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Through two professional internships, Alex Bushong '18 gained valuable experience toward his digital communications degree.
LVC digital communications faculty will closely attend to your professional preparation. The digital communications curriculum, combined with LVC's career resources at your disposal, helps prepare you for life after college.
Digital communications students in all concentrations must design, develop, and present in the spring of their sophomore year a portfolio of their work (DCOM 099). Portfolio preparation is infused throughout all years of the digital communications curriculum and successfully passing the portfolio presentation is a prerequisite both for the required internship and for graduation.
An internship is a practical and professional work experience that allows students to participate in the operations of business, industry, education, government or not-for-profit organizations. Internships provide students with opportunities to integrate their classroom learning with on-the-job experiences and to test practical applications of their liberal arts education in a variety of settings.
To be eligible for an internship sponsored by an academic department or program, a student generally will have junior or senior standing. Students must request and receive permission from their departmental chair or program directors to enroll in internships. The student must also enlist a faculty internship supervisor from the department sponsoring the internship and an on-site internship supervisor from the internship location.
For each semester hour of credit, the intern should invest at least 45 hours of time at the internship location. Academic departments and programs establish other specific criteria and procedures for internships. In addition to the practical on-site experience, internships have an academic component that may include readings, reports, journals, seminars and/or faculty conferences. A student may enroll for 1–12 credit hours of internship during any one semester. A student may use a maximum of 12 credit hours of internship to meet graduation requirements. All internships have a course number of 400.
The application form shall be completed by the student and approved by the student’s academic advisor, faculty internship supervisor, on-site internship supervisor, and department chair prior to registration.
Internships play a large role in Digital Communications. Students who declare digiCOM as their major will be required to take at least three credits of internship, which is pass/fail. The requirements for the internship are:
Since its origination in 2002, Digital Communications students have interned in the following areas: