Career Courses
Career courses are intentional resources designed to help you build skills that will assist you in navigating your career pathway, internship, and job searches. Learn more below and schedule an appointment with your academic advisor to map one (or more) into your degree plan. Advising appointment link: https://purdue.campus.eab.com.
As a lecture/discussion course, Liberal Arts Influentials features speakers from a diverse range of Liberal Arts majors and introduces students to the myriad career opportunities available to Liberal Arts graduates. Speakers represent careers in the arts, media, industry, politics and more. Students are encouraged to initiate dialogue with working professionals.
Experiential, supervised training in public relations, journalism, telecommunication, oral interpretation, speech education, organizational communication, or public communication.
This course provides a practical, hands-on approach to public relations by working in student-led teams to produce comprehensive, strategic communication campaigns for actual clients. The course also includes many opportunities for professional development and portfolio building.
This course is designed for all philosophy majors, but is open to anyone interested in minor/majoring in philosophy. The format for this course is based on three components: reading and reflection, along with in-class discussion; in-class guest speakers who will address various topics in philosophy as a field, and/or professionalization (both within and outside of academia); and short written exercises, often done in class, which are designed to build up to the final project. Most classes will begin with a guest speaker giving a brief introduction to a particular area or topic within philosophy. Students will have a short reading assigned for each class period that will be discussed with the instructor following the guest’s presentation. The course readings will be, as best as possible, related to the area/topic introduced by the guest. Certain classes will be dedicated solely to career/professionalization interests and will feature guests with expertise in these areas. The professionalization experts will help students develop their career goals, identify possible internships and scholarships to pursue while a student at Purdue, and develop career goals for after they have graduated. Finally, certain classes will be dedicated to writing and the development of the final project, which will include a proposed 8-semester path of study, a polished resume/CV, and career/professionalization goals.
Field experience in criminal justice system or social services. Students serve as “interns” in a criminal justice or social service agency one day (or its equivalent) per week, under the supervision of agency personnel. Application of theory and empirical research findings to field problems.
Course organized around internship experience in organizations that collect or analyze data from surveys, social media, focus groups, interviews, or experiments.
Q. What is the Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship Program?
A. The Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship Program (referred to as the Wilke Program) is a competitive program that pairs a faculty research project with a student partner. Student partners also enroll in a 1 credit seminar (SCLA 49100 Wilke Undergrad Research Internship) which introduces them to basic practices in research and assists students in creating a poster to present their research.
On campus or off, internships are a great way to gain professional work experience and boost your resume. Our office offers internships each semester in the areas of Graphic Design, Communication & Public Relations, and Event Planning. If you understand the importance of study abroad experience, you'd be a great candidate for an internship on our team.
Taught by a pre-professional advisor each semester (Fall and Spring), this 10-week, 1-credit class enhances your preparation for law school.