Communication Arts 500 - Internships in Comm Arts

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Allegheny College

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Credit: Two or four semester hours. Internships sponsored by the Communication Art department require the joint approval of a faculty liaison person and the host agency. Information on internship positions is also available from ACCEL. Internships with Public and Commercial Television/Radio Stations Liaison: Professor Keeley Students may choose to work in one or more of the following areas of public and commercial television; publicity and public relations; fund raising and development in public television accounting and business management; continuity writing; and broadcast writing. Past interns have worked with WQLN, Erie; WSEE-TV, Erie; WJET-TV, Erie; WICU-TV, Erie; KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh; WPXI, Pittsburgh; WQED, Pittsburgh; WEWS, Cleveland, and NBC headquarters, New York. Internship in Graphic Arts, Public Relations, and Advertising Liaison: Professor Keeley The internship is designed as a practicum in the areas of graphic arts, preparation of audio-visual materials, copy writing, photography, promotion planning, radio commercial preparation, and educational program production. Interns follow a general orientation program, which will involve contact with commercial and service organization clients. The culminating point of the internship experience will be a client-oriented project for which the intern is the primary researcher and producer. Internship in Cable Television System Liaison: Professor Keeley A practicum in the areas of cable television program production, management, community relations, and special problems in the cable system operation, subject to the approval of the host agency. Internship in Arts Administration Liaison: Professor Cosdon The intern works in the administration of a professional arts organization in one or more of the following areas: fund raising and development; promotion, publicity, and public relations; touring and booking; financial administration; house management; rehearsal management; community relations and education outreach programs. Past interns have been with the Pittsburgh Alloy Dance Theatre; the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival; Meadville Council on the Arts; The Pittsburgh Foundation; and the Trumbull (Ohio) Council on the Arts. Internship in Theatre Arts Liaison: Professor Cosdon The student may choose to work in a theatre organization in one or more of these areas: scene, sound, lighting design, house management; box office and publicity; costume design and management; stage management; financial administration; rehearsal and production responsibilities; properties; and scenery, sound, lighting, and costume construction.

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.allegheny.edu

Phone Number:

(814) 332-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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