Courses

[ 04: 567: 394] Internship in Journalism and Media Studies - 6 Credits

Credits, Prerequisites, and Corequisites:

credits:: 6
prerequisites:: Junior or senior status, major, 75 or more overall credits, five (5) courses in major, one (1) foundation course in major, 04:567:200, 2.75 major GPA, 2.5 overall GPA, permission of instructor
corequisites:: None

Description:

Supervised field experience at professional media outlets.

Note: Students will be allowed to take both the 3 credit internship and the 6 credit internship, but are not allowed to take both of them in the same semester. Also note that students are limited to a maximum of 9 out-of-classroom credits in the major; the courses that fall under this heading are: Internship, Practicum, and Independent Study.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Integrate skills learned in the classroom and adapt them to a professional media environment.
Share information about tasks assigned to them by on-site mentors.
Describe and relate the experience to their educational and career goals.