The Communications + Media Design program internship affords students the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge to the practical work environment. An internship on students’ records makes them stand out; it shows they have learned something and prepared themselves for work in the documentation field. An internship rounds out students’ education.

Internships can be either paid or unpaid, and can be for credit or not for credit. Follow the procedures below to receive credit for your internship.

• Read Career Services Internship Brochure (pdf)
• In collaboration with your supervisor at the internship location, complete the Internship Learning Contract. Under “Additional faculty advisor requirements for this internship”, write: “Create a blog in WordPress. Write at least one post per week detailing work done for the internship, and relating some aspect of your work to the skills and techniques required for communications and media design. Send a link to each week’s entry via email to the faculty member supervising your internship.” Submit the Learning Contract as an attachment by email to careerservices@sunypoly.edu and the faculty member supervising your internship.
• When a copy of the Learning Contract is received, permission will be given to register for COM 492: Digital Media Internship.
• Create a blog in WordPress. Write at least one post per week detailing work done for the internship, and relating some aspect of your work to the skills and techniques required for communications and media design. Send a link to each week’s entry via email to the faculty member supervising your internship.
• At the end of the internship, complete the “Student Evaluation of Internship” form. Submit the Evaluation as an attachment by email to careerservices@sunypoly.edu and the faculty member supervising your internship.
• At the end of the internship, have your supervisor complete the “Employer Evaluation of Student Intern” as an attachment by email to careerservices@sunypoly.edu and the faculty member supervising your internship.
• You will receive a grade for the Internship course when both the student and employer evaluation is received.

Students work under the direction of lead writers or publication managers and while in the internship, students are exposed to the rigors of the career to organizational settings. Most students are required to complete an
internship report (.docx) describing their activities.

Prerequisite:
3.0 GPA in major; permission of program faculty and internship corporate sponsor.

Career Services maintains a listing of technical communication internship opportunities.