Child and Adolescent Internship

Catalog description

This course will be conducted in a seminar format with one-on-one meetings with a faculty instructor. The internship is designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge and practice newly-learned skills through hands-on field experience with children and adolescents in an educational or social services setting. Students will complete 120 hours of volunteer/work experience in an approved educational or social services setting that serves children and/or adolescents. The specific work setting and work responsibilities are determined through consultation with the faculty instructor. Forty hours in the work setting will equal one academic credit. Students can complete 120 hours of work experience over the course of the semester to receive 3 credits for the course. This course may be repeated for additional credit.