WFU VIRTUAL STUDY ABROAD FAIR
Spring 2022 with Dr. Rebecca Gill, Communication and Entrepreneurship
COM/ENT 250: Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings
This course takes as a starting point the rise of the “gig economy” and how organizing values such as innovation, agility, and excellence shape the work, worth, and well-being of today’s employees. In this course, we examine the kinds of organizational structures and work arrangements that permeate the gig economy—such as freelancing, different kinds of mobile work, co-working, zero-hours contracting, and so forth—and explore how communication constructs and shapes work today, how individuals communicatively navigate the gig economy, and the role of resilience in the face of precarious material and emotional labor.
Dr. Gill will teach this course as a hybrid arrangement between students on the Reynolda Campus and students in the Wake West program. The course will involve collaborative engagement between the students at each site such that students on the Reynolda campus are able to learn from the students at Wake West, and vice-versa.
ENT 201: Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship: Developing Validated Concepts
Examines how individuals use entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to societal and market needs. Using customer discovery and other evidence-based entrepreneurial methods, students participate in the progression of ideas into validated concepts. P - ENT 200.
This course will be taught by a local instructor.
Plus, 6 hrs of an internship with required research component. This program is a 12 credit semester.
Credit Hours: 6
Internship (ENT 350, 3hrs) + Research component (COM 286, 3hrs)
*The above credit is standard credit that all students can expect to receive. Other courses/credits may be taken if specifically approved by WFU academic departments but this must be worked out individually with Dr. Gill and the relevant departments/programs
Grade: Internship credit must be taken for a grade. P/F not permitted.
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Gill, Department of Communication and Center for Entrepreneurship, [email protected]
Dr. Gill supervises and evaluates the academic work for the internship. She will meet with you twice a semester in person and be in touch through email/phone/Skype the rest of the time.
Required Academic Work: Credit for the internship is awarded based on completion of a research paper on a topic related to your internship, regular reflective journal submissions, satisfactory review of your work by your supervisor at your internship site, and participation in program events/speakers.
COM/ENT 250: Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings
This course takes as a starting point the rise of the “gig economy” and how organizing values such as innovation, agility, and excellence shape the work, worth, and well-being of today’s employees. In this course, we examine the kinds of organizational structures and work arrangements that permeate the gig economy—such as freelancing, different kinds of mobile work, co-working, zero-hours contracting, and so forth—and explore how communication constructs and shapes work today, how individuals communicatively navigate the gig economy, and the role of resilience in the face of precarious material and emotional labor.
Dr. Gill will teach this course as a hybrid arrangement between students on the Reynolda Campus and students in the Wake West program. The course will involve collaborative engagement between the students at each site such that students on the Reynolda campus are able to learn from the students at Wake West, and vice-versa.
ENT 201: Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship: Developing Validated Concepts
Examines how individuals use entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to societal and market needs. Using customer discovery and other evidence-based entrepreneurial methods, students participate in the progression of ideas into validated concepts. P - ENT 200.
This course will be taught by a local instructor.
Plus, 6 hrs of an internship with required research component. This program is a 12 credit semester.
Credit Hours: 6
Internship (ENT 350, 3hrs) + Research component (COM 286, 3hrs)
*The above credit is standard credit that all students can expect to receive. Other courses/credits may be taken if specifically approved by WFU academic departments but this must be worked out individually with Dr. Gill and the relevant departments/programs
Grade: Internship credit must be taken for a grade. P/F not permitted.
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Gill, Department of Communication and Center for Entrepreneurship, [email protected]
Dr. Gill supervises and evaluates the academic work for the internship. She will meet with you twice a semester in person and be in touch through email/phone/Skype the rest of the time.
Required Academic Work: Credit for the internship is awarded based on completion of a research paper on a topic related to your internship, regular reflective journal submissions, satisfactory review of your work by your supervisor at your internship site, and participation in program events/speakers.