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The career program in journalism and publications (newspapers, magazines, institutional publications, business publications, television, public relations, advertising, etc.) gives students first-hand work experience as interns during the six week winter term. Internships in journalism and the media provide practical experience in publishing a newspaper or newsletter, producing a television news program, or designing and publishing a magazine. In most instances, the organization for which the student works will have its own program of instruction for interns under the supervision of a senior editor or news director.
To begin an internship in Publication and Media, students consult with the program’s director about their interests and goals and about the details of their internships. Career Services will then arrange the intern’s appointment. In addition to the experience of working off-campus, students present for academic credit a portfolio of completed and published work. Their supervisor also writes to the director at Converse with an appraisal of their work. On the strength of the portfolio and this appraisal, students may receive three or six hours of credit for ENG 493.
The Publication and Media Program gives students professional experience within the context of the liberal arts. Students are urged to study widely during their first two years at Converse and, barring unusual circumstances, to wait until the junior year before requesting an
internship. Many students have arranged internships in their hometowns. Others have lived at colleges in the city where they work. Others have worked in Spartanburg and remained on campus.
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Students should consider a major in languages and literature,
creative and professional writing, business, or the sciences in preparation for media/journalism. And, in addition to fulfilling the requirements for a major subject, students should include the following courses, some of which satisfy the GEP requirements as well:
BAD 241: Marketing Principles 3 hours
ECN 201: Microeconomic Principles,
BAD 231: Management 3 hours or
BAD 200: Introduction to Business 3 hours
ENG 291: Introduction to Professional Writing 3 hours
ENG 290: Advanced Writing 3 hours
ENG 292: Intro to Creative Writing 3 hours
ENG 391: Feature Writing 3 hours
Literature Electives 6 hours
(Consult the director or your major subject adviser
about these elective courses in English)
HIS 201– 202: American History 6 hours
Philosophy 180: Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
Philosophy 400: Ways of Knowing 3 hours
POL 101: Intro to American Government 3 hours
Three Politics Electives from the areas of
American Government, Foreign Policy and
International Relations, and Comparative
Government and Politics 9 hours
PSY 100: General Psychology 3 hours
SOC 100: Principles of Sociology 3 hours
One Additional Sociology Elective (choose one) 3 hours
SOC 202: Urban
SOC 231: Social Psychology
SOC 310: Social Problems and Disorganization
THR 120: Public Speaking and Discussion
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