Internship Guidelines

Deadlines Prerequisite Courses Internship Course Codes Hourly Requirements Graduation Requirements
Deadlines

Students must report internships online before starting work and by the deadline listed on the CMCI Careers website. No retroactive credit will be granted. Report internships online through .

Note: If you do not report your internship online by the deadline and before starting work, we cannot award credit for hours worked!

Undergraduate Students

Note: If you started the APRD program prior to Fall 2019, reach out to brandi.reyes@colorado.edu.

Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design

Note: Only for students entering the major Fall 2019 and later (If you started the APRD program prior to Fall 2019, reach out to brandi.reyes@colorado.edu)

  • Advertising Strategy: APRD 3002 (Communication Platforms) or APRD 3009 (Brand Solutions) or APRD 3010 (Consumer Insights)
  • Advertising Creative: APRD 3503 (Concepting)
  • PR: APRD 3103 (Strategic Writing for Public Relations) or APRD 3104 (Digital Storytelling for Public Relations) or APRD 3105 (Public Relations Strategy and Implementation)
  • Media Design: APRD 3400 (Concept Design) or APRD 3001 (Visual Design)

Journalism

Note: JRNL majors or minors need to have passed at least one course on this list with a C- or better.

  • JRNL 4002 (Reporting 2)
  • JRNL 3674 (TV Production 2)
  • JRNL 4354 (TV Reporting)
  • JRNL 3402 (Social Media Storytelling)
  • JRNL 3552 (Editing and Presentation)
  • JRNL 4344 (Video Documentary Production)
  • JRNL 4602 (Opinion Writing)
  • JRNL 4614 (Advanced Audio Practices)
  • JRNL 4802 (Feature Writing)
  • JRNL 4822 (Reporting on the Environment)

Media Studies

Note: Media Studies majors must complete all three prerequisite courses to be eligible to earn credit. 

  • MDST 2002 (Media and Communication History)
  • MDST 3001 (Media Research)
  • MDST 3002 (Digital Culture and Politics)

Critical Media Practices

  • CMDP 3600 (Creative Media Making)

Communication

  • Minimum 57 earned credit hours
  • 2.5 or higher cumulative overall and COMM GPA

Information Science

  • No internship credit offered at this time.

Master’s Students

  • JRNL 5001 (Media Technology Bootcamp)
  • JRNL 5011 (Newsgathering and Multimedia Storytelling)
  • JRNL 5521 (Data Journalism)

 

Journalism

  •   JRNL 4931 (Undergraduate)
  •   JRNL 5931 (Graduate)

Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design

  •   APRD 4931 (Undergraduate)
  •   APRD 5931 (Graduate)

Media Studies

  •   MDST 4931 (Undergraduate)
  •   MDST 5931 (Graduate)

Communication

  •  COMM 4930 (Undergraduate)
  •  COMM 5930 (Graduate)

Critical Media Practices

  •  CMDP 4931 (Undergraduate)
  •  CMDP 5931 (Graduate)

Information Science

  •  No internship credit offered at this time.

You must complete 50 hours of work to get one internship credit. Internship credit is given to students based on the number of hours worked. Intern hours must be completed during the semester in which the student is receiving credit.

For all majors:

  • 50 hours per semester = 1 credit hour earned
  • 100 hours per semester = 2 credit hours earned
  • 150 hours per semester = 3 credit hours earned

Note: There is a 3 credit hour maximum per semester and a 6 credit hour maximum per summer.

Currently, only Journalism and Media Studies undergraduate students are required to complete 3 internship credits to graduate. JRNL 4931 and MDST 4931 are required.

 

Master’s students are not required to intern to graduate but do have the option to do an internship for credit.

 

JRNL 5931 (optional internship credit for MA students) fulfills one capstone requirement.

MDST 5931 and COMM 5930 are optional for master’s students. See faculty advisor.