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Course Number and Title
Preservation Internship (HP 440-01)
Credits
Two.
Prerequisites
Junior standing.
Type
Field-based work, totaling at least
140 hours with an intern sponsor.
Place/Time
Wednesday, 9:00 AM to 10:50 AM
Instructor
Philip Cryan Marshall,
Professor
Email: provided in class
Mobile 508.951.8562
Office: SAAHP 247
Catalog Description
Students conduct field placements which are academically significant
and related to the student's professional development as a preservationists.
Through research and informational interviews, students investigate
specialized fields of interest and opportunities in the public
and private sector. Students develop résumés, correspondence,
project recording and internship documentation. Internship proposals
are submitted before the student begins, and Intern/final reports
are developed. Fulfills Feinstein
Service Learning in Historic Preservation. (2 credits)
Spring.
RWU Undergraduate Catalog 2005-2006
An internship proposal must be submitted before the student begins,
and regular reports must be filed with the Program Director. Fulfills
Feinstein Service Learning in Historic Preservation." (3 credits)
Course Description
Same as catalog description.
Office Hours
Advising hours will
be posted on my faculty office door each week, a week in advance.
Please sign up and bring an agenda. If you plan to discuss drafts,
proposals, drawings, field notes, photographs, or similar material,
please leave a copy in my faculty mailbox with a note asking me
to preview your work at least two days before your meeting —
to provide enough time to consider carefully your work before
getting together.
Goals and Objectives
Refer to the course description.
Course Materials
Journal, digital camera, Web-based readings.
Student Participation
(Responsibilities)
Résumé and Portfolio
Visit RWU Career
Center
- Develop a résumé
- Review and use Blue
Book resources
- Review and use Interfolio
for credential documentation and presentation
Finding
- Throughout semester, set up appointments with faculty
to develop internship, conduct site review with faulty and sponsor,
and review work on an interim basis.
- Save all internship correspondence: résumé,
letters of interest, follow up, agendas, and other material.
- Develop résumé, portfolio, and letters of
inquiry, and conduct research and interviews,as required,
to secure an internship in the field;
Setting Up
- At the onset of your internship, work with your future supervisor
to develop a synopsis of your job description, responsibilities
and your work in relation to other activities in the organization
/ company, and personnel chart (with names and job titles) of
the company /organization, including yourself in relation to
your supervisor.
- This document needs to be signed and dated by both your supervisor
and you.
During Work
- Document the internship experience for critical reflection
and analysis, a summary, and possibly, a presentation. Include
photographic documentation.
- Prepare a press release, to be sent to dailies in your
internship area, the RWU area, and your home community. Include
a captioned photograph for each release. Identify newspapers,
with name, address, and contact.
- Keep track of your hours, and the work undertaken.
Completion
- Develop a final summary with a brief description of
your internship, the way your job related to the broader operations
of the organization, the mission for the organization, and the
future use of your work. Relate your work to that of others.
Include several photographs, with a few your yourself at work.
- Have your intern sponsor complete a one-page evaluation
of your work, on letterhead, and including a letter grade your
sponsor work give you if they were in the position to grade
you.
- Submit your project records, photographs, and additional material.
- Present your internship experience in class.
Evaluation (Grading
Policy)
Grades will be based on review of internship experience with
intern sponsor, documentation, and work with faculty.
Syllabus – Schedule
of Class Meetings
A combination of class time and /or individual meetings (on campus
or at internship site)
Assignments
Résumés, press release, letters of inquiry and
other correspondence,, interim reports, field reports, final report.
Equipment and Supplies
Digital camera, journal for records.
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