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I think the programs need to be more flexible than that. Different students
have different needs.
My B.A. was from a program that required an internship. At that time, I had
no experience, but now that I have more than five years of fulltime
professional experience and am currently employed fulltime, I am glad that
the M.A. program I am currently finishing up this semester offers a thesis
track as an option to the internship. At this point in my career, an
internship would be useless and would require a moonlighter's lifestyle. No
thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Martin [mailto:cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:08 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: technical writer degree programs
>
> One of the attributes of a good TW program, I think, is that a degree
> requires an internship. Thus the graduation requirements require both
> learning and application--and the internship is often a foot
> in the door for a post-graduate position.
