The internship requirement complements your academic training and adds to your professional experience. A great internship provides a learning experience that may not have been previously available and can expose you to a variety of career options and opportunities.
The requirement includes a 300-hour minimum internship placement in a policy-related position. Opportunities are available throughout the United States at all levels of government — Congress, federal agencies and commissions, state executive offices and legislative committees, regional councils of governments, and municipal agencies and offices — and in many areas of the private sector. Internships are also available in a variety of international settings, including U.S. embassies abroad, United Nations organizations, and agencies of foreign governments.
Students in the regular or dual-degree programs can meet the internship requirement by:
- Participating in an approved and supervised internship placement for administrative credit;
- Participating in an approved and supervised three credit hour internship placement for academic credit; or
- Waiving the requirement by providing documentation of comparable professional experience (with the approval from the Career Managment Office).
Students must receive formal Career Management Office approval prior to starting an internship placement that is intended to satisfy the LBJ School internship requirement.