Internships
Internships provide resume-building, hands-on experience and put students in an environment where they can apply their classroom training. By working as an intern in Los Angeles, students gain a deeper understanding of how the West Coast communications and entertainment industry functions. Additionally, students start to build their professional networks which are invaluable when seeking employment after graduation.
Work Requirements
Fall and spring semesters
Students attending the Los Angeles Program in the fall and spring semesters must register for a 6 credit internship. Students are required to work for 360 hours during the semester at their internships in order to meet the requirements for the 6 credits.
Summer semester
Summer students have the option of registering for 3, 4 or 5 credits. For each credit hour, students must work 60 hours over the course of the summer.
3-credit internship = 180 working hours
4-credit internship = 240 working hours
5-credit internship = 300 working hours
All internship classes are graded on a pass/fail basis.
Advisors
Each student will be assigned to a faculty member who will assist him/her with their internship search and serve as his/her advisor throughout the semester. Students meet with their advisor periodically to discuss their progress. Advisors are readily available to help students with any issues or concerns that might arise at their internship.
Internship Database
The Los Angeles program has an extensive database of available listings in 29 industry-related categories. Feedback and referrals from prior interns are available at the Pendleton Center.
The internship database is available to students in the Los Angeles program as a starting place for finding an internship. Students choose from a variety of search options such as company name, category or job type. The database is updated frequently by the ICLA staff. We often rely on the students to forward any changes they know about or encounter during their own search or during their internships. Students are requested to email any changes they are aware of, such as new contact names or new site phone numbers, to laprogram@ithaca.edu.
Other Internship Resources on the Web
Entertainmentcareers.net
This website, which is updated daily, lists internships in the major fields of communications. Be sure to click on "Internships" on the top of the home page.
mandy.com
Mandy.com lists film production and development internships.
- Under "USA" click on "California-South"
- Under "Jobs" click on "Click here to view production-jobs"
- Under "jobs" click on "tv/film/video"
- On the second line, click on "central la" or "SF valley"
- Check box "internship" and hit "SEARCH"
- You can also type the word "television" or "film" into the search engine.
Sexual Harassment Prevention Sessions
All ICLA students must complete a sexual harassment training workshop prior to beginning their internships. The Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance offers these workshops each semester. The purpose of these training sessions is twofold. We seek to educate students about sexual harassment so they will be know what to do if they are confronted with it and show them ways they can minimize or eliminate behaviors and actions which others could perceive as sexual harassment. Students who do not attend a workshop prior to arriving in Los Angeles will be able to attend training session during orientation in L.A.
Spring 2011 Workshop Schedule:
- Thursday, January 27 - 12:05-1:00pm
- Thursday, March 3 - 12:05-1:00pm
- Wednesday, April 20 - 5:00-6:00pm - Textor 101
- Thursday, May 5 - 12:05-1:00pm
All sexual harassment prevention workshops will be held in the Carl Sgrecci Lecture Hall (Business School 111) unless otherwise noted
