{"id":2921,"date":"2025-07-29T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=2921"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:32:55","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/degree-program\/sydney-internship-summer-travel-writing\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Internship Summer: Travel Writing Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"toc-wrapper\" id=\"toc\" aria-label=\"Page Section Navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"toc-heading toc-nav-toggle\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle Page Contents Navigation\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<p>Students enroll in a required journalism course and a four-unit internship, which includes a non-unit HUB co-curricular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Core Phase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>Required Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">COM JO 528<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Travel Writing in Australia: Journalism and Non-Fiction<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\n<p>Introduces students to \u201csmall town Australia\u201d through local day excursions, preceded and followed by time in the classroom studying examples of the genre and producing written work based on the excursions. Focus on journalistic writing including pitching articles and stories to local, national and overseas publications.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Writing-Intensive Course<\/li>\r\n<li>Creativity\/Innovation<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h2>Internship Phase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>Internship Course<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Study Abroad will enroll students in a non-unit Hub co-curricular and a four-unit internship course, which includes a classroom component. Placements are contingent upon the students&#8217; experience, professional interests, and relevant academic history, as well as the availability of opportunities in any given term; flexibility is essential. 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