PSYN 399 - Internship Soc/Beh Sciences

Credit(s): 3-6
3-6 hours lecture, 3-6 hours contact
Cross-Listed With: BHSC 399, SOCL 399
Practice experience, program planning and/or research provide the student with an opportunity to interact with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly and become acquainted with the complexities of administering programs in the human service professions. Field placements will be available in a wide variety of locations such as preschools, day care centers, residential and outpatient drug treatment centers, social service agencies, senior centers, nursing homes, municipal housing projects, community outreach services, and hospitals. A minimum of 135 hours of fieldwork for the semester is required for 3 credits, 270 hours for 6 credits. A maximum of six credits of cooperative education or internship credits may be applied to the major. Students meet in small groups with faculty on a regular basis.