The MS3 Faculty keeps files of existing internships relative to the built environment, agroecology, permaculture, sustainable community development and other appropriate areas of study and training for MS3 students. These opportunities exist all over the United States. Foreign work opportunities are being established as well. Simultaneously, professional people interested in creating internships with sustainable systems students contact the MS3 department regularly, and students are continually made aware of these openings throughout the year by the faculty. Documentation of internships already done by MS3 students is also maintained, so that students and professors may gain insight into the pros and cons of setting up an internship from the experiences of others.
Students also research and arrange their own internships, pending approval from their advisor.
One last note - any student choosing to do an internship must have medical insurance. It may be private coverage or it may be the SRU insurance which uses Mega Life and Health Insurance Company. Ideally, the method of research and area of investigation for the thesis should be considered as early as possible in the students education. Research Methods and Analysis of Professional Literature, two required core courses, will orient students to research methodologies and current published work relative to sustainable systems. These classes will help in the preparation of a prospectus and in practicing reviewing critically literature which may contribute to the thesis.