COM 361 — Communication Study Internship
The objective of the internship is to allow the student to put classroom theory in his/her Major into practice in order to gain work experience. Each student-intern will work 15 hours a week for the length of the semester. Each student-intern is assigned to an internship professor (a faculty member who is knowledgeable about the student's field. The internship professor helps the student secure internship placement in a worksite related to the student's major, or assists the student to "reconstruct" his/her present position as an internship; or develop-by special arrangement- an internship with his/her present employer, and serves as the student's instructor and advisor during the field experience. Student interns are expected to work 15 hours a week, complete a term project assigned by the internship professor, and be evaluated by the worksite supervisor. Students to be placed are expected to arrange their schedules so that they are free mornings or afternoons, Monday-Friday or two to three full days per week.