{"id":32772,"date":"2019-04-29T12:23:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career-draft\/?p=32772"},"modified":"2022-07-20T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:46:07","slug":"africana-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/africana-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Africana Studies"},"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>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3><b>AAF 477: Internship in Africana Studies<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Requirements:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May be repeated for up to 12 credits. Not for graduate credit. (Practicum) S\/U only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Logistics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1-6 crs.) Supervised professional experience with a relevant agency or organization. Activities and expectations to be determined between site supervisor and intern and approved by a faculty advisor, prior to registration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>Contact: Professor Catherine John-Camara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Department Chair, 401-874-4730, <a href=\"mailto:catherine_john@uri.edu\">catherine_john@uri.edu <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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. Below are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32772","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=32772"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49699,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32772\/revisions\/49699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}