Do you work or do you do a lot of volunteer work? If so, it may be possible for you to receive internship credit. A typical sociology internship involves three things:
- It is a research based class—you collect some kind of data (quantitative or qualitative, formal or informal) that bear on a research question that is related in some way to your internship.
- It involves about 10 hours of work per week for the semester.
- You attend, participate, and complete the requirements for SOC 399R (listed below).
Class Requirements (Sociology 399R)
The class is intended to help you conceive a research project, decide how you will collect data, and how you might analyze your data. The requirements for the class include:
- Attending and participating in the seminar (typically one day a week in the late afternoon).
- Reading and preparing short reaction papers to each reading (these are relatively short).
- Preparing a research proposal.
- A book review of an ethnographic work related to your internship.
- Keeping a journal about your internship.
- Writing a research paper about your internship (typically 12-15 pages for 3 credit hours).
- Present at least a preliminary report of your internship in class.
What are the prerequisites for the class and internship?
- Completion of Sociology 111, 300, 306, 311
- Completion of 60 hours of university credit
- Approval of the instructor.
What if I don’t have an internship? How can I get one?
The department does not find internships for you, but we do provide some contacts. Internships are varied. Some of the best are those where you work as a research assistant for one of the professors. Some of these are paid, but you can also do volunteer work with a professor, assisting him or her with a research project.
With permission of your on-campus or off-campus work supervisor you may be able to use that work for internship credit.
Internship Grants
Each semester, undergraduate and graduate students who are declared majors in one of the disciplines in the College may apply for a grant of up to $1600 to help augment the costs associate with an internship. Click on the link to visit the
Mary Lou Fulton Chair website.
Online Application Deadlines
Winter Semester - December 1
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Spring/Summer - April 1
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Fall Semester - August 1
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Available Internships
Click on the following links for information about available internships:
For more information on these and other internship options, please visit Dr. Cardell Jacobson's office in 2023 JFSB, or Dr. Mikaela Dufur's office in 2037 JFSB.
