A vital component of any college education is to relate what students are learning in the classroom to real world experiences. This experience opportunity is done through Internships, where students participate in real-life experiential learning environments. This course will guide students through learning and self-reflection about the various types of workplace situations to include: organizational structure, culture, institutional leadership, and project management processes.

Students will participate throughout the internship course in a series of modules that will be delivered online through lectures, exercises, quizzes, writing assignments, a portfolio project and online class discussions with the instructor and peer students. This rich dialogue of sharing and comparing personal internship experiences will create a venue for students to understand the importance of relating academic coursework to real-world work experiences and share with one another ideas for getting the most out of the internship experience and creating future opportunities from what’s been learned.

Who should participate? All students looking for an academic enrollment to accompany their previously arranged internship opportunity.

Internship Course Learning Outcomes:

• Set viable goals based on skills, interests, values as self-assessed and practically applied; more specifically focusing on industy, functional and cultural career matches
• Develop a plan to accomplish stated internship and / or job search goals
  Establish professional personas and work habits that reflect well on you and your university
• Identify and utilize network and alumni connections, and industry groups
• Positively enhance personal and online presentation, written and verbal communication skills
  Identify culture, organizational, leadership and teamwork theories and practices and apply to self and work
• Recognize common ethical dilemmas in the workplace and develop personal strategies to maintain personal and workplace ethical standards
• Compile a professional portfolio, including an updated resume, writing sample, artifact, online profile and collection of business cards / contacts that represent part of your new professional network
  

Internship course Information:

June 24 – August 24, 2013

Total Instructional Hours: 37.5

Total Units: 3 professional/extension credits

Internship Working Hours: Minimum 80-320 hours

Price: $650.00

For more information: +619-260-4585 or continuinged@sandiego.edu