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Sociolgy 495 Internship 

Sociology Internship, Sociology 495, provides students with a supervised professional experience in a service organization. Interns gain workforce experiences, skills, a professional network, and apply their sociological knowledge in the professional world.

Why Intern?

Most graduate and profession schools prefer admission to students who have internship experience.  This is especially true for those aiming for social work, teaching, human relations and other helping careers.  A number of post graduate surveys document that college students who complete an internship are more marketable in the job market.

Internships provide an opportunity to assess your career direction, to land a job, to obtain  valuable letters of recommendation for post graduate experiences in the labor force or advance degree programs.

Requirements

A 2.5 GPA is required for a Sociology Internship.  Students who  have completed at least 12 units coursework in Sociology are eligible for consideration with the instructor’s approval.

In the Sociology Internship course, students complete 120 hours of direct service in a community agency or organization that offers professional supervision.

Sociology 495 is an online course.  It requires  a mandatory three-hour course meeting during the first two weeks of the semester, and a required evaluation appointment with Dr. Walsh, the Internship Coordinator and instructor  for Sociology 495.

Enrollment

If you have a 2.5 GPA, enroll in Sociology 495, the Sociology Internship course.

  1. To secure a permit to register, please email Dr. Walsh (ewalsh@fullerton.edu) with response to the following:
    1. What are your notions about the kind of work you want after graduation?
    2. Do you plan to continue your education after graduation?
    3. If so, what field interests you?
    4. Is there a population you prefer NOT to work with (e.g. pre-school children, Domestic Violence victims, K-12 youth, etc.)
  2. Dr. Walsh will look for the best placement for your goals and will respond giving you that information and authorizing Sociology to issue the permit.
  3. Sociology will send you further instructions on how to use the permit to register.

Once you have enrolled in Sociology 495, you can expect information about the one mandatory zoom meeting in Fall as well as instructions for meeting with your field placement.

Internship Sites

Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (On Campus):  Placements focused on customer service; event planning;  scheduling art installations, etc.
 
Girls, Inc:  Placements in classrooms  in 3 districts (Anaheim USD; Centralia ESD; Santa Ana USD)  and a counseling program for HS students in Newport Beach.  Placement focus on direct service.
 
Higher Ground: Placements focus on after school enrichment activities and family/community support via helping with free spaghetti night for neighbors.
 
Osher Life Long Learning Institute (On Campus): Placement focuses in intergenerational and intercultural communications.

Sociology Internship information is available at the Sociology Department office (CP-900).

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

Eileen Walsh, Internship Coordinator
E-Mail:ewalsh@fullerton.edu
Phone: (657) 278-2737.  Email will facilitate a more timely response than a telephone message.