HistoryCorps

***Applications for Winter quarter 2025 now open. Deadline: Friday, November 22nd. ***

What is HistoryCorps?

HistoryCorps is the UCLA History Department’s internship program, open to Junior and Senior history majors and minors. We place students with community partners around Los Angeles. There are lots of different opportunities, from museum curation, to archival work, to K-12 teaching. A list of some of our internship sites is here. Internships last for one quarter.

Why should I consider an internship?

Internships are an excellent way to learn how you can apply the knowledge, skills and competencies learned in your history courses to the real world. They provide first-hand experience of how history is created and consumed outside of academia, and offer you an opportunity to contribute to an organization that you care about. By linking history students with institutions outside the academic setting, HistoryCorps fosters a greater understanding of the application of history beyond the university.

Who can apply?

HistoryCorps is open to Junior/Senior history majors and minors with a minimum 3.0 GPA. You need to have completed at least 2 upper division history courses by the time the internship starts.

Do I get credit?

Yes! Students are required to complete at least 80 hours at their internship site. Alongside this practical work, HistoryCorps students enroll in History195. This course provides a way for interns to reflect on and contextualize the work that they are doing. HistoryCorps students receive 4.0 upper division history credits.

What kind of commitment does this require?

Internships last for one quarter (10 weeks). Students should plan to devote 12-15 hours per week to HistoryCorps. This includes 8-10 hours of internship work, travel time to the internship site, and History 195 coursework.

How to join HistoryCorps

HistoryCorps requires an application. Please see our application page for further information.

 

 

 

 

HistoryCorps offers a unique internship opportunity for upper division UCLA History majors and minors to earn 4-units of course credit by applying the skills learned in the classroom to real world situations.

Our goal is to enhance undergraduate education through community engagement and offer students an opportunity to build transferable skills by working with professionals on public history projects. Our interns receive training and mentorship in preservation, education, and community outreach. By linking history students with institutions outside the academic setting, HistoryCorps fosters a greater understanding of the application of history beyond the university.

HistoryCorps helped put me on my current career path.

—Melissa Stone, Museum of Tolerance

My HistoryCorps internship brought history to life for me.

—Theresa M. Chung, Chinese Historical Society of SoCA

See our interns in action:

  • HistoryCorps intern Megan Haddad cataloguing posters at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.

  • HistoryCorps interns Katie Bruck and Deepeaka Dhaliwal prepare for the opening of “Exodus” at the Museum of Social Justice.

  • HistoryCorps intern Isabella Welch assembling film for digitization at the Sherman Grinberg Film Library.

  • HistoryCorps intern Brianda Felix leading an educational tour at the Museum of Social Justice.

  • HistoryCorps intern Linda Esquivel working with historic posters at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.

  • HistoryCorps intern David Castro participating in a cultural heritage event at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.

  • HistoryCorps intern Karol Dominguez working with archeologists at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Association.

  • HistoryCorps intern Helen Immerso preparing metadata at the Peterson Automotive Museum.

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