The course work is then followed by a 6-7 month internship working with an agency engaged in this type of work outside of the United States. Students will receive 12-16 units of credit during their internship. Upon returning to Westmont, students enroll in a seminar course to debrief their experience. Admission to the program is through application to the sociology-anthropology department. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for admittance.
Students are encourage to apply before the end of their sophomore year.
The internship is open to students in their junior or senior years after they have completed the pre-internship course requirements. Typically, students will be gone either the spring semester of their junior year and the following summer or the summer following their junior year and the fall semester of their senior year. The concepts, methods, and assumptions anthropology uses in the study of human cultures. A survey of a variety of the world's cultures as well as an examination of the problems of human origins and diversity. The analysis of patterned social relationships in modern societies and a survey of the major concepts and methods of sociology.