Communication/Cinema Studies/Digital Media Practices Internship Policies
Please read the directions closely, and email Dr. Peter Kunze, the Internship Coordinator, at pkunze [at] tulane.edu if you have any questions.
The Department of Communication does not provide credits for internships unless students complete the seminar course at the same time as the internship.
Students must be a Junior or a Senior with at least a 2.8 GPA.
You cannot apply for course credit for an in-progress or past internship. Students are responsible for securing an appropriate internship. Thereafter, they can apply for approval and entry in the course upon receiving an offer letter detailing terms and responsibilities of the internship.
Please note that the course is capped at 20 students. We offer the seminar in the spring semester (in-person) and the summer semester (online); we do not offer credit for fall internships. Students cannot repeat the course for additional credit.
To be approved, internships must meet the following qualifications:
- It must be in a media- or communication-related field, including advertising, marketing, public relations, social media management, or film and television.
- It must entail 100 hours of supervised work experience in said field during the term. The expectation is that students will be mentored by a knowledgeable professional in the area of the internship. Therefore, students completing internships in social media marketing must be mentored by a social media manager at the hosting company/institution. Internships that entail students completing services for a company without direct supervision and mentorship in that area will be denied.
- It must be a formal internship in a structured internship program at a company where the student has not previously worked. Students cannot use their part-time jobs as internships.
- Students cannot intern for an individual (e.g., personal assistant). All internships must be sponsored by a company or a nonprofit institution. Students cannot intern for a friend, family member, or Tulane professor.
- On-campus internships are not accepted unless the student is ineligible to complete off-campus internships.
- Internships may be in-person or remote. All tasks that student interns perform should be work-related. Communication and responsibilities should be limited to agreed-upon work hours.
Students will never be excused from any of their classes to complete internship-related work. Student interns and supervisors should agree on compensation prior to application.
Students who do not complete the 100 hours before the last class will receive an incomplete until completing the necessary workload.
Students completing unpaid internships for nonprofit institutions may apply for service learning credit at the beginning of their internships. For more details, including eligibility, contact Ms. Loretta Lambert in the Center for Public Service at llambert1 [at] tulane.edu.
To apply, fill out this application form with your internship supervisor. Submit it and either the detailed job announcement or the formal offer letter that outlines intern responsibilities and the term of internship.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.