Internships
NMU’s Department of Languages, Literatures and International Studies offers apprenticeship opportunities in French, German and Spanish.
Students work with professors in a variety of ways, including assisting in a class, providing tutoring or study sessions in the Language Resource Center and helping to develop departmental resources. Students who wish to take advantage of this program should make inquiries to individual faculty members about the possibilities of service. Students can do internships for 1-2 credit hours of FR/GR/SN 299.
Increasing numbers of internships are offered for students who study abroad. For example, we have an excellent record of placing our students of French in a tremendous program for teaching English in French schools, for pay! If you have a desire to act as an intern during a study abroad experience, be sure to mention it as you meet with the study abroad adviser in the International Programs Office.
- Participating in an internship through our department? Please use the following forms:
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are typically for declared major or minor students in our department, with the goal of gaining teaching experience in that language. This entails registering for an apprenticeship -- either CHN, FR, GR, or SN 299 -- for one or two credits. (Two credit maximum.) These credits can be applied to the students applicable major or minor with approval from the department head.
Interested in this opportunity? Please complete the following steps:
- Contact the faculty member before the semester starts to discuss the option of an apprenticeship
- If the faculty member agrees, please complete our Apprenticeship Approval Form. Note: We'll need both your signature and the professor's signature on the form before sharing the form with our office and the department head.
- Once approved/signed by the department head, the form will be sent to the Registrar's Office. Their office will add the apprenticeship "course" to our schedule.