Students majoring 写作和数字媒体 experience workplace writing through an internship to learn about the demands of workplace-specific writing tasks and to help them make decisions about career paths and prepare for their first jobs. Internships are available in assorted professional fields including technical writing, 报告, 编辑, 公共关系, 辅导, 通信, 和新闻. Students have the opportunity to select an internship from a variety of settings, 包括出版公司, 报纸, 高科技公司, 工程公司, 卫生组织, 教育和研究机构, 政府, 非营利性公司. Students complete the internship with published documents for portfolio inclusion and potential sources of recommendations for future professional positions.
实习地点
Graduates and current students in the program have completed their internships at a wide range of worksites, 如下所示:
- 西蒙和舒斯特出版社
- 男性健康杂志
- 69频道新闻
- 好时纪事报
- 库茨敦大学写作中心
- MedStar电视
- 雷丁皇家冰球队
- 谷歌眼镜艺术中心
- 清晰频道广播网
- 诺尔德森林教育中心
- 《赌博平台大全》
- 阅读历史学会
- Reese and Associates Advertising and Marketing
Students may also choose an on-campus internship. Previous students have worked with University Relations, 成人教育办事处, the Penn State Educational Partnership Program, 以及其他校园团体.
Sample Student-Produced Internship Document
Cortney Stauffer's newsletter for PEPP, the Penn State Educational Partnership Program in 阅读
在读学生:
Obtaining the Internship and Registering for the Course, English 495
English 495 is a 3-credit course designed to complement the internship 写作和数字媒体. The central goal of English 495 is to support students' hands-on internship work by means of writing and reflection. You can not receive credit for your internship unless you are officially enrolled in English 495 and complete both the internship and academic requirements. In Summer Session, students must enroll in and pay tuition for English 495 separately.
报名参加英语495, you must obtain permission and a signature on a course drop/add form from Dr. weis.
You will need the written documents that you produce in your internship for your professional portfolio. 因此, you should not plan to take your internship in the same semester that you take English 491.
Unless special arrangements have been made, plan to take your internship during the Fall semester of your junior or senior years. Dr. Christian weis is the internship instructor. Dr. weis, along with the 职业服务 Office, will help you to locate potential internship sites. However, it is your responsibility to obtain your internship.
所需表格可在 就业服务网站. 当你开始实习的时候, your forms need to be in order and on file in the 职业服务 Office. Without proper approvals you cannot be admitted to the course.
Before you begin your internship, please make sure that Dr. weis also has a copy of your completed Employer/ Internship 信息m.
需求
现场
You will need to work a total of 120 hours at an approved site, completing writing tasks appropriate to your skill development in various aspects of professional writing. Your role should not be observer; nor should you be asked to perform tasks not generally associated with your professional setting.
As a representative of 宾州州立银行 and of the Writing and Digital Media program, 穿衣服很重要, 的行为, and perform professionally at all times during your internship. If you have any questions about expectations or performance, please contact Dr. weis by email or phone so that you can quickly resolve any problems.
学者
The internship also requires your participation in the course component of English 495 (offered every Fall semester) as well as the completion of several academic projects. Further details will be provided in your English 495 syllabus; requirements and grading subject to change at discretion of instructor.