Be sure you have fulfilled the necessary prerequisites as indicated above. Ask the instructor to sign an Independent Study Registration Permit Card. One or more internships may total up to 10 credits, but these may not be applied to the major. Internship credits apply as university electives only. This course is restricted to sociology majors.
Students also gain contacts to enhance their employment prospects after graduation.
The internship setting should offer professional-level work that is related to your academic field. The work should be varied, non-clerical, instructional, and relevant to the mission of the Agency, as well as appropriate for generating an academic paper. Interns will keep a daily journal of their activities, observations, and analysis of organizational life. Depending upon the nature of the intern's assignment with the agency, a project report or term paper will be submitted at the end of the quarter. For more information , including ideas on how to find an internship position, see Consider Doing An Internship.