COM664: Apprenticeship / Faculty of Communication and Media Studies

Apprenticeship is designed to provide all final year students to gain experience in a professional work environment in the field of communication and media studies. Students will have the opportunity to practice and apply knowledge and skills in various actual environments. During the Apprenticeship, students will be assigned to the mass media organizations, the media supporting industries of public relations and advertising, business industries, educational institutions, non-governmental and social services organizations, or other agencies involved in the appropriate communication activities. A supervisor from the faculty will advise on the academic matters to students undergoing the Apprenticeship, in addition to maintaining a two-way communication with the industry supervisor over-seeing the student’s works. Students need to perform the appropriate and related works assigned by their industry supervisors while keeping a log of all work tasks given to them. Compulsory supervision, meetings and evaluation are part of Apprenticeship requirements. At the end of the training, students will submit a report to the faculty on the required information related to their apprenticeship for overall evaluation.