AEMM graduate students must complete a one semester internship (3 credit hours = 360 hours). Internship placement is most often with organizations in the Chicago area and includes both non-profit agencies and commercial enterprises. As a regular part of the course of study, the AEMM department places many students in internship programs with broadcast television stations, corporate television departments, cable stations, production, and post-production houses, and consulting firms. Every year, many students receive industry employment as a result of their internship.

Samples of Graduate Student Internships

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
• Grant Park Concert Series
• Paramount Arts Center
• Telarc Records
• Centre East for the Performing Arts
• The Kennedy Center
• Fox Television
• Smithsonian Institution
• Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• Illinois Arts Council
• Alligator Records
• "Oprah Winfrey Show," ABC-TV
• Field Museum of Natural History
• International Arts Exposition-Chicago
• Warner/Electra/Asylum Records
• Steppenwolf Theatre
• International Theatre Festival-Chicago
• Richard Frankel Productions