Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Program Description

JMU in LA provides undergraduates a chance to learn about and participate in one of the most powerful cultural forces in our world today: the entertainment industry.

This is a highly competitive 10-credit summer program organized by the School of Media Arts and Design, but open to all students, regardless of their major.

Students take classes taught by entertainment industry professionals, spend a minimum of 180 hours at entertainment internships, and experience the culture of Los Angeles and the entertainment industry.

Twenty students are selected to participate each summer.

Applications are accepted from all JMU students who are rising juniors and seniors.

Location Description

Students work in the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles, California, while working at locations like Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount, and Disney Studio.

Director

Talé Mitchell | mitch3at@jmu.edu | Media Arts and Design

Accommodations

Accommodations will be provided for students through furnished apartments with wifi, cable, linens, a full kitchen, and laundry facilities. The apartment complex includes two large swimming pools, a convenience store, an exercise facility, tennis courts, and classrooms. Students will share a 2-bedroom apartment, with two students per room; four students in each apartment.

Students generally purchase and prepare their own food in their apartments, but on special occasions the program pays for meals.

Additional Items to Consider

This program appeals to students interested in working in any sector of the entertainment industry. This includes, but is not limited to, media arts, mass media, theatre, communication, music, creative writing, advertising, journalism, interactive design, marketing, entertainment law, public relations, graphic Design, Management, Marketing, Music, Sport and Recreation Management. Data Analytics, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Film Studies, Music Industry, Sport Communication, digital media, UX/UI.

This program is open to all JMU rising juniors and seniors, regardless of major. 

Applicant Criteria

Applicants must have a GPA minimum of 2.5

Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students

Students must take the 1-credit course, Entertainment Industry Internship Prep in the Spring