Junior and senior level students who meet minimum requirements may enroll in semester-long professional internships. Students have interned nationally with CBS News, Entertainment Tonight, ESPN, David Letterman, The Jerry Springer Show, MTV, Disney World and KTLA News in Los Angeles, plus many professional sites within Texas newspapers, advertising agencies, broadcast stations, and production houses. Examples of these Texas sites include the Conroe Courier, The Victoria Advocate, Pierpont Public Relations, the Houston Symphony and the Texas State Senate.
Career opportunities in Mass Communication vary as widely as our internship opportunities. Traditional preparation is for a reporting or editing position with a newspaper, television or radio station, magazine, or professional newsletter. Mass Communication graduates may also develop careers with public relations and advertising agencies, with corporate communication programs, and within government, hospital and other institutional settings. Graduates can affiliate with nonprofit agencies, and some move into sales and other promotional positions. Graduates may also work with training programs and interactive media.