Internship Seminar

Course Description: Open only to sociology majors and minors. Requires eight to ten hours per week working in a community service agency; specific internship placement arranged with instructor to meet student's interest. Students keep a journal detailing their activities at the agency and verbally reflect on their experiences in seminar meetings. Topics include sociological issues related to organizations, work, diversity and inequality. Research paper required. Instructor: Bach or staff

Title: Sociology Internship
Department: SOCIOL
Course Number: 2003 Spring 199S
Section Number: 01
Primary Instructor: Bach, Rebecca
Permission Required: N

Prerequisites: None

Synopsis of Course Content: This course is designed to give students the opportunity to explore the practice of sociology in the local community, to apply sociological concepts, theories and research methodologies in a community organization. With the assistance of the instructor, students will arrange an internship with a local community agency and commit to working 8-10 hours per week for the agency.

Assignments: Articles on reserve in Perkins Library will be assigned during the first three weeks of the semester. For the remainder of the semester, students will prepare their own reading lists which will be tailored to fit individual internship placements.

Exams: A take home midterm exam will be required. The research project will serve as the final exam.

Term Papers: A research paper related to the internship experience is required.

Grade to be Based on: The grade will be based on the completion of the internship and the supervisors' evaluation of the student (20%), a journal with weekly entries (15%), the take-home midterm (25%), and the completion and presentation of the research project (40%).

Additional Information: Students will be asked to have a short meeting with the instructor prior to the end of the fall semester, so that internship placements can be arranged.