Summer Internships in London: Courses

SSC 323 Contemporary British Culture (3 credits)
This 3-credit course is required and taught intensively during the first three weeks and continues in the evenings during the placement. It is designed to support integration into the workplace. Students are equipped with a general understanding of salient features of contemporary British society and culture: education, ethnicity, social class, politics, the monarchy, attitudes toward business and welfare and British perceptions of the U.S. Field trips provide further information and prepare students for contact with British colleagues.

International Internship 486 (6 credits)
The internship program offers students an intensive academic experience and the opportunity to study working life in London. In addition to the internship, students are required to attend specifically designed seminars, submit a weekly electronic journal recording duties and learning, as well as an analysis of specified aspects of the work experience and complete a final research paper describing and analyzing the workplace, the industry and goals achieved. Students will be required to make a presentation on their internship. Six units of credit will be awarded for the placement and accompanying academic study. Internships are unpaid and supervised and monitored by the workplace supervisor and a Richmond faculty member.

Assessment is based on all the above criteria. Grades of A to F with pluses and minuses in accordance with the University grading policy are assigned and recorded on your Richmond transcript.