COM 471/472 Student Guidelines & Requirements
  • You MUST have completed 18 Communication Studies credits to be eligible for this internship (COM 471/472)
  • Overall GPA of 2.5 is needed to be eligibility for this program
  • Please realize that you are asking to get university credit which means you will be responsible for payment of this experience just as you would for an in classroom/web CT course
  • These credits ARE NOT for the required courses in your major. These credits can be used towards the 42credits of 300+level course ELECTIVES. A student can receive from 1-6 COM Studies Elective credits, which is equivalent to working at the internship site a range of 40-45 hours per credit.
  • I will be your Faculty Supervisor for this experience. This internship is listed as COM 471/472 where, IF ALL requirements are successfully completed a satisfactory grade will be recorded rather than a letter grade.
  • After talking with me, I will ask you to complete the following for my approval:
    1. the Internship Application
    2. the Student Learning Contract sheet with waiver
    3. the Supervisor’s Expectations sheet with waiver

Once you have started your internship experience, I will expect from you:

  1. a WEEKLY e-mail report of your activities at your internship site
  2. a MID-TERM paper about your internship experience(I will send your site supervisor a questionnaire to complete and return to me)
  3. a FINAL paper about your internship paper

NOTE: If you are doing your internship during Fall and/or Spring semesters you are to attend three (3) Career Services functions (i.e.: workshops, job career/fairs, individual career counseling appointments, walk-in career advising) within the semester of your internship. I, as well as the Career Services Office, have the sheet for you to complete to show you have participated in at least three (3) events. To learn about the dates and details of events and workshops log onto RhodyNetT at http://career.uri.edu. For additional information about career services available to you, visit the Career Services web site at http://career.uri.edu and visit in person at 228 Roosevelt Hall (second floor), 8:30 am - 4:30 pm M-F, 874-2311. Please complete your 3 events in early as appointment times fill up and events are limited! Be sure not to wait until the last minute!

Note: All the above information can be obtained off the COM Studies web page with ALL the internship information listed under “Internship” in the left column. You can also get a hard copy from me in my office Davis Hall, Rm. 306, as well as from the Main COM Studies Office.

Sharman Brown
COM Studies Lecturer/Coordinator of COM Studies Internship
Davis Hall, Rm. 306
874-4737
comintern@uri.edu