Advanced Experiential Learning

Internships and field experiences are forms of experiential learning that integrate knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skill development in a professional setting. 它们为学生提供了获得宝贵应用经验的机会, 与他们正在考虑的专业领域建立联系, 并给予雇主指导和评估人才的机会. This includes:

• Internships 学分，非学分，有偿或无偿，可以在专业内完成. 
• Fellowships 在一段时间内提供学费或资助来支持学生的培训. 通常由教育机构制作, corporations, 或基金会，以协助个人进行课程学习或研究.
• Course-based experiential learning 通常包括积极的实地工作和课程中的专业经验(例如. consulting, case studies, job shadowing) built into the syllabus and recognized/evidenced by credit earned in the course.

*Adapted from the 美国大学与雇主协会

In undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry, 目标是让学生积极参与有争议的问题,empirical and/or qualitative observation, cutting-edge technologies, 以及解答重要问题所带来的兴奋感. With an emphasis on process, the Council for Undergraduate Research defines undergraduate research as “a mentored investigation or creative inquiry conducted by undergraduates that seeks to make a scholarly or artistic contribution to knowledge.” With faculty guidance, 学生选择一个研究问题并进行独立调查. 学生将学习研究方法, 如何在其研究领域内检索相关文献和数据库, 起草一个问题的建议或摘要, 并以书面和/或口头形式展示他们的作品.

Study abroad, either for a year, a semester or a summer, offers students a unique opportunity to learn in another culture and is one way to foster a globally minded perspective throughout St. Edward’s. Domestic travel experiences also invite students to apply what they are learning in the classroom to new environments. Study abroad and domestic travel will challenge students to grow both academically and personally.

Service learning is distinguished by being mutually beneficial for both students and the community and directly complementary to the coursework. Service-learning is growing rapidly and is considered a part of experiential education by its very nature of learning, performing a job within the community, and serious reflection by the student. 服务学习涉及解决一些复杂的社会问题，比如无家可归, poverty, lack of quality education, pollution, and more. Volunteering is characterized by performing acts of service within the community in pursuit of a more just world.

Student leadership experiences are offered on and off campus through a wide variety of university and partner institutions or organizations that allow for valuable work and life experience. According to NACE, 领导能力是“利用他人的优势来实现共同目标”的能力, 并运用人际交往技巧来指导和发展他人.” This includes:

• Hired and/or elected positions 包括受雇提供编程的非专业学生, activities, services and other co-curricular opportunities for student learning and engagement informed by university and departmental mission. 这也包括选择或指定的学生谁倡导选民, provide leadership and service, and facilitate programs.
• Peer mentorship programs are typically defined by a relationship between students in which one has more experience than the other in a particular domain and can provide support, knowledge, and potential transfer of skills.
• Student employment 机会是通过固定的时薪工作组合而成的有偿角色, work-study positions, 以及校外社区联邦工作学习实习.
• Assistantships are a form of paid employment in which students assist a faculty or staff member and perform related duties.