ERIC Number: ED277053
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1979-Apr-5
Pages: 22
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Prerequisites, Objectives, Assignments, and Grading in Broadcast Internship Courses.
Burns, Gary
A broadcast internship program at the University of Missouri at St. Louis has established prerequisites such as a declared major in speech, a resume, and a transcript of all previous college work. For the course, students must write their own learning objectives before the internship begins and a projected calendar of their working hours. They must work 225 hours at the station and keep a diary listing actual hours worked and duties performed. At the end of the internship, students must write a 3-5 page evaluation of the semester, turn in samples of creative work, submit a supervisor's evaluation of themselves, take a test over the required reading for the course, and submit photocopied proof that they obtained an FCC Third Class license with Broadcast Endorsement. Evaluation and grading of the students is best done by accumulating as much written evidence as possible such as the diary and a synthesizing paper reviewing the relationship between theory and practice in broadcasting. An internship course needs constant evaluation and refinement. At its best, the internship can be a three-way symbiosis of student, station, and college. (A list of recommended required readings for the internship program is included.) (SRT)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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