COMM 350I Communication Individual Internship
Internships offer students opportunities to gain deeper knowledge and skills in their chosen field. Students are responsible for locating their own internship. Metro faculty members serve as liaisons to the internship sites¿ supervisors and as evaluators to monitor student work and give academic credit for learning. Students are eligible to earn 1 credit for every 40 hours of work completed at their internship site.
Note: In order to earn academic credit, complete an Academic Internship Agreement (AIA) form. The AIA, academic guidelines for each department, and internship resources can be found on the Career Center¿s website.
Special information
1-8 Undergraduate credits
Effective October 23, 2000 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Evaluation, which must include evaluated evidence of some theoretical learning as well as the project deliverables, of the full completed internship duties, and a weekly journal/reflection by the intern of what was learned.
- Learning Strategies addressing the activities to complete to meet the goal stated in the Competence Statement and will include readings, interviews or projects or procedures involved in the internship.
- The competence statement which is the specific goal or ultimate outcome aimed for--what the student will know when completing the internship.