Please note: All COM/DMA internship applications are to be submitted via ANGEL. COM and DMA majors are now part of an ANGEL Community Group named "COM/DMA STUDENTS." If you are not a member of this group, please contact Patty Strobele in the Communication Studies department office to be certain you are on our Majors' list.
Students seeking design-oriented internships must submit three samples of their work as part of the application. These may be submitted as PDF files, or by reference to a web address.
Students interested in completing an internship during the Spring semester must submit an application by September 15. Students interested in completing an internship during the Summer & Fall semester must submit an application by
You should plan an internship in your area of interest. A student may do two Communication Studies/Digital Media Arts internships during his or her college career, provided that the total credit hours earned does not exceed 12 hours. These internships take place at approved locations in Buffalo or in such cities as New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
The internships are individually arranged, require departmental approval, and are available only to Junior and Senior candidates with a cumulative Q.P.A. of at least 2.5 and a Communication Studies or Digital Media Arts average of at least 2.7.
Internship applicants are required to complete all required courses with a grade of C- or higher in each, and at least two courses in their academic sequence prior to the start of the internship.
The internship is seen as a culminating opportunity through which you apply, in an assigned professional setting, the theory and skills developed in your coursework. These situations are supervised by a field professional as well as by the Communication Studies Dept. Internship Director, who will be your academic advisor during the internship experience. Dr. Barbara Irwin, Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, is the Internship Director.
Internships are taken on a Pass/Fail basis. All internship credit is allocated to the free elective requirement.
Preference and priority will be given to those majors having the best performance records as measured by cumulative academic average, and participation in extra-curricular or community communication/digital media-related activities. A readiness to apply course theories and skills and a mature professional interest should be characteristics demonstrated by the prospective intern.
Each qualified Communication Studies/Digital Media Arts student is limited to a total of 15 hours of combined credit from, Internship (COM/DMA 488 & 498), and Independent Study (COM/DMA 499).
If you have been approved to complete an internship through Communication Studies and have been accepted by a host site, please complete this form.
Our students have interned in a wide variety of businesses and organizations all over the United States. Here is a list of some of those places:
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