Graduate Progam Information:
Marnie Leonard (970) 491-2403 Marnie.Leonard@colostate.edu

M.A. in Communication Development

Internship Requirement: Communication Development

Increasingly, graduate students in English are opting for careers in non-academic environments, such as arts and nonprofit administration, publishing, public relations, marketing, and professional and technical writing. The English Department, along with the University Career Center and the College of Liberal Arts, is committed to helping students prepare themselves for a variety of career options.

Internships are valuable to the growth of Communication Development students for the same reasons they are valuable to graduate students in our other programs:

To help students select careers by exposing them to real, on-the-job responsibilities and environments;
To help students select the kind of organization they would like to work for by exposing them to the inner workings of an organization.
To provide formal training and mentoring;
To give students opportunities to apply what they have learned in the classroom;
To improve work skills with on-the-job training and experience;
To create job opportunities either directly (with the host company hiring a student after the completion of an Internship) or indirectly (with the host company offering networking opportunities and potential recommendation).

Because the CD program focuses so much on the production of texts, it provides students with practice in working with texts in genres/contexts not typically covered in literature or M.F.A. courses. In addition, to enter a competitive job market after graduation, students need to have built healthy portfolios and resumes while in school.

For more information on specific options, visit the Internship Page or view the E687 course description.

For information about course offerings and registration procedures for the upcoming semester or summer session, please view the Rambler, the Department's student newsletter.

This information is not intended to replace your advisor or the information in the CSU General Catalog, the Class Schedule, or the Department Checksheets.

Contact us: Attn: Marnie Leonard – Through the mail at 1773 Campus Delivery Eddy Hall, Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1773. On the phone at (970) 491-2403. By e-mail at Marnie.Leonard@colostate.edu.

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