the Internship course in the same semester they undertake the internship itself.
  6. Internships can only be graded credit/non-credit.
  7. Internships can only be used as upper-level electives [guaranteed by use of uniform ISAH course number].
  8. No more than six hours of internship credit will be applied to the degree plan.
  9. A requirement for receiving academic credit is academic work agreed upon with the instructor of record for the A&H internship course; at minimum this would normally include a journal documenting hours worked during the internship and reflecting on the experience and a 10-page paper on a related topic.

These are minimal guidelines for the School; particular majors or faculty sponsors may require additional materials.

approved by A&H faculty October 2007