Internship Opportunities
Architecture
Professor Michael McGlynn
Internships offer architecture students the opportunity to connect classroom learning with professional practice. Whether completed during the spring semester or over the summer, internships provide valuable exposure to the profession, help students develop technical and professional skills, and allow them to build relationships within the industry.
The Department of Architecture encourages students to pursue internship opportunities that support their academic and career goals. While the department does not offer academic credit for internships, students are encouraged to pursue professional internship opportunities independently and are responsible for identifying and securing positions that align with their interests and professional aspirations.
Students interested in completing an internship during the spring semester may consider an academic pathway that provides greater flexibility in their schedule. By completing ARCH 606: Architectural Design Studio 6 during the summer prior to their fourth year, students may then enroll in ARCH 605: Architectural Design Studio 5 during the fall semester, creating an opportunity to pursue a professional internship experience in the spring.
Through these experiences, students can gain a deeper understanding of the profession, expand their portfolios, and prepare for future career opportunities in architecture.
Students considering a Spring semester non-academic internship should discuss this possibility with their academic advisor.
Department of Design
Interior Architecture | Assistant Professor Scott Barton
An internship is an important component of your education. You will work directly at a firm with one or more of the areas included within your degree, for IARC: interior architecture or furniture design. Multi-disciplinary firms provide valuable opportunities for both degrees as do firms with specialties (i.e. exhibit or lighting design). During your internship, you maintain full-time academic standing by being enrolled in 14-credit hours of online courses. You will participate online with periodic postings and monthly reports. Upon returning to campus, you will participate in a college-wide internship exhibit and will speak to other students regarding your experience. Internships must be compensated experiences, and this can include various models such as hourly pay, tuition reimbursement, or paid room and board. For semester long internships, IARC will go during their 4th-year spring semester.
INDD Internship
An Industrial Design internship provides an opportunity for students to obtain further knowledge and skills in a professional setting, which is an important part of the academic program. The internship experience enables learning outcomes that are not inherently available in the classroom and campus setting. Internships help INDD students learn about key aspects of the industry first-hand as well as discover what best suites their interests. Additionally, internships better prepare students to compete for full-time professional Industrial Design roles upon graduation.
The INDD program provides flexibility to pursue an internship during the student’s 4th year Summer or Fall semester. During their internship, they maintain full-time academic standing by being enrolled in 14 credit hours (7 credits in Summer) including an online report course that has periodic assignments, postings and monthly reports that provides an accounting of the experience and also connects the student with other INND internship participants which builds community and shared learning. Summer Internships need to be 10-week, full-time (40 hours/week) employment and fall internships need to cover 15 weeks consecutively during the semester.
Upon returning to campus, students participate in a college-wide internship exhibit and will speak to other INDD students regarding their experience.
Internships must be compensated experiences; this can include various models such as hourly pay, tuition reimbursement, and/or stipends for room and board. The student is responsible for seeking and securing a suitable internship. Students will have the support of the faculty and will have gained knowledge from coursework to help prepare them for the opportunity. Internships at a firm, agency or company that focus on physical product design and development that could include furniture are ideal. Internship roles require direct supervision by a professional designer with an Industrial design degree or related design degree/background.
Interior DesignInterior design students enjoy internship experiences over the summer months between academic years. Our Practicum and Internship courses offer these students a way to gain course credit for the hours worked during their professional experience. Both courses are entirely online for the duration of their summer work experience, and students may gain 1-4 professional elective credits, depending on the unique needs of their graduation plans. For more information, please contact your advisor, or the current Practicum/Internship instructor, Kristianna Johnson at kristyjo@ksu.edu.
Landscape Architecture & Regional and Community Planning
Professor Huston Gibson and Virginia Brunner-Livingston
Landscape architecture students in the non-baccalaureate track are required to complete a semester-long off-campus experience for academic credit. The experience may be an internship, study abroad, or KCDC. Regardless of this experience, an internship is required during their program of study.
Regional and community planning students in the non-baccalaureate track are required to complete a semester-long off-campus experience for academic credit. The experience may be an internship, study abroad, or KCDC.
Real estate and community development students may also participate in internships, study abroad, or KCDC for academic credit.
Students in all our graduate programs, including our online MS Community Development students, may also participate in internships with potential to receive academic credit.
Information and requirements for the internship for academic credit are in the LARCP Internship Agreement.