Leadership Internship I

Catalog description

As the first of two internship courses in the Leadership Studies doctoral program, this course is designed to guide students through the process of negotiating the terms of their internship experience with a sponsor organization that conforms to established programmatic criteria and aligns with the student\2019s career objectives. Once the internship has been established, the course provides a structure and context for reporting and monitoring the first half of the student\2019s internship experience. Students are responsible for selecting a sponsor organization in conjunction with the course instructor, contacting and meeting with representatives of the sponsor organization to negotiate terms of their placement, in accordance with published program requirements, including the identification of a set of project-based responsibilities,leading to specified deliverables. Leadership objectives, responsibilities and outcomes, as well as hours to be committed by the intern, must all be approved by both the instructor and the program director before any internship activities commence. Progress and outcomes will be recorded andmonitored throughout by means of an internship portfolio. Prerequisites: LEAD862 and LEAD870 and LEAD880 and LEAD881 and LEAD882 and LEAD883 and LEAD884 College of Health and Human Sciences Leadership Studies & HRD