Internship: Writing for Civic Engagement

Catalog description

Placements in this internship will engage students in a community-based work experience that will involve them in issues and events through which community values are contested. Through writing, research, oral communication, and discussion, students will consider the notion of citizenship from a discplinary perspective, will apply their skills as writers in a way that meets community needs, develop a sense of the role and responsibilities of the engaged citizen, test and expand their leadership abilities, and integrate service and learning. Permission of Department Chair. Restrictions/Requirements:Satisfies AOK I.