Internships for History Students

Why Internships Matter

History internships help you:

• Build professional skills in museums, archives and historic sites.
• Explore what historians and cultural professionals do day to day.
• Add strong, relevant experience to your resume or graduate applications.
• Make connections that can lead to permanent jobs with host organizations.

Students gain supervised, hands-on experience in areas like historic preservation, museum collections, exhibit design, oral history and cultural resource interpretation.

How It Works

Here’s the basic process for arranging a History internship:

1. Find an opportunity that interests you through department listings, sponsoring organizations or your own search.
2. Gather details about the internship and contact Dr. David Sheffler at david.sheffler@unf.edu or 904-620-1856.
3. Meet with Dr. Sheffler to have the internship reviewed and approved by the department.
4. Apply to the sponsoring organization once the project has department approval.
5. If you are selected, contact the department chair to receive permission to register for the internship course and, if needed, request a formal approval letter for the organization.

Credit and Time Commitment

Internships are available to both undergraduate and graduate History students.

• Undergraduates: Register for HIS 4940 and complete at least 160 hours of work during the semester or summer term.
• Graduate students: Register for HIS 6946 and complete at least 200 hours.
• Credits: Each internship is worth three elective credits; you may earn up to six credits total.
• Note: Internship credits do not replace required 4000- or 6000-level seminars.