JOUR 498

Work Experience in Journalism

This is a supervised internship in reporting, editing, or photographing, for the print or electronic media or for online publications. The course allows students to combine practical paid or non-paid work experience with college training. Students are required to complete 60 hours of volunteer work for one unit or 180 hours for three units; or they must complete 75 hours of paid work for one unit or 225 hours for three units. This course may be taken four times for credit as long as there is new or expanded learning on the job. Students may enroll in the course four times over four different semesters and complete a maximum of 16 internship units.

Units: 1.0-4.0(3.0)

Hours: 18 hours LEC ; 162 hours LAB