Experience Your Education
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The EYE Program
The EYE Program is an experiential learning program at Lander University designed to provide students with the opportunity to use academic knowledge to address real world challenges in an authentic context. The program includes internships, co-ops, service learning, course-embedded projects, and study abroad experiences. Earning EYE Program credit is a great way to show a potential employer that you have real world skills and experience that may make you more competitive in the job market.
Please Note: EYE credit is not a graduation requirement and does not affect a student’s degree requirements for graduation. Students will receive certificates for EYE credit earned each semester and students earning 120 EYE credits during their degree program will receive an award at graduation.
There are two ways to participate in the program.
Option 1: Simply enroll in one of the courses or activities listed in the approved EYE Program activities below. The faculty contact person will work with you as the course or activity begins to see that you begin earning EYE Program credit. Check the EYE Program website periodically for additional activities that will be added as they are approved. Note: Some of the activities listed below are upper-level courses and may have pre-requisites.
Option 2: Look at the courses you plan to take or other activities you plan to be involved in and discuss possibilities for EYE Program credit with your instructors or Dr. Jim Colbert, Director of the EYE Program. Other activities might include internships, co-ops, service learning, and study abroad. The process of approving and adding activities to the list below will continue as new activities are identified or created.
Approved EYE Program Activities
The following courses or activities have been approved for EYE Program credit and will include
experiential learning opportunities for Lander Students.
| Course or Title of Activity | EYE Credit | Faculty Contact |
| ACCT 490 Accounting Internship | 60 credits | Sam Tolbert |
| BA 369 Project Management | 30 credits | Mike Shurden |
| BA 490 Business Internship | 60 credits | Sam Tolbert |
| CHEM 410 Research in Chemistry | 30 credits |
Jim Colbert Ralph Layland |
| CHEM 490 Internship in Chemistry | 60 credits |
Jim Colbert Ralph Layland |
| CIS 499 Software Development | 15 credits | Farha Ali |
| COOP 281 Cooperative Education | 15 credits | Jim Colbert |
| COOP 282 Cooperative Education | 30 credits | Jim Colbert |
| EDUC 461 Directed Teaching | 90 credits |
Lee Vartanian Ann Epstein |
| ES 302 Introduction to Environmental Science | 15 credits | Dan Pardieck
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| ES 490 Internship in Environmental Science | 60 credits | Dan Pardieck |
| Experiential Learning in Community and School Settings | 15/30 credits |
Lee Vartanian Ann Epstein |
| Lander Theatre Productions | 15/30 credits | Monique Sacay-Bagwell |
| HCMT 490 Health Care Management Internship | 60 credits | Sam Tolbert |
| MEDA 290 Student Newspaper Project | 30 credits | Robert Stevenson |
| MEDA 490 Student Newspaper Project | 30 credits | Robert Stevenson |
| NURS 345 Medical Surgical Nursing I | 30 credits | Theresa Lawson |
| NURS 346 Medical-Surgical Nursing II | 30 credits | Angela Landis |
| NURS 393 Mental Health Nursing | 30 credits | Leisa Igleheart |
| NURS 409 Pediatric Nursing | 20 credits | Paula Haynes |
| NURS 412 Nursing Leadership & Management | 30 credits | Brian Conner |
| PSYC 421 Research Seminar | 15 credits | Marie Nix |
| SC Speech & Theatre Competition | 15 credits | Monique Sacay-Bagwell |
If you have questions about this program, please contact:
James E. Colbert, Jr., Ph.D.
Director of the EYE Program
Lander University, Box 6030
320 Stanley Ave.
Greenwood, SC 29649
Phone (864)-388-8767
jcolbert@lander.edu
Office Location SC-244
