You will attend an orientation session at the end of the quarter prior to serving as an IA, and at the beginning of your IA service quarters. Occasionally Communication instructors request that outstanding students serve as Undergraduate Assistants in other courses. The student will typically have taken the course with the instructor in a prior quarter and shown strong ability and motivation. This experience provides good training for students who expect to go on to graduate school. All assistantships are unpaid and receive course credit as Comm 339, Practicum.
Internships offer an invaluable way to gain work experience.
You can sample potential careers and build your resume. The intern has an on-site supervisor who gives training and evaluation of work performance and an academic supervisor who directs the university requirements. Interns work for credit, usually unpaid or minimaly paid in the private sector, as well as non-profit organizations. You can earn up to 12 credits of Comm 459 while gaining internship experience. For more information about this course see Comm 459 Internship.