(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

81LCOM3005.Internship in language and communication (6 credits)The internships in language and communication are meant as a capstone experience for studentsmajoring or minoring in Language and Communication. This credit-bearing internship course, adevelopment of the earlier Language and Communication Internship Scheme (LCIS), supports theLanguage and Communication (L&C) programme’s goal of encouraging its students to beginexploring questions of their career, and provides an opportunity for L&C students to broaden theirundergraduate education through experiential learning via an internship, and, in the process, acquireinvaluable work experience through on-the-job training in organizations in Hong Kong. With theL&C programme having its focus on real-world contexts in the multilingual, globalized world oftoday, the internship places students in a context for the use and appreciation of communicativecompetence and a honing of transferable skills for a wide range of careers, including education,editing and publishing, public administration, public relations, marketing, the media, tourism, andcultural affairs.Assessment: 100% coursework.