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Sociology

Internships

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. It involves about 10 hours of work per week for the semester.
  3. 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:

What are the prerequisites for the class and internship?

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 1st
Spring/Summer - April 1st
Fall Semester - August 1st

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.