Research Certificate Programs Preparation for the Professions Independent Study, Internships, and Study Abroad Summer Study Special Degree Programs Honor Societies Academic Advising Independent Study, Internships, and Study Abroad Independent study courses permit qualified students to pursue areas of reading and research not included or not treated in sufficient depth in regularly offered courses. Practica are credit courses supervised by University faculty members that usually combine field experience with lectures, seminars, and oral and written reports. Each practicum provides direct personal interaction with working professionals in their everyday environment. Examples include the interdisciplinary Health Service Practicum, the Practicum in Gerontology, and several courses in the Department of Clinical and Social Psychology.
Internships enable students to work in a variety of off-campus settings.
Students in arts and sciences, working under the supervision of a faculty member, can receive credit for their work. Recent internship placements have included the Rochester District Attorney's office, the Democrat and Chronicle , local television stations, environmental field work for the county, the Memorial Art Gallery, George Eastman House, and various financial and investment offices. In social services internships, students have worked in various programs that help emotionally and physically abused children, and the developmentally disabled. Opportunities for internships in Washington and abroad are described in the sections that follow. The Washington Semester Program , administered by the Department of Political Science, allows selected students to participate directly in the work of legislators at the national level.