INTERNSHIP

Sociology Internship, Sociology 495, is designed to provide students with supervised professional experience in a community agency. This program introduces interns to employment possibilities while they receive valuable field experience and build community contacts. A number of students are hired by their internship agencies after they graduate.

WHY INTERN?

The Los Angeles Times recently reported that college students who take internships are much more marketable in today's job market. An internship experience on one's resume is increasingly a requirement for today's college-educated young adult. Many employers of college graduates do not advertise to the public, but hire from within, meaning an intern or former intern at their organization. This is the case in business, in the human services sector, and in many other fields of employment.
Internships give you an opportunity to clarify your career direction, to land a job, obtain a valuable letter of recommendation for other employment or graduate school. Internships allow you to begin professional networking, so necessary for climbing a career ladder.

Internships give you an opportunity to clarify your career direction, to land a job, obtain a valuable letter of recommendation for other employment or graduate school. Internships allow you to begin professional networking, so necessary for climbing a career ladder.

REQUIREMENTS

A 3.0 GPA is required for a Sociology Internship, since internships are not a requirement for graduation.

It is recommended that the student have completed at least 12 units of upper division coursework in Sociology, as the internship experience is enhanced by a knowledge of how societies work, and the social bases for interpersonal relationships.

In the Sociology Internship course, students must complete 120 hours of internship activity in a community agency or organization that offers professional supervision. Hours must be completed by the end of the 13th week of the semester, in order for the Internship Supervisor to have time to evaluate your internship activity.

Sociology 495 is an online course; there is a mandatory three-hour course meeting during the first week of the semester, and a required mid-semester evaluation appointment with Dr. Krampe, the Internship Coordinator and Professor for Sociology 495. There are two short papers and one longer paper in this class.

ENROLLMENT

1. If you have a 3.0 GPA, enroll in Sociology 495, the Sociology Internship course. 


2. Once you have enrolled in Sociology 495, locate an internship.


1. Go to the Center for Internships and Community Engagement (CICE) website: www.fullerton.edu/cice. Follow the prompts for "Student", "Academic Internship", and "Find Academic Internship". Once you have your internship placement site, go back to this website and follow the prompts for "Student" and "Registration." Your internship must be in place by the first day of class so that you have time to complete all of your hours by the deadline. Under certain circumstances, students may complete up to 30 hours of internship activity before the semester begins. If you wish to do an early start with your internship, you must first meet with the Internship Coordinator.


2. You may locate an internship site on your own, but the agency must register with CSUF's CICE for you to be able to work there. Agency registration can begin online, and takes one or two weeks to complete. Please see the Internship Coordinator for further information about agency registration with CICE.


3. Internship sites must offer professional (not administrative or clerical) supervision. You are not permitted to do clerical work unless it is agency intake activity or a part of working with the clientele of the agency.

Sociology Internship information is available at the Sociology Department office (CP900) and on the bulletin board at Dr. Krampe's office (CP909).

For further information about Sociology Internship (Soc 495) please contact:

Professor Edythe Krampe, Internship Coordinator
College Park 909
E-Mail: ekrampe@fullerton.edu
Phone: (657)278-4859

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