MCOM 3050 Mass Media Internship

This course introduces students to the professional workplace and provides practical experience with organizations and companies in mass communications. Opportunities are available for sports communications majors to intern in the Piedmont Lions Sports Information Office.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MCOM 1500 and Mass Communications faculty approval.

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: as needed

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Think critically and analytically about the forces and factors that shape the behavior of agencies where the intern has worked.
2. Promote critical thought and reflection about the relationship between the student's individual objectives and the outcomes of the internship.
3. Gain a thorough knowledge of varying points of view and interpretations by other people in the field and to better understand those viewpoints.
4. An in-depth understanding agency, the type of work and industry it partakes in, and the student's increased appreciation of that industry.
5. The ability to use the offered theories to analyze and critically assess the internship in light of the student's knowledge and coursework.
6. To expand on your critical analysis skills.