ART 120

Course offers on-site experience in museum field. Students serve internship (paid) or practicum (unpaid) for 10 hours weekly at a Chicago area museum (art, history, natural history, science, botanic garden). Job appropriate to student’s skills. Regular meetings with instructor to provide detailed reports of work experience required.

1.    Student will develop career goals and strategies
2.    Student will develop work habits that are suitable to the museum field
3.    Student will show competency in achieving the responsibilities required by the job experience
4.    Student will develop skills in seeking employment in the museum field
5.    Student will enrich the student’s major area of education (fine art, art history, history, ethnography, science) through practice
6.    Student will acquire familiarity with a non-profit institution environment

Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton's Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:

• cheating,
• plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation),
• falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth),
• helping others to cheat,
• unauthorized changes on official documents,
• pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you,
• making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and
• any other behavior that violates academic integrity.

There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton's policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.
Details of the Code of Academic Conduct can be found in the Student Handbook.

A.    Individual work plan
         1.    Educational objectives
         2.    Assessment of skills
         3.    Career goals
B.    Work Place
         1.    Organizational charts
         2.    Supervisor
         3.    Responsibilities and goals
         4.    Evaluations
         5.    Job descriptions
         6.    Procedure manuals
         7.    Office resources
C.    Communication skills
         1.    Working with individuals below and above your level in the organization
         2.    Developing team goals
         3.    Conflict resolution
         4.    Decision making
D.    Occupational skills
         1.    Get it done attitude
         2.    Craftsmanship and detail-oriented abilities
         3.    Skills specific to the job
E.    Review of internship
         1.    Knowledge of skills gained
         2.    Application to career goals
F.    Finding a museum job
         1.    Resume
         2.    Application
         3.    Job description
         4.    Sources for employment
         5.    Interviewing
G.    Professional organizations
H.    Evaluation of job experience
         1.    New skills acquired
         2.    Professional goals

Students will meet every two weeks in an instructional setting to evaluate and develop the work experience and its relationship to the educational goals.

Course may be taught as face-to-face, media-based, hybrid or online course.

A.    Work 10 hours per week in a museum environment
B.    Attend at least 3 one-hour meetings with instructor during the semester
C.    Meet for 2 hours every 2 weeks in a classroom setting to discuss experiences on the job
D.    Develop and produce a resume

Note: Current textbook information for each course and section is available on Oakton's Schedule of Classes.
Required textbook: Varies by instructor

1.    Evaluation by supervisor on the job
2.    Classroom work
3.    Quality of job resume

If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the Office of Access, Equity and Diversity. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program.