In this class, you work in the classroom and work at the internship. In the classroom, you learn how a USF English degree applies to a whole range of careers. In the internship, you learn by doing. Our students have held internships most recently at the following organizations.

• 826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization that helps students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helps teachers inspire their students to write. Our students intern here every year. 
• African American Shakespeare Company provides a place for actors of color to hone their talent in mastering some of the world’s greatest classical roles. 
• Aunt Lute Books is a nonprofit multicultural women’s press based in San Francisco.
• Berrett-Koehler Publishers is an independent publisher of books on management, leadership, career development, and global sustainability.
• Children’s Book Project takes in donated books and distributes them to schools and libraries and other agencies that need books. This is one of our most popular internships.
• Chronicle Books is an independent publisher offering bestselling books, children's books, personalized books, and other specialty gifts.
• City Lights Publishing is a bookstore and a publishing house where booklovers from around the world come to browse, 读, and soak in the ambiance of alternative 文化's literary landmark.
• Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. Our students have helped organize the California Book Awards. 
• Omnidawn Publishing publishes poetry, 小说, and non小说. 
• Poetry Flash publishes reviews of poetry and literary 小说, 诗, interviews, 论文, and submission and award information for all creative writers—poetry, 小说, and creative non小说, online and in print. Our students help with editorial duties and write reviews.
• Salon 媒体 Group covers breaking news, politics, 文化, technology, and entertainment through investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, and personal 论文.
• At Seven Tepees, youth learn and practice the academic and social competencies necessary to be successful in the 21st century.
• USF 媒体 Relations drafts news releases, media advisories, calendar listings, and other materials to publicize news of faculty research, academic programs, and newsworthy university happenings.
• Wake International is an international social justice nonprofit that works to advance women’s leadership.
• Zoetrope: In 1997, Francis Ford Coppola launched Zoetrope: All-Story, a quarterly magazine that publishes new short 小说 and one-act plays. Our students have held internships here and helped with editorial and design duties. 
• 象鼻虫: Arguably the most important literary journal west of the Mississippi, 象鼻虫 hosts our students every year, often allowing them to review books and help organize events.

Students have also interned at local 法律 firms, the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED Radio, KTVU, the San Francisco Police Department, the USF Library and Donohue Rare Book Room, Litquake, and have worked as editorial assistants for authors such as Mary Ellen Hannibal, Judy Bebelaar, and Tamsin Smith.