ACADEMIC FRAMEWORKS
Giving internship credit where it’s due.
The Point
Many more than one option for amplifying &
maximizing the learning inherent in an internship so
that students may earn credit.
Pitch the academic framework
that suits your campus!
Academic Internship Frameworks
Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant
Take-Aways
Agenda
• (At least) 4 types of
internship syllabi
• Style & features suited
to your campus
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Welcome & Overview (3)
Buzzfeed Quiz (5)
Syllabus Types (5)
Syllabus Features (5)
• [Bonus Content] Dealing
with difficult departments
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http://tinyurl.com/BFIntern
Career Education/ Professional
Development Course
Internships as professional development.
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Career Education/ Professional
Development Course
• Career-readiness focus on
campus
• Powerful Career Education
Office
• Serving tuition-conscious
students
• Room for centralized policies
and processes
• Objectives: professional
experience and marketable skills
St. Mary's College in Maryland Example:
http://www.smcm.edu/careercenter
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Ethnography/Organizational
Behavior Course
Internships as field study sites.
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Ethnography/Organizational
Behavior Course
• Liberal arts ethos on campus
• Curricularly conservative faculty
• Room for centralized policies
and processes
• Desire to attach a course to a
department
• Objectives: organizational
behavior knowledge and/or
ethnographic skills
University of Virginia example:
http://www.coopercenter.org/uip
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Placement Discipline Course(s)
Internships as critical learning spaces for majors.
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Placement Discipline Course(s)
• Focus on students earning
major credit abroad
• Majors requiring internships
• Curricularly conservative faculty
• Decentralized policies and
processes
• Objective: connecting
theoretical frameworks of a
discipline to practice
A common model.
Arcadia’s Business Administration Internship in Sicily:
http://studyabroad.arcadia.edu/files/resources/mcasinlf310s.pdf
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Research Course
Internships as projects.
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Research Course
• Undergraduate research focus
on campus
• Hopes of students earning major
credit, but capacity doesn’t allow
for a different internship course
for each major
• Objective: Applying academic
research methods to a practical
work experience & an
intellectual context to the world
of work.
Arcadia University’s model: http://studyabroad.arcadia.edu/find-a-program/internships/
Here is our London syllabus:
http://studyabroad.arcadia.edu/files/resources/loniinpr310.pdf
Academic Internship Frameworks
Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant
Why internships abroad?
Beyond Placements,
Simplistic Course Design
Learning Outcomes Related to...
Syllabus Features To Start With
Content Mastery
Lectures, Seminars, & Term
Papers
Student-generated goals
1:1 Tutorials
Meaning Making
Journals, Reflective Papers,
Peer-to-Peer Debriefing
Research Skills
Term Papers
Communication Skills
Presentations, Memos
Job Search Readiness
Interviews, Resumes
Learning by doing
Iterative Process
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Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant
The Point
Many more than one strong option for amplifying &
maximizing the learning inherent in an internship so
that students may earn credit.
Pitch the academic framework
that suits your campus!
Academic Internship Frameworks
Dr. Alison LaLond Wyant
lalondwyanta@arcadia.edu