JOURN 697: Internship credit (1 credit)
Deadline to enroll for Summer 2025 – June 13, 2025.
Deadline to enroll for Fall 2025 – September 12, 2025.
Declared journalism undergraduate majors and sports communication certificate students may earn credit if their internship meets credit guidelines and are interning at least 10 hours per week. This course can be taken a maximum of three times (one credit each time), in different semesters; however, the internship and/or responsibilities must be different.
Internship credit guidelines
To receive credit for an internship, you are actually receiving credit for academic coursework that is assigned to you by a SJMC faculty member. To be considered eligible for credit, it must meet the following criteria:
- A minimum confirmed 10 hours per week (or 150 hours per semester).
- An assigned work supervisor who will be accessible to you and is responsible for your work during the course of the semester. The supervisor cannot be another student.
- A job description documenting that at least 60 percent of the intern’s duties are related to the field of communications and/or sports communication. We understand that interns are used for a variety of support services, and that can include running errands, clerical work, and other office related tasks. However, in the spirit of the learning experience the internship is meant to be, we ask that more than half of what your responsibilities will be is related to media or communications.
- To earn the one credit, you will be required to complete the academic coursework in J697.
- J697 is counted as advanced credit.
Instructions for completing J697 Internship Registration
- The student will first complete the J697 Registration Form (and send an email to info@journalism.wisc.edu with written confirmation of your internship).
- You will then receive an email providing authorization to enroll (you cannot enroll until authorization is provided).
- If you are taking J697 during the summer term, you will be billed for summer tuition. Learn about the costs here.
- Questions: Contact info@journalism.wisc.edu
L&S Internship for Credit Course
This online course, funded by the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, combines your internship with a credit-bearing UW course. The internships are offered during fall, spring and summer with limited enrollment.
Worldwide Internship Program
Students doing an internship abroad can get credit through the Worldwide Internship Program course. This online course includes internship reflection as well as academic consideration of cross-cultural relations in the global workforce.