Want to gain a competitive edge in your future career? Internships can help you develop valuable job skills, gain practical work experience, and explore potential career paths—all while learning in a real-world environment. Many students in the Folklore and Public Culture Program seek internships within their chosen field.
Oregon Folklife Network
Folklore and Public Culture collaborates closely with The Oregon Folklife Network (OFN) in connection with the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Folklore students receive special internships: Oregon Folklife Network provides a range of opportunities to aspiring and early-career folklorists. Undergraduate and graduate students have options for unpaid, credit-bearing internships and practica, paid work study, and graduate employment. Recent graduates with folklore master's degrees can apply for one-term fellowships and contract fieldwork positions.
OFN documents, supports, and celebrates Oregon's diverse cultural traditions and tradition-bearers. OFN conducts fieldwork research and works with communities, organizations, and Tribes to increase public awareness about Oregon’s living traditional arts and cultural heritage. The Oregon Folklife Network serves as a hub for statewide folklife activities in partnership with the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon State Library, and Oregon Heritage Commission, along with community partners including Tribes, community-based cultural organizations, museums, regional cultural alliances, local arts agencies, K-12 schools, universities and colleges, and public libraries.
Get Help Finding Internships
The University of Oregon Career Center provides career and job search assistance, offers strategies for choosing a career, and helps connect students with local and global internship opportunities. Students participating in internships can earn up to 12 upper-division credits in a 10-week term.
IE3 Global Internships
Would you like to earn internship credits toward your major while living and working abroad? The IE3 Global program offers internships at over 100 different organizations in 50 countries, where students can earn credits toward their major or university requirements.
Attend a Career Fair
Career, internship and job fairs occur throughout the academic year. Stop by to discover opportunities within your area of interest.
Experiential Learning Scholarships
Students in the College of Arts and Sciences can apply for funding to support them in pursuing experiential learning opportunities. These scholarships provide up to $5,000 in financial support to assist students in completing an unpaid internship, research opportunity, or service-learning experience of at least eight weeks duration.