SPN-505 Structured Internship

Prerequisite: instructor permission
Internships at sites approved by a faculty member in the Spanish section to provide students with an opportunity to use Spanish language skills in a professional setting and offer additional preparation and training for postgraduate work or study. Students, primarily seniors and juniors, together with their on-site supervisor and faculty sponsor, will develop a list of specific objectives for the internship, work approximately 200 hours each at their site, attend a weekly seminar to discuss their work and related literature, maintain a log and reflective journal, submit an academic paper at the conclusion of the internship related to their internship work, and summarize their activities orally in Spanish for their seminar. This course may be taken only once and cannot be completed through the pass-no pass grading option. Only four credits of either SPN-503 or SPN-505 may be applied toward the Spanish major. 4 credits.