Course Description
Students are permitted to enter an organization to obtain practical and applied experience. Work is conducted in a Latin American or Caribbean language. A scholarly research paper relating this experience to academic work is required.
Athena Title
LACS Internship
Non-Traditional Format
This course is designed for undergraduate internship and does not meet formally. The hours of credit will be determined by the faculty supervisor and will reflect the time involved at the internship site, along with the required research paper. Typically students would earn three hours of academic credit for 240 hours of work during the semester. A scholarly research paper relating this experience to academic work is required.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
Student will learn about professional careers. Student will relate academic coursework to work experiences and will produce a scholarly research paper that relates to the duties of the internship. Students will build skills appropriate to the internship. Students will learn to network in the world of work.
Topical Outline
The student and faculty supervisor create an individualized proposal and topical outline in the application for course approval.
Syllabus