{"id":15342,"date":"2023-05-17T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/?page_id=15342"},"modified":"2023-05-17T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:57:55","slug":"internships-for-credit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/academics\/internships-for-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Internships for Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">\n<p>A suitable internship at a non-profit museum or civic institution can be taken as a course for credit as CAS AH 501 (Fall \/ Summer 1) or CAS AH 502 (Spring \/ Summer 2) so long as it is approved in advance by the Director of Museum Studies (DMS).<br \/>\n<em>Note: Undergraduate internships may also be held in commercial galleries.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">\n<p>For an internship to count for credit there are a number of conditions that must be met:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An employee at the host institution must agree to act as supervisor\/mentor.<\/li>\n<li>There must be a proper project to work on with aims and expectations that can be assessed by a supervisor\/mentor.<\/li>\n<li>The student and the supervisor must complete our departmental internship approval form describing the details of the internship.<\/li>\n<li>The internship must be approved by the Director of Museum Studies <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prior<\/span> to the start of the internship.<\/li>\n<li>The internship should last for approximately 150 hours over a 15-week semester.<\/li>\n<li>At the end of the internship, the internship supervisor\/mentor must be prepared to write a brief report and give the student a grade (based on our grading criteria that the DMS will supply.)<\/li>\n<li>The student must submit a 6-8 page report at the end of the internship to the Director of Museum Studies . This report will be graded by the DMS, and these two grades will form the overall course grade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">\n<p>For further information and the necessary forms, please contact the Director of Museum Studies:<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/haa\/files\/2015\/08\/hallPic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5609 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/files\/2015\/08\/hallPic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/files\/2015\/08\/hallPic-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/files\/2015\/08\/hallPic.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/profile\/melanie-hall\/\">Melanie Hall<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Director and Associate Professor of Museum Studies<br \/>\n725 Commonwealth Ave<br \/>\nBoston, Massachusetts 02215<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:hallmj@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hallmj@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suitable internship at a non-profit museum or civic institution can be taken as a course for credit as CAS AH 501 (Fall \/ Summer 1) or CAS AH 502 (Spring \/ Summer 2) so long as it is approved in advance by the Director of Museum Studies (DMS). Note: Undergraduate internships may also be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2318,"featured_media":0,"parent":10365,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15342"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15364,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15342\/revisions\/15364"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/haa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}