STSS-4800

Public Service/Professional Careers Internships

This course offers an insight into the public policy process from the vantage point of a part-time internship in the public or private sector as well as an opportunity to explore a career option before actually embarking upon it. The following is a partial list of the large number of possible internships: airport planning, architecture, banking, biological research, clinical psychology, computer science, consumer protection, corporate management, engineering, environmental planning, geology, local government, materials and mechanical engineering, noise pollution abatement, personnel management review, premedical, public finance and taxation, public health management, public relations, social work, state legislature, stock market, transportation planning, and urban planning. (Cross listed as STSH-4800. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH-4800.) Prerequisites: STSH- 1110/STSS-1110; IHSS-1960; first year studies course or permission of instructor. Fall and spring terms annually.

4 credit hours