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Internship
Credit
The Department of Screen Arts & Cultures allows declared Screen Arts & Cultures
majors only the opportunity to earn credit for internships which
supplement their academic experience.
In order to be approved for credit, internships must have a demonstrable
relationship to the student’s course of study in the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures. Experiential work must be performed under
the guidance of an internship supervisor and be approved by a sponsoring
core faculty member in the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures. It is
the student’s responsibility to demonstrate the suitability
and relationship of the proposed internship to their course of study.
Students should NOT assume that internship credit is automatically
granted for experiential work.
Internship credit can not be used to satisfy elective credit in the
concentration plan.
Individual Screen Arts & Cultures faculty who have mentored non-majors
may consider sponsoring these students on a case-by-case basis. The
Department of Screen Arts & Cultures is unable to sponsor non-students
for internships. Internships must be completed before graduation.
In order to receive credit for an internship, a student must:
1. Find an internship.
The Department keeps listings of various internships with the Program/Internship Coordinator, Mary Lou Chlipala, though the internship does not have to come from these listings. It
is the student’s responsibility to procure his or her own internship – the
Deaprtment of Screen Arts & Cultures does not locate internships for students; the Program/Internship Coordinator works with the students to aid them in their search for an internship. Also, it is Mary Lou Chlipala who will send the SAC student's letter of credit for their internship directly to the company upon request.
2. Submit a one-page proposal describing the internship.
This proposal should focus on how the internship
is related to the student’s course of study and what the student
expects to gain from the internship experience. It should also specify
a detailed job description and include the name and phone number
of the student’s internship supervisor. This written proposal
must be approved by the sponsoring FV faculty member before the
student begins the internship. Internship credit is not retroactive – credit
will not be granted for work done prior to
approval.
3. Register for internship credit as for any
other course.
Internships are elected as FV 480, under the
sponsoring FV faculty members section number.
Internships must be elected as “Credit/No Credit”, for
2 CREDITS ONLY. The Department of Screen Arts & Cultures will sponsor
no more than a total
of six credits of internship per student.
4. Evaluation letter.
Arrange for the internship supervisor to send
a letter of evaluation to the sponsoring Screen Arts & Cultures faculty member
at the completion of the internship. This letter must be received
by the last day of classes for the term in which the student is
registered for the internship. The letter should include:
A. A job description detailing the intern’s responsibilities.
B. The duration of the internship. Minimum requirement
is approximately 15 hours per week over a 14-week
term or the equivalent (210 hours).
C. An evaluation or assessment of the intern’s performance.
The letter should be:
1. An original, not a copy or fax.
2. On letterhead or original stationery.
3. Signed by the internship supervisor.
4. In the interest of confidentiality, should
be sent directly to the FV faculty sponsor:
Attention: (faculty sponsor’s name)
U-M Department of Screen Arts & Cultures
6525 Haven Hall, 505 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045
IMPORTANT:
It is the student’s responsibility to inform the internship
supervisor of this
requirement at the onset of the internship. It
is also the student’s
responsibility to see that the letter is received
no later than the last day of
classes for the term in which the student is registered for the internship.
If an
appropriate letter is not received by the deadline; the student may receive “No
Credit” for the internship.
5. Submit a short paper to the FV faculty
sponsor.
Following participation in an approved internship, students will be expected
to write a final retrospective on their experience. The paper must be
received by the SAC faculty sponsor by the last day of classes for the term
in
which the student is registered for the internship. The paper should include
the following:
A. your goals and expectations going into the internship
B. a brief description of the duties of
the internship
C. discussion of how the various facets of
the internship related to issues or topics
covered in your courses in
the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures
D. an assessment of the internship experience:
how your goals and expectations were met or
not met by the experience and why; how the
internship experience might influence your future
study; whether or not you would recommend this
internship to other students (Note: these papers
might be made available to other students
considering a similar internship)
Papers should be typed or word-processed, double-spaced, and 5-7
pages in length. Please proofread for errors and staple in the upper
left-hand corner. Be sure to keep a copy of the paper for your own
records.
Late papers will not be accepted.
Internships in Which UMPFVS Students Have Participated
CBS The Late Show with David Letterman
United Artists-feature film
Zeitgeist Films Ltd
E! Entertainment TV - Style Network
Ridley Scott & Associates Films
Mad Men- Writer's Office
20th Century Fox
Spyglass Entertainment
Groundswell Productions
Ghost House Pictures
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Traverse City Film Festival
Buckaroo Entertainment, Los Angeles
Weed Road Pictures, Burbank
Midnight Entertainment, Studio City
MTV Networks, New York and Los Angeles
Sesame Workshop, New York
Focus Features, NBC Universal New York
ABC Sports, New York
Bombo Sports and Entertainment , New York
HBO-Original Programming Department
Mandate Pictures, Beverly Hills, CA.
United Talent Agency
Warner Bros. Casting, NY
Marvel Entertainment, NY
The Onion, NY
WDIV-TV, Detroit
WXYZ-TV, Detroit
Lionsgate, Santa Monica, CA
Smoke House Pictures, Los Angeles
Warner Bros Records
After Dark Films - Autonomous Films, Hollywood
Dreamworks Animation
The Gersh Agency
Fox Sports, NY and LA
White House Post, London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles
and many more...
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