Students may earn up to twelve hours of academic credit through internships, six of which may be applied to one's major.  The other six hours may be used as electives.  With departmental approval, students may arrange their own internships or be considered for one of the following sites.  Interns may receive compensation, but many of the positions available through the department are uncompensated.

In order to receive three credit hours, students must work 120 hours during the semester; for six credit hours, 240 hours.

History

• Age of Steam Railroad Museum - Fair Park, Dallas - Museum Site
• The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Elm Street in Dallas
  The museum offers several internship opportunities and is especially in need of interns to fill their School Program Docent positions. While the Museum does not offer paid positions during the school year, they do have paid positions available for the summer. Those who serve as unpaid interns are usually hired first in the paid internship positions.
• Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum

This list includes sites where our students have completed internships. Other internship opportunities are available. If you are interested in an Internship in History, see Dr. Landdeck for details at CFO 610 or contact her by phone at (940)898-2140 or email at klanddeck@twu.edu.

Government and Public Affairs

• City of Denton
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• State Senator Craig Estes’ Office
• State Senator Jane Nelson's Office
• State Senator Florence Shapiro's Office
• U.S. Congresswoman’s Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Office
• United States District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess District Office

Criminal Justice

• Denton County District Attorney's Office
• Federal Pretrial Services
• Tarrant County Pre-sentence Investigation Unit
• Denton County Probation Office
• Dallas County Juvenile Department

Legal Studies

• Denton County District Attorney's Office
• The Family Place, Dallas
• U.S. Pretrial Services
• Various law offices in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex
• Office of Texas Attorney General
• North Texas Legal Services, Dallas
• West Texas Legal Services, Denton
• United States District Court Northern District of Texas
• The National Federation of Republican Women
  The federation offers an internship in D.C. You may find a bit of information about this opportunity at this website: http://www.nfrw.org/programs/scholarships.htm 
  If you are interested, please complete the application form which may be downloaded at: http://www.nfrw.org/documents/forms/kabis_internship.pdf
  Please email your application to Julie Johncox Siglinger at jjohncox@charter.net so that we may submit to the appropriate representative of the Texas Federation of Republican Women. 

This list includes sites where our students have completed internships. Other internship opportunities are available.  If you are interested in an Internship in Government, Criminal Justice, or Legal Studies, see Mrs. Devereaux for details at CFO 604 or by phone at (940)898-2131 or email her at PDevereaux@twu.edu.