实习及研究经历
Internships are experiential learning opportunities that allow you to observe and participate in professional work environments and explore how your interests relate to possible careers.
We distinguish internships from other work experiences because internships directly relate to your program of study and have clearly defined learning objectives. 通过实习, 你可以在与职业相关的职位上工作, network with professionals in your field and increase your marketability upon graduation. Internships include paid and unpaid positions. 也可能包括学术学分.
实习经费
Encouraging lifelong careers of public service, this program combines experiential learning and exploration of vocation with service to humanity. Students with a demonstrated commitment to public service propose internships (either self-designed or existing) that serve those in need, 无论是食物, 避难所, 教育, medical attention social justice or spiritual sustenance. Internships include at least 200 contact hours and take place in the United States or abroad.
The Advantage Award program is a signature program of the college that provides you with the opportunity to pursue immersive experiences linking the classroom to a wider world: internships and undergraduate research. The Advantage Award leads to learning opportunities in domestic and global settings that enable you to develop a compelling individual portfolio of knowledge, skills and experiences critical to career and post-graduate success.
Agnes Scott students can apply for a Bevier Summer Public Health Internship, which provides funding for full-time summer (eight-week) research and internship opportunities, including work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other organizations.
由该领域的专家指导, 实习生协助实验室研究, 编制卫生宣传材料, work with community health organizations or study disease prevalence and transmission. Interns often develop their own independent research projects, too.
自2006年以来, 48 students have received support from the program, made possible through the generosity of Pamela J. Bevier '61, who dedicated much of her career to work in public health. Bevier now serves on the college's Board of Trustees. The Bevier Summer Public Health Internship Program selects approximately six high-achieving students to participate in paid summer internships in a variety of public health organizations.
实习学分
You can obtain academic credit for completing an internship in one of two ways:
- Through participation in a for-credit internship course
- 通过独立实习
An internship course is led by an instructor and meets on a regular basis — once or twice a week — for discussion and sharing 关于 the internship. The instructor will require readings and a final project, 报告或论文. The instructor teaches the course, grades assignments and may conduct site visits. 实习课程可获得4个学分.
For-credit internships require students to work at least 10 hours per week for 13 weeks or 130 hours total for a four-credit internship.
To register for the course, students should contact Tomeka斯蒂芬斯 in the 实习和职业发展办公室.
An independent internship or 450 is an individual experience with a faculty sponsor. This type of for-credit internship consists of regular one-on-one meetings with a faculty sponsor who will design, facilitate and grade the academic component of the internship. 学术成分各不相同, but typically consists of a reading list and reflective paper throughout the internship and/or a final project, 报告或论文.
Students may customize an independent internship for one to four credit hours. Registration requires a 450 application form approved by the faculty sponsor, 实习地点和 实习和职业发展办公室.
研究经历
本科生科研经历 简称“REU”. These are summer programs that offer college students the opportunity to conduct full-time research, under the mentorship of faculty and sometimes graduate students and postdocs in larger research teams. For Scotties interested in participating in REU, the 妇女科学中心 is the best place to start searching! The 妇女科学中心 coordinates programs that support students and faculty in the sciences. 了解更多 关于 指导研究，REU和 妇女科学中心.
