Course Description
Designed for students who have participated in an accredited study abroad program. Provides first-hand experience working in a Hispanic setting. Students will intern utilizing Spanish while performing their tasks in a wide array of organizations. Given in Spanish.
Athena Title
Internship in Spanish
Non-Traditional Format
In order to complete the course successfully, students are required to submit a learning agreement, have regularly scheduled meetings with the instructor of record for a total of 45 hours, and keep a written journal of the work experience.
Prerequisite
(SPAN 3020 or SPAN 3020H) and permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The internship will provide a formalized experiential learning opportunity to qualified students of Spanish. The aim of the internship is twofold: to increase Spanish language proficiency in general and to gain firsthand knowledge of working practices in the Hispanic world. Students will improve their oral/aural and written skills in Spanish by working in a total immersion setting. They will also keep a detailed journal, in Spanish, of their internship and will meet with the instructor of record to discuss it.
Topical Outline
Tenured or tenure-track faculty from the Romance Languages Department will work closely with a variety of organizations in the U.S. and abroad that can provide the working environment appropriate for Spanish majors and minors. All student activities will be monitored and coordinated by an instructor of record (a tenure-track or tenured professor in the Department of Romance Languages) who has agreed beforehand to work with the student during the term in question. The supervising faculty will maintain contact with representatives from the organizations that sponsor each intern.
Syllabus