New York University
Department of History
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Internships and Independent Studies

Internships (V57.0980/0981)

  • Students who wish to engage in history related work in an agency or institute within or outside New York University (ie. UN agency, an archive, museum or library, philanthropy, a publishing house or an appropriate television program) may apply to the DUGS for 2 or 4 points of course credit. Click here for the internship application.
  • Interns must devote a minimum of 8 hours a week for a 4 points internship.
  • Internships may be used towards satisfying the field distribution requirement upon formal approval from the DUGS. Such courses, however, cannot be counted towards satisfaction of the Workshop or Advanced Seminar requirement.
  • Students interested in an internship for credit must write a 250-word proposal on the nature of their internship and describe why it is historically relevant.  They must submit this proposal with a letter from their internship supervisor confirming the internship and stating that they will give the student a proposed grade at the end of the semester.
  • The student should maintain a daily log during the internship and must submit an 8 – 10 page paper at the end of the semester which can be a compilation of these daily logs or a more traditional thematic paper focusing on what was learned during the internship.
  • Internship must be history related. Internships that consist of archival work and history research work are generally accepted as history internships; political, anthropological, etc. internships are generally not accepted. Please apply only if the internship is historical.

Independent Study (V57.0997/0998)

  • Independent Studies may count towards the major if they are classified as V57 and do not exceed a total of 8 points.  They may also be used towards satisfying the field distribution requirement upon formal approval from the DUGS. Such courses, however, cannot be counted towards satisfaction of the Workshop or Advanced Seminar requirement.
  • Students interested in undertaking independent study on a specific or specialized topic of their choice may do so by applying to the DUGS for 2 or 4 points of course credit. Click here for the independent study application. Please specify on the application for what requirement you would like the independent study to count.
  • The student will indicate a general area of interest and will need to obtain the agreement of a full-time faculty supervisor. The student and faculty supervisor must consult each other on a regular basis, at least biweekly, and the grade for the course must be submitted by the supervisor to the Director of Undergraduate Studies before the last week of the term in which the student is registered.

 

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