COM 3985 COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP
All students must complete a professionally supervised internship in journalism, strategic communications, cinema and television arts, communication design or media analytics. Students secure an internship with the guidance and prior approval of the school’s internship director.
Prerequisite
COM 1000 and COM 2000 required;
COM 2200 recommended
Course Types
Internship; Experiential Learning Requirement
Notes
Students enroll for one or two credit hours, based on at least 80 work-hours per credit hour. Students may apply up to a total of four credit hours of COM 3985 toward graduation. CAE Co-op Work Experience credit does not fulfill the COM 3985 requirement.
Course Outcomes
- • produce media content in written, aural, or visual form consistent with professional requirements.
- • write clearly and accurately using an appropriate style and format for specific audiences
- • employ current tools of technologies appropriate to a particular communications purpose.
- • show an awareness of diverse audiences in the creation of media content.
- • demonstrate ethical behavior that is appropriate for the professional workplace.
- • think critically and analytically in a workplace setting.