Valuable workplace skills and a solid career plan are best developed through a combination of hands-on experience and coursework. An internship is more than just a part-time job. During an internship, students synthesize course and work experiences through progress reports, class discussion, instructor conferences, and reflection. Through an internship, students should better understand how to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a workplace and should gain a deeper insight into how their own skills and interests align with different jobs.
English Majors
We have partnerships with a variety of local, regional, and national organizations and businesses in the following fields:
Technical Writing
Corporate Communications
Publishing
Public Relations
Environmental Organizations
Public Health
Education
Interning for Credit
The English Department maintains an English Internship course (English 449 for undergraduates and English 749 for graduate students) that places students in a participating local organization. English 449 can be taken for a maximum of four credits per semester and retaken for a total of nine credits. Internships in English may be taken for credit during spring semesters or when otherwise offered.
Placements
Internship placements range from small organizations such as Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee Turners, and the Urban Ecology Center, to larger companies such as Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual. The diversity of participating companies and organizations allows students to tailor the internship experience to specific career goals. Students may also propose their own placement and should speak with the coordinator to discuss this possibility.
Students are encouraged to obtain practical experience while in college. Recent UWM film studies students have completed for-credit internships at Milwaukee Film (the organization that presents the annual Milwaukee Film Festival), The Ford Modeling Agency, Disney Corporation, and The Nielsen Company.
