Internship in Sociology & Anthropology

Anth 395 / SSP 395 (1-4 credits)
Supervised experience in a setting relevant to anthropology or sociology/social psychology. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: open only to department majors. SS

Students opting to meet their major requirement are expected to be proactive in seeking an internship. There are a variety of agencies and opportunities that students have taken advantage of to fulfill the obligation -- see the list below.

1. Description of the work: 12-hrs./week at the internship (3 hours per credit at the internship)

2. Weekly Log. Submit a weekly log as email or whatever form arranged - descriptive and/or analytical about their week’s activities and/or meet with your professor as arranged. Answer any questions about your weekly entry raised by the professor responsible for you.

3. Five page paper. At the end of the term, submit a five page paper analysis of the learning experience, its meaning, what was learned, and what was not. Conclude with an evaluative statement placing the learning experience within the context of your educational career.

4. Grading is based on your insights and details in your weekly report or in discussions between you and your professor. Your answers to questions and issues raised by your professor and the merit found in your final paper are also part of the evaluation process.

5. Contact information. The student is responsible for providing the professor with the name of the person who will be directly supervising the intern and the email address or telephone number of that person.

6. Concerns. If the internship is not going as expected – for example, you are assigned some menial task for two or three times in a row, we will call the supervisor and ask about the intentions.

We will provide the supervisor with email and phone numbers so that if there are questions or the student fails to appear, they can call us about it. We also ask you to give out our evaluation form to your supervisor.

Examples of possible internship placements.

On-Campus:

• Childcare Center
• Wellness Center
• Office of Student Leadership Development
• Global Citizens
• Office of Multicultural Affairs
• Centennial School of Lehigh University
• Leadership Office
• Alumni Association
• Admissions Office
• Human Resources
• Athletic Department

• Valley Youth House
• Food and Friends
• Alliance for Sustainable Communities
• Hotel Bethlehem
• Social Security Office, Bethlehem
• Kirkland Village Life Care Community
• St. Luke's Hospital - Dept. of Community Health
• Lepoco Peace Center
• Lehigh County Dept. of Corrections
• Visiting Nurses Assoc. of Eastern, PA
• Senior Centers of Bethlehem
• Community Action Committee of Lehigh Valley (CACLV)
• Health Bureau - Allentown or Bethlehem
• AIDSNET
• Lehigh or Northampton County Probation office
• Legal firms