The Internship Program

Majors in Communication are required to take three credits of field study, also known as an internship. For this non-paid internship experience, students work in an organization similar to one they would like to work in when they graduate. For 10 hours a week, students get to see what it is like to work at a job in a particular occupation. They get to see the stresses, the work conditions, the opportunities, and the rewards of working in that profession.

The Department believes that an internship is a valuable experience for a number of reasons. First, internships were designed to respond to that age-old conundrum: In order to get a job in a field, you must have experience, but how can you get experience if you do not have the job? In an internship, students can gain valuable work experience, and they can list this experience on their resumes. Second, the internship experience allows students to determine whether the demands of a particular career are something that they are willing to accept. If a particular career is not suitable for you, it is better to find that out before you graduate so that you can change career plans and prepare for a different occupation. Third, the internship experience allows students to gain knowledge about the skills, policies, and practices of a career path beyond what they might learn in the classroom. Fourth, internships allow students to begin networking with people in the field so that they will have a head start on job hunting after graduation.

The Department feels that the internship experience is so valuable that it encourages students to take more than one during their time at Southern. A student can take up to 12 credits of internship.

The following list gives you an idea of the kinds of organizations where our students have done their internships:

Atlas Media
Avision Productions
Bayer Corporation
Blue Chip Films
Boys and Girls Club of New Britain
Bridges, A Community Support System, Milford
Charter Communication
Clear Channel Worldwide
Cloud 9 Graphics & Ultimate Printing
Comcast Spotlight
Community Action Agency of Greater New Haven
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Community Mediation, New Haven
CT Trust for Historic Preservation
Development, Central CT Coast YMCA
Diamond Records Music Group
Disney
E! The Environmental Magazine
Empower New Haven
ESPN
Family Services, Woodfield
Hartford Stage
Housing Authority, City of New Haven
HR Interax, HR consulting firm
Infinity Broadcasting
Jewish Home for the Aged
JL Sports Agency
Jones Apparel Group
Kaplow Studios, Woodbridge
KC 101.3
Larry Levinson Productions
Lun and Associates
Marketing & Promotions, Yale University Athletics
Marrakech, Inc.
Mascola Advertising
Mason and Madison Advertising, Inc.
Mazzarella Brothers Productions, Inc.
New Haven Ravens
Nickelodeon Digital Networks
Party People (event management)
Patient Relations, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Pitney-Bowes, Inc.
Proctor & Gamble
Screen Tek Printing
SCSU Center for Adaptive Technology
SCSU Office of Public Affairs
SEA-TV
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Songbook Entertainment
Soundtrack, Boston
Stop and Shop
The Advisor
The Hallmark Channel
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
The Ricki Lake Show
Tripeg Studios
United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
VH 1
Visual Concepts, Inc.
Walgreen's Pharmacy
Walker Entertainment
Wechter Innovative Promotional Products
WFSB - Channel 3
William W. Bachus Hospital
WTIC FOX 61
WTNH Chanel 8
Yale Broadcasting Company
Youth Development, Cheshire