{"id":1201,"date":"2013-03-22T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:03:18","slug":"public-and-professional-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/public-and-professional-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Public and Professional Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>Participating in an internship is a great way to put classroom learning into practical experience. While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your two options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"step-container\">\n<h3>WRT 477: Writing &amp; Rhetoric Internship<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>60 credits with a minimum of 12 in WRT<\/li>\n<li>2.5 GPA<\/li>\n<li>Permission of faculty advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internship in Writing and Rhetoric<\/li>\n<li>Practice and direct supervision in workplace writing<\/li>\n<li>Placement options include community-based, governmental, technological, health services, military, educational, and non profit organizations<\/li>\n<li>1-3 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<li>May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genoa Shepley<\/li>\n<li>Department Chair<\/li>\n<li>genoa_shepley@uri.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-notice-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-notice\" data-hash=\"d65ff28ddb6596a5f4f3359463ca5cf4\"><h1>ITR302\/304: Field Experience &amp; Seminar<\/h1><p><b>Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.0 cumulative GPA or higher<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 60 credits prior to internship<\/li>\n<li>Available free elective credits<\/li>\n<li>Good academic and social standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Logistics<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ITR 302 Field Experience: 3-12 credits (S\/U grade)<\/li>\n<li>ITR 304 Seminar: 3 credits (letter grade)<\/li>\n<li>Seminar is asynchronous online via <a href=\"http:\/\/brightspace.uri.edu\">Brightspace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/ces-assignments\/\">Career Education Specialist<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>\n<h4>Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Naval Undersea Warfare Center<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island Monthly<\/li>\n<li>Motif Magazine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>GamerFitNation, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Sources:ITR Enrollment Data from Spring 2017-Summer 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1-3 credits (S\/U Only)<br \/>\nPractice and direct supervision in workplace writing<br \/>\nPlacement options include community-based, governmental, technological, health services, military, educational, and non profit organizations<br \/>\nMay be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53507,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/revisions\/53507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}