Augsburg Experience - What You Need To Know
The Augsburg Experience enables students to link the liberal arts, classroom knowledge and skills with the larger world and gain first hand, community-based experience beyond the campus. This signature element is part of Augsburg's general education requirements and underscores the college's commitment to support student engagement in the community and the world as part of their overall Augsburg education, as expressed in the Augsburg 2004 Vision document.
The Augsburg Experience can be completed through at least one of five learning options typically done in the Junior and Senioryears. Ideally students will have multiple experiences across the variety of opportunities throughout their years at Augsburg. Each will strengthen their skills and reinforce their knowledge and understanding, equipping them for professional lives and service following graduation.
- The Augsburg Experience may be done as part of the major or outside the major.
- The opportunities may be scheduled during the academic year or summers.
- Augsburg Experiences may be for credit or not for credit.
Augsburg Experience options:
- Internships, Cooperative Education (work-based experience related to your major), practicum, field work, clinical, student teaching, including domestic semester programs such as HECUA's MUST, City Arts.
- Extensive Service-Learning or Community-Based Learning Projects that may or may not be course related/embedded
- (Note service-learning in a LAF course is not considered an Augsburg Experience)
- Study Abroad programs at worldwide program and partner university locations, ranging in length from one week to an academic year.
- Faculty-student research with a community/professional application component
- Approved special/individualized off-campus immersion experiences (domestic or international)
Ideas and Suggestions from the Art Department
- Internships in local galleries and museums, production companies, design studios (recent placements include Augsburg College Galleries program, Weisman Art Museum, American Swedish Institute, Dolly Fiterman Galleries, Star Tribune); work for Public Relations bureau (photography, writing, design services)
- City Arts program
- Study Abroad programs (recent student placements in Spain and Italy; Study Abroad courses (Watercolor courses in France in two recent academic years)
Contact The Following People or Offices To Help You Plan For Your Augsburg Experience:
Department Faculty liaison: Kristin Anderson anderso3@augsburg.edu, x1285, Lindell 314, CB 314
Your Academic Advisor
The Center for Service, Work and Learning - x1148
Augsburg Abroad - x1159