Practical Internship

Internship Application Form

PRWR 7600: MAPW Practical Internship

(Up to six hours may be used to satisfy MAPW degree requirements)

1-6. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program and permission of Graduate Program Director and/or faculty supervisor.

Guided and supervised practical experience in one concentration of the MAPW Program.

Internship Process

Prior to registration for PRWR 7600, the student must fill out an internship application that provides the following items:

1. Specify the type of internship (writing, editing, etc.); place and address of internship; name of internship contact (person at the place of work who will oversee the internship); and number of internship credits for which you are applying (3 or 6 semester hours' credit *see item 3 below).
2. Provide a brief description of your proposed internship duties for this internship
3. Indicate the number of hours per week that you will work at the internship:
   a. 12-15 hours per week for 3 semester hours' credit, spring and fall semesters (16-week semester); 24 hours/week for summer semester (8-week semester)
   b. 24-30 hours per week for 6 semester hours' credit, spring and fall semesters (16-week semester); 48 hours/week for summer semester (8-week semester)
4. Provide a schedule of due dates that indicates the work you will submit to the Internship Coordinator / Supervisor Dr. Todd Harper This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it office EB213 770-499-3619. 
   a. Reflective journal entries e-mailed biweekly (twice monthly) to the Internship Coordinator ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) --these entries should be your responses to the tasks being performed, how well the work is progressing, things you are learning, etc.; no page limit but should be 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced as a minimum.
   b. List of print deliverables due at midterm -- these can be written materials, edited materials, Web pages, etc.
   c. List of print deliverables due during the final week of classes (before final exams begin) -- these can be written materials, edited materials, Web pages, etc.

Submit your proposal as early as possible, preferably before the current semester ends, to the Internship Coordinator, Dr. Todd Harper This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it EB213 770-499-3619.Once this form has been received and approved by the Internship Coordinator, Dr. Todd Harper, he will sign the Registration Clearance Form and submit it to Experiential Education in Career Services. That office will send you your onlineregistration code by email.