Radio/Television Internship Information

Internships must be approved by R/TV faculty, and are not granted until the student completes the course work appropriate to the internship experience (see below). This usually means sometime during the students late junior or senior year of enrollment. Internships are available at a variety of broadcast and non-broadcast entities in the Orlando/Central Florida area. Students residing outside the Orlando area may apply for summer internships in their area, state or country of residence.

It is strongly recommended that the internship candidate meet with a Radio-Television faculty advisor prior to interviewing with the prospective intern provider. Internship candidates must submit internship paperwork in person to the faculty advisor. Internship paperwork not submitted in person, will not be approved.

It is the policy of the Radio-Television to not grant internship credit for a student's regular employment, however, some of the available internships also pay the student for the internship experience.

Internship Credit

• The Radio-Television internship is an optional majors-only course that may be taken for elective credit.
• Students may earn a maximum of six semester internship credit hours in the 120 hours needed to graduate. No more than three credit hours of the six may be taken per term.
• Summer internships must be registered for, and occur over, the "C" (12 week) summer term. Summer "A" or "B" (6 week) internships will not be allowed. An internship at a specific location may be repeated if the faculty advisor believes additional learning experiences are involved.

Internship Registration

Radio-Television internships must be registered using the contract available here or from the Nicholson Academic Student Services Center (NASSC) (NSC 143). The first copy of the contract is to be completed by the student and internship employer, then presented to a faculty advisor for approval. Copies of this contract should be held by the student and faculty advisor. Additionally, a copy of the contract must be on file in NASSC. New deadlines to complete this paperwork apply each term. It is the responsibility of the student to meet all paperwork deadlines, and the right of the faculty advisor to deny an internship where deadlines are not met.

Prerequisite Courses

In general, the following apply:

Grading Procedures

Radio-Television interns will receive either an "S" (Satisfactory), "U" (Unsatisfactory), or an "I" (Incomplete) final grade for the internship. An "U" Unsatisfactory grade will result in a denial of credit for the internship. Grading will be determined by the faculty advisor via the RTV Internship Evaluation form, additional information received from the intern provider, and other reliable sources of information and feedback. Students take the responsibility to familiarize themselves with the grading expectations of their particular RTV advisor. (For example, some advisors require submission of a mid-term and a final evaluation form.) Interning students must pick up the evaluation form from the faculty advisor, which must then be delivered directly to the internship supervisor at the place of employment for completion. The evaluation form must then be either mailed or faxed by the intern supervisor directly to the faculty advisor. Students are not to deliver the evaluation form, nor be involved in its completion, though they are encouraged to review the form with the advisor after it has been formally submitted. Failure to follow this procedure may result in an Incomplete on the student's record.

• Radio/Television Internship Fact Sheet
• Internship Registration Form