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In­tern­ship in Com­mu­ni­ca­tion De­sign As­sign­ment to field work/study sit­u­a­tions of ap­prox­i­mately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-re­lated in­tern­ship site ap­proved by the de­part­ment in­tern­ship di­rec­tor. Sites may be in areas such as ad­ver­tis­ing, print­ing, cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions or pub­lish­ing. Stu­dents keep a log/jour­nal to be shared in group sem­i­nars/dis­cus­sions. Su­per­vi­sion is by fac­ulty and by the job su­per­vi­sor. Stu­dents will be re­quired to keep a learn­ing jour­nal of their in­tern­ship in the form of a blog using Open­lab.

Internship in Communication Design Assignment to field work/study situations of approximately eight to ten plus hours per week at a graphic arts-related internship site approved by the department internship director. Sites may be in areas such as advertising, printing, corporate communications or publishing. Students keep a log/journal to be shared in group seminars/discussions. Supervision is by faculty and by the job supervisor. Students will be required to keep a learning journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Openlab.

Eng­lish 3771, Ad­vanced Ca­reer Writ­ing, will pro­vide you with the op­por­tu­nity to im­prove your abil­ity to write busi­ness doc­u­ments through ap­plied study and cri­tique from the pro­fes­sor and your peers. You will de­velop the knowl­edge, skills, and processes nec­es­sary to de­velop com­mon doc­u­ments under con­straints typ­i­cally found in the work­place. You will re­search, plan, or­ga­nize, write, re­vise, and pre­sent doc­u­ments and oral com­mu­ni­ca­tions. In this course, doc­u­ment con­tent and for­mat are stressed, along with au­di­ence analy­sis, prob­lem-solv­ing, and an aware­ness of eth­i­cal is­sues and the global im­pact of busi­ness com­mu­ni­ca­tions. The types of doc­u­ments that you will com­pose in­clude, but are not lim­ited to, busi­ness let­ters, memos, and short re­ports for var­i­ous pur­poses, and a more lengthy col­lab­o­ra­tive re­search re­port.

English 3771, Advanced Career Writing, will provide you with the opportunity to improve your ability to write business documents through applied study and critique from the professor and your peers. You will develop the knowledge, skills, and processes necessary to develop common documents under constraints typically found in the workplace. You will research, plan, organize, write, revise, and present documents and oral communications. In this course, document content and format are stressed, along with audience analysis, problem-solving, and an awareness of ethical issues and the global impact of business communications. The types of documents that you will compose include, but are not limited to, business letters, memos, and short reports for various purposes, and a more lengthy collaborative research report.