The Philadelphia Center
FAST FACTS -- Learning Work: Summer 2008
WHAT: Learning Work: Summer 2008
WHERE: The Philadelphia Center
WHEN: May 31st-July 27th, 2008
WHY: Earn eight academic credits while making career connections
HOW MUCH: $7900 ($5900 tuition and $2000 for housing)
DEADLINE: March 15, 2008
WHO: If you’re a junior or a senior and have been unable to fit a semester of off-campus study into your academic schedule or if you’ve already spent a semester off-campus and need some resume-building experience, Learning Work: Summer 2008 is the program for you.
CREDITS: Eight credit hours will be granted by Hope College upon successful completion of the program. You will earn three credits for the seminar and five credits for your 32-hour per week internship.
PLACEMENTS AND HOUSING: Learning Work is carefully designed to allow you an opportunity to gain meaningful internship experiences during your eight-week placement. Unlike our 16-week program where students have the opportunity to research possible internships and interview with potential placement supervisors, you will be pre-placed in an internship relevant to your interests. Based on your responses to a thorough questionnaire, we will place you in one of our over 900 internship sites. Additionally, rather than exploring a variety of housing options and living independently throughout the city, housing will be provided.
COURSE DESCRIPTION (3 Credits)
Entering Professional Life: An Experience-Based Look at Workplace Relations
When you enter a work organization, the transition from college to professional life can be monumental. The issue of ‘fitting in’ becomes a major concern, so that an understanding of relations/relationships is critically important. What exactly does ‘fitting in’ mean and what is involved? How will the values, beliefs, and norms of the organization be a part? What do you need to consider to form meaningful, productive relations with others? This course will offer you ways of thinking about relations/relationships (structurally, systemically, collectively, and experientially) and will help you develop a method of critical reflection and a practice of critique. Also, you will examine what you bring to the workplace table (assumptions, beliefs, values, attitudes, biases, behaviors, etc.) in order to understand how your prior experiences have a key role in your ability to develop relationships with others.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
$500 Non-Refundable Application Fee/Tuition Deposit -- due at time of application submission*
| $2700 Tuition Payment 1 |
due March 31, 2008 |
| $1000 Housing Payment 1 |
due March 31, 2008** |
| $2700 Tuition Payment 2 |
due April 30, 2008 |
| $1000 Housing Payment 2 |
due April 30, 2008** |
TOTAL: $7900
*The $500 Application Fee/Tuition Deposit will be returned in the event that your application is not accepted by The Philadelphia Center.
**The Housing Fee is based on double occupancy per room and represents a set cost including rent, utilities, furniture, and a variety of amenities – no “security” refunds will be issued at the end of the program.
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