Independent Internship in Psychology

Catalog description

Students apply the psychological concepts they have learned in the classroom and laboratory to work-related experiences. Working with the cooperation of the Life Career Advising Center and a faculty sponsor, the student will secure an internship site. On a volunteer basis, students will work 50 hours per credit per term at their internship sites. Students are required to develop learning objectives at the start of their internship, keep a journal of their internship experience throughout their placement, and write a final paper that includes an integrated review of the literature and reports their progress in meeting their learning objectives. Limited to Psychology majors.