Keeping with the university's mission to connect civic and community partners, ODU uses its local standing to place students in positions that enrich their community. These opportunities offer practical work experience to let students work in a field of their choice, streamlining the job search by honing crucial skills that only come from on-site experience. 我们的英语学生是否在编辑, 接下来是梅斯和皇冠的最新独家最靠谱的网赌软件, 或者为诺福克设计选举材料, 职业关系肯定会形成.
职业生涯
研究生s will be immediately marketable in fields such as administration, 分析, 图书销售, 编辑, 教育, 最靠谱的网赌软件, 信息设计. 英语系的教育是以写作为主, 确保所有的课程都能熟练地完成, 不仅仅是知识. Students can demonstrate their skills to employers even before getting hired.
An 英语 graduate's portfolio will span hundreds of pages and represent immediate evidence of thoughtfulness and competence. Students will be able to answer what they'll do in terms of what they have already accomplished. 即使是最好的想法也需要优秀的作者来推广, and the prepared job candidate will have proof of a commitment to best practices.
Through a focus on the fundamentals of communicating through writing and visuals, students in the 技术写作 Concentration are exposed to writing a wide range of document types for various audiences in a variety of contexts. Included in many courses are client- and case-based writing projects that provide real-world or real-world equivalent experience.
就业:
- 技术作家
- Web开发人员
- 用户体验专业人员
- 项目经理
- 编辑器
- 复制作家
学生们将学习诗歌的艺术和工艺, 小说, 和非小说, and take workshops devoted to one or more of those three genres. Students in this emphasis will develop the skills of critical thinking, 创造性地解决问题, 精读, 编辑, 以及逻辑分析.
就业:
- 作者
- 生产商
- 编辑器
- 记者和通讯员
Students will study the professional work of journalists and acquire the requisite technical and linguistic skills to succeed in the field:
就业:
- 记者
- 广播和电视播音员
- 广播最靠谱的网赌软件分析师
- 记者和通讯员
The Applied Language Studies (APLS) concentration focuses on the scientific study of language, with an emphasis on using linguistics to address real-world problems.
就业:
- 英语语言文学教师，大专
- 计算机和信息研究科学家
- 社会科学家和相关工作者
- 口译员和笔译员
- 军事/国防部
- 电影及媒体制作
Students gain expertise in interpreting literary and other creative cultural texts to the grounding in all aspects of 英语 Studies provided by the core requirements for the B.A. 用英语.
就业:
- 英语语言文学教师，大专/Secondary/Primary
- 编辑器
- 图书馆员
- 文案
- 社交媒体经理
- 档案管理员
This program leads to eligibility for teacher licensure in Virginia. Licensure 用英语 prepares students for a full range of secondary school teaching assignments.
就业:
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- 教学协调员
- 编辑器
- 娱乐的工人
实习
An internship is an opportunity to gain work experience while receiving college credit for your major. It's typically a student's first big networking opportunity and often a turning point in their lives. 不像传统的课堂体验, an internship takes you off campus and places you into a workplace that prepares you for a career after graduation. It is really the best of both worlds: get college credit while preparing yourself for a career after your 英语 degree!
通常, students work 10 hours a week (paid or unpaid) at a place of employment (could be a business, 一个非营利性的, 政府机构, (一个社区组织)，为期15周. This 150 hours of work gets translated into 3 credit hours to go towards your degree.
学生将注册一门课程(engl368), 369, or 468) but are not required to meet regularly with a professor or group of students. 而不是, student interns keep track of their own working hours and write brief reflections throughout the semester, linking theories learned 用英语 classes to applied experiences. 在学期结束时, students submit their timesheet and reflections to the internship coordinator and receive either a P or an F (passing or failing grade).
The department has a good number of connections with companies and other organizations based on the past internships or relationships with faculty members. These, along with other current opportunities, are listed under "实习机会. That said, it is the sole responsibility of the student to secure the internship position. 部门可以提供线索, but the student must submit their resume and receive an internship offer formally by the organization before moving forward. 职业发展服务 has amazing resources to help you find and secure an internship that is right for you. 职业发展服务
实习协调员
see经验保证补助金
申请截止日期:9月15日
学生资格:
- 本科或研究生学位的学生
- Meet work eligibility requirements and or academic internship qualifications
- 良好的学术和学科地位
实习要求:
- Unpaid internship, but may receive stipend, meals, subway pass, etc.
- 至少10周，至少50小时
- 在秋季，春季或夏季学期完成
- Internship offer must be secured before scholarship applications
- 必须有明确的职责和明确的主管
- Virtual internships are eligible if they meet above requirements
- You may take UNIV 068, a zero-credit internship elective course through CDS