Internships--SOCG or ANTH 499

Qualified juniors or seniors may elect to take up to 12 hours of internship credit. For a sociology internship, a qualified student must have completed at least SOCG 100: Social Problems and SOCG 200: Principles of Sociology, and six credits of upper-level work before enrolling in an internship.

Sociology internships may not be counted towards the major ; in anthropology they may be so counted.

You can learn about available internships through the Office of Career Services, by talking to your academic advisor or the career advisor for your discipline, or by consulting the department's "Future" file, located in the hall outside Monroe Suite 306. The career advisors in sociology are Dr Joan Olson and Dr Debra Schleef. In anthropology the career advisor is Dr Margaret Huber.

A student intern works with a supervisor in an agency of the student's choosing, here in Fredericksburg or in the wider region. In rare circumstances it may be possible to have an internship in a remote location. A member of the department is the academic advisor for the internship, and helps the student relate the intern experience to academic sociology or anthropology. Whether the internship is counted in the major or not, it is a useful learning experience that may helps clarify career choices and that often leads to a job after graduation.