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- Art Internship
- Human Science Internship/Research
- College Internship Experience
- Internship II: International Organization
- Media Techniques
- Internship Tutorial Option (Journalism)
- Internship in Business
- Museum Internship
- Research Intensive Senior Experience
- Global Business Experience
- Public Affairs Seminar Internship
- Tutorial: Military Science
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Peter Charles
Time: TBA
Art majors or minors who have already completed three courses (9 credit hours) within the Art program may elect one Internship (ARTS 470) for 3 credit hours taken in the fall or spring semester only for credit toward the major or minor.
The internship must be under the supervision of an art professional such as a museum, gallery, production company and possible a free-lance artist . It must include a tangible creative or research project comparable to a portfolio of artwork or paper for an upper-level studio or seminar class, and the student’s internship proposal must be approved by a faculty member. Internships approved for credit typically require at least 10-12 hours per week of on-site internship experience. Approval by the departmental internship advisor and the department chair is required. There is a form available in the Dept. of Art and Art History office (Walsh 102).
Prerequisites: None
HSCI-323 Human Science Seminar/Internship II
Alexander Theos, Daniel Merenstein, Purva Rawal
Time 3:30-6:00 M
Building upon concepts introduced and skills learned in Internship I, the students will carry out their proposed research and produce both a written research paper and present their research orally to the rest of the Human Science majors at the end of the semester (or other approved time). Class discussions will guide the outlining and drafting of the research paper, the critical evaluation of scientific writing, as well as the delivery of formal oral presentations.
Objectives:
1. Convey scientific information and ideas orally and in writing.
2. Produce a scholarly report that answers a question/solves a particular problem within Human Science.
3. Develop critical thinking skills making and evaluating specific claims and the acknowledgment and response to anticipated questions.
4. Develop writing skills through the iterative process of planning, drafting and revising under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Prerequisites: None
IDST-315-01 College Internship Experience
Joseph Dominic Napolitano
Time: TBA
This one-credit elective is for College sophomores, juniors, and seniors in good standing who will be participating in an internship during the semester of enrollment or in the previous summer. There will be required readings and postings through Blackboard that encourage the student to reflect on his or her internship experience and how it will shape his or her future educational and career aspirations. In lieu of class meetings, students will participate by submitting assignments through Blackboard and responding to postings from the instructor and fellow classmates on Blackboard.
Enrollment is by instructor permission only. A student must obtain an internship before enrolling in the course. If a student is interviewing with an organization that requests proof that the student can earn credit for the internship, the College Dean’s Office can provide a letter that explains that College sophomores, juniors, and seniors in good standing can earn credit through this course once the student has secured the internship.
Once a student has secured the internship, the student can enroll in the course and will receive an employer questionnaire that must be completed by the employer and returned to the instructor at the conclusion of the internship.
The one credit earned in this course counts toward the 120 credit total for the degree. It does not count toward the 38 courses required for the degree. Students who wish to enroll in the course a second time (or subsequent times) will have permission to enroll and the course will be recorded on the GU transcript, but the course will be marked as a “repeated” course and excluded from earned hours toward the degree. College students are still able to enroll in MGMT 311 (“Internship in Business”) if they choose, but ultimately, only one credit from either IDST 315 or MGMT 311 can count toward the degree.
Prerequisites: None
INTH-393 Internship II: International Organizations
Miriam Vuckovic
10:00-11:50am on F
This seminar will accompany the students’ internships and will expand the practical experience gained. The course objective is for the students to be able to synthesize the experience gained while working with development organizations and to evaluate it in the context of the comprehension gained during their four years of study in the International Health Program. The course will be facilitated by International Health faculty; it will provide an opportunity for exchange and feedback on the internship experience. Participants will discuss current issues and priorities in global health and learn about development organizations and their work in the respective areas. Through a two-day practical training workshop, students will be introduced to various management techniques used in development planning and implementation. For the internship, students will work with an international organization or development program (such as PAHO, World Bank, PEPFAR, etc.) for 12 hours per week, about 150 total hours in the Spring semester (subject to the individual students’ arrangements with their mentors). Students will regularly report on their individual internship work experience. Each student will write a blog every second week on his or her work, as well as a final written internship report.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; International Health students only
Barbara Feinman
12:30-1:45 TR
This course is for students who are participating in an internship at a local media outlet (print, broadcast or online). An alternative to the traditional one-on-one tutorial, this workshop-style course will give students an opportunity to share their experiences with other students engaged in similar journalistic pursuits. Written assignments will include a semester-long journal and ongoing occasional short pieces and a final media project that students pitch to a professional media outlet. Classrooms assignments and discussions focus on ethics, innovation and the new business model.
Students doing their internship in the spring, concurrent with the class, must get permission from the journalism director before winter break. The journalism director will not provide letters to the media outlets verifying credit until the student is officially registered for the course: NO EXCEPTIONS.
(Barbara Feinman Todd is the Journalism Director at Georgetown University. She is also the co-director of the Pearl Project. Her work has appeared in various media outlets including The Washington Post, NPR, the Daily Beast, Glamour, and Newsweek International.)
Prerequisites: JOUR 100 and Permission of Journalism Director, [email protected]
JOUR-351 Internship Tutorial Option (Journalism)
Barbara Feinman
Time: TBA
Journalism minor candidates interested in doing a second internship for academic credit can do a one-credit tutorial if they have successfully completed Media Techniques. Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites: Permission of Journalism Director, [email protected]
MGMT-310 Internship in Business
Thomas Cooke
Time: TBA
The Internship in Business course permits the student to gain practical work experience in a business environment. Students select a specific area within the field of business and explore it in greater depth outside the normal classroom situation. The purpose of the internship is to provide the student with an understanding of how a business actually operates and how theories learned in school are applied in the business world.
The internship course is a three-credit honors seminar available to juniors and seniors with a minimum GPA of 3.00. Students must gain the approval of his/her dean and the professor to register for the course. Approved internships must be in the field of business and must provide a significant learning experience for the student. Please see the MSB Undergraduate Deans’ Office for required paperwork for additional information on gaining approval.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MSB Students, Junior Standing, Permission of the Instructor
International Relations: Internship CRS (International Affairs Research & Internship)
Bradley Blakeman
Time: 5:50-7:50pm M
Students expected to hold an internship three days per week (Tu, Wed, Th) from 9AM-5PM to compliment the course.
Online work expected between class meeting times.
SWP students must be enrolled in the 1) Academic Seminar, 2) Research Seminar, and 3) Internship courses simultaneously.
Associated Term: Spring 2014
Elizabeth Prelinger
Time: TBA
Students who have completed at least 9 credits in art history may receive art history credit for an internship at a local museum. Undergraduate Internship Proposal forms are available in the department. The internship must be under the supervision of a curator or other regular staff member; it must include a tangible research project comparable to a paper for a class, and the student’s internship description must be approved by a faculty member. (An internship may fulfill a major requirement for 400 level courses, provided the student takes two seminars.)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of art history; permission of department
BIOL-342 Research Intensive Senior Experience
Edward M Barrows
Jennifer A Fox
Heidi G Elmendorf
Matthew B Hamilton
Maria Donoghue
Janet Mann
Elena Casey
Ronda J Rolfes
Anne G Rosenwald
Steven M Singer
Manus M Patten
Martha R Weiss
Peter Armbruster
Gina Wimp
Shweta Bansal
Jeffrey Huang
Shaun Brinsmade
Time: TBAs
Research Intensive Senior Experience (RISE) conducted under the mentorship of faculty in the Department of Biology, sometimes also in conjunction with faculty outside of the Department of Biology. Research may be conducted in the laboratory, in the field, computationally, in the classroom, or in conjunction with an approved internship. Open to students majoring in Biology, Biology of Global Health, Environmental Biology or Neurobiology. This is the second course in a two-course series (the first one being BIOL-341). Enrollment requires the permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites: BIOL-103, BIOL-104 and permission of instructor
BADM 290-01 Global Business Experience
Ricardo Ernst
2:00pm-3:15pm
This Global Business Experience (GBE) course is for students from the McDonough School of Business and the Walsh School of Foreign Service in the Global Business Fellows Program. It is a senior-level course taken in the spring semester. It includes teaching and learning in international business topics oriented to applications to real current business situations. Prerequisites include the three courses in the Business Core and the four courses in the Economics Core of the Global Business Fellows Program.
A defining feature of the course is consulting projects taken up by teams of students in the course. The projects are typically based either on a particular organization’s business issue or a global industry’s issue to be resolved. Consulting projects are developed by the faculty in conjunction with the sponsoring organization and supervised in periodic team meetings of the student with the faculty member directing the GBE course.
This course includes a foreign residency week during spring break mid-way into the semester. The foreign residency week is planned to take place at ESADE in Barcelona, Spain. A primary activity of the foreign residency week is field research undertaken on behalf of the consulting projects. The week’s activities also include lectures and case studies, field visits, joint student interactions, and cultural events.
The objectives of the course are: (1) to increase your understanding of business in a foreign setting; (2) to increase your ability to conduct international business with comfort and confidence in foreign culture, and to improve your managerial mobility – your ability and willingness to do a job wherever it needs to be done; (3) to improve your problem-solving ability, analytical skills, skills of synthesis, and communication skills; (4) to deepen your understanding of international business, macroeconomic, and business-government relations issues applied to the specific country situations; and (5) to provide an opportunity for you to integrate knowledge from prior courses and apply it to the solution of a real current business problem.
Prerequisites: Global Business Fellows Program Seniors only
GOVT-241 Public Affairs Seminar Internship
Jeffrey Burnam
Time: 6:30-9:00pm M
This four-credit course is designed to give students an understanding of presidential-congressional relationships and of the making of public policy at the national level. The objectives are to provide a practical understanding of the American system of “separated institutions, sharing powers” and to develop the professional writing and communications skills needed for a successful career in public service. The seminar considers the dynamics of the legislative process, the nature of successful presidential leadership and the potential for cooperation and conflict between the President and Congress on selected major issues facing our nation, such as the budget, energy, healthcare and climate change.
Each student must devote 14-16 hours per week to an internship in accordance with an agreed upon schedule. Internships will allow students to observe and participate in the policy making process either by working in the Congress, the Executive Branch or with any organization involved in the policy making process at the national level. The instructor is willing to assist students in finding an internship that best fits their academic and personal interests. The internship must be related to course themes. Introduction to U.S. Political Systems or its AP equivalent is a prerequisite. Permission of the instructor is required for registration. Please call me at (703) 539-9509 (cell), visit me during my office hours or email me at [email protected] , clearly indicating the subject matter of your email.
Each student must thoroughly prepare for class discussions (20%), write three essays on suggested topics related to the assigned readings, (60%) and make an oral presentation on an issue in which the student is interested and that is important to the Member of Congress or the organization for which the student is interning (20%).
Please note that your essays will be graded 50% on content and 50% on clarity of expression. Your class discussion grade will be based upon informed participation in class discussion and upon occasional response papers to the assigned readings. Attendance is mandatory.
Prerequisites: GOVT-008; For permission to register, please contact Jeffry Burnam at (703) 539-9509 (cell) or at [email protected]
MLSC-351 Tutorial: Military Science
Karen Saravia
TBA
MLSC 351 is an independent study course that allows students to engage in relevant research issues and topics facing the United States Military; students will acquire fundamental and critical skills in analysis, writing and public speaking and gain practical experience while working directly with a member of the cadre. As a direct aid to practical learning, students will work as action officers on projects typically associated with their previous experiences at Army and ROTC leadership training and assessment courses as well as cadet troop leader training internships. Enrollment is by permission of the Director, Army ROTC.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
