The Writing Program offers a variety of internship opportunities for credit. While any of these internships can be taken for elective credit toward graduation, ONE internship course can count toward the following programs:
- the Minor in Business and Technical Writing: the Internship requirement.
- the Technical or Professional Writing certificates.
- English major or minor: Because one 300-level Writing Program course can count toward the English major or minor, The Editing Internship (355:395) or Conference Planning Internship (355:396) can count as one of those 300-level courses. Students who wish to have the other two internships listed below (355:397 and 398) count toward the major or minor should consult with English Department administrator-advisors Leandra Cain or Natalie Prescott.
List of Internships
The Editing Internship
(Fall semesters only. Course: 355:395)
This internship course provides hands-on experience in academic publishing. In preparation for the yearly publication of the scholarly journal, Dialogues@RU, interns review student submissions, choose the strongest essays, provide editing assistance to authors, prepare for press, and develop advertising material for social media sites.
Creating a Research Conference Internship
(Spring semesters only. Course: 355:396)
Interns will help select papers, organize, publicize, and create the Undergraduate Research Writing Conference (URWC) that will be held virtually, and become a permanent online site. Students will learn to write and create publicity and website pages and assist student presenters in the creation of multi-media presentations of their work. Click here for the URWC website.
The Writing Internship
(Fall Semester Course Code: 355:397 | Spring Semester Course Course: 355:398)
The Writing Internship enables students to acquire practical experience in a variety of professional settings that draw on the skills in reading and writing that Business and Technical Writing and English courses develop. It also enables students to test the practical range of some of the ideas presented in their coursework and to experience first-hand some of the career possibilities available to writers.