An internship can provide a great opportunity for helping you explore and prepare for a career while honing your job-seeking skills and obtaining real world experience to list on your resume. The History adviser can help you arrange an internship or you can arrange your own. To earn college credit for the internship, you will need to meet with the History adviser, complete the internship contract, and fulfill its requirements.

Our students have completed internships at local, regional, and national institutions such as:

• The Ford Museum
• Ohio Attorney General's Office
• The Smithsonian (DC)
• The Ohio Legislature
• Hayes Presidential Center
• Museums
• Colonial Williamsburg
• The U.S. State Department
• foreign countries while studying abroad

The possibilities are endless. If you're interested in an internship, get started by browsing through the links provided and feel free to investigate other options and consult how to get credit with your history adviser.

Links to various internship opportunities open to History majors

 An internship contract must be completed in consultation with the History adviser and your on-site supervisor

Completion of a portfolio is required to earn college credit for an internship in History. The portfolio is a creative product that documents and presents your work.

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