HIS 198SSummer Humanities EXCEL Internship Course

This hybrid 10-credit course pairs an intensive Summer Humanities EXCEL internship with a practicum that helps students turn workplace experience into humanities-based analysis. Students treat the internship as a site of inquiry, applying humanistic methods to project-based work and documenting learning through field notes, work products, professional interactions, and supervisor feedback. Weekly work moves from description to interpretation and evidence-based claims, connecting site observations to course concepts on institutions, public humanities, and community engagement ethics. Internships require 20–25 hours per week plus readings, discussion, reflection, and a final presentation. Enrollment is limited to Summer Humanities EXCEL students with instructor permission.

• Students complete a 10-week Summer Humanities EXCEL internship (285 hours) with a community partner organization, along with 1.5–2 hours of weekly course engagement with the instructor. Students apply to specific roles, interview, and are selected before the summer begins. Throughout the term, they document and reflect on their internship experiences such as field notes, work products, professional interactions, and supervisor feedback, and connect these examples to course concepts about institutions, public-facing humanities work, and community engagement. The final project asks students to make an evidence-based argument about how they applied humanistic inquiry, analysis, and reflection in their internship. Enrollment is by instructor permission and limited to Summer Humanities EXCEL students.

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