Box 19529
202 University Hall
Arlington, Texas 76019
Internship Program
The Department of History has a limited number of undergraduate internship opportunities available for high performing students interested in expanding their educational experience to include hands-on work and training at local museums, archives, and non-profit organizations.
Qualifications:
History Majors who will have achieved Senior standing (90 hours of course work) by the start of their internship semester and who meet the following benchmarks:
- Completed HIST 3300: “Introduction to Historical Research” and HIST 4395: “History Seminar” with grades of at least a “B” [for majors declared after 1/1/19]
- Minimum 3.75 GPA in History courses (3.50 GPA overall) *
- Completion of at one or more non-survey courses relevant to the placement institution
- Letter of recommendation from a departmental faculty member willing to serve as mentor and instructor of record for the internship
* = with the approval of the sponsoring faculty member, students may petition to waive the GPA requirements
Recent placements have included:
- African American Museum of Dallas
- Dallas Holocaust and Genocide Museum
- Greater Southwest Studies Center
- National Medal of Honor Museum
- Old Red Museum (Dallas)
- Sixth Floor Museum (Dallas)
- UTA Special Collections
- Tarrant County Probate Court 1 [only available to Legal History Track Majors]