Internships

F&DM Internship Policy and Guidlines

Students are encouraged to find and do internships related to their academic major as long as they follow these guidelines.

  • The department will give credit for internships a maximum of two times (two 5 unit credit field studies but not two consecutive internships with the same company).  
  • Internships are credited as Independent Studies - Field Studies (198) for not more than five units and never for a letter grade - they must be P/NP.  
  • Students should seek a faculty sponsor with whom they have already had a class.  Department faculty are under NO OBLIGATION to sponsor an internship for a student they do not know of have not had in a class.  It is recommended that students do this in person.  Multiple, simultaneous e-mails to several faculty are NOT acceptable.  
  • Students have an obligation to arrange internships PRIOR to the Quarter they will be interns.  Internships will NOT be approved after the end of the first week of the Quarter (see note below for Summer Internships).  
  • The faculty sponsor working with the student should suggest a reading list to accompany the internship, so that there is a critical or historical component to the experience.  
  • The student will turn in a report to the faculty sponsor.  This should be a description of the job tasks within the context of the field of work, and also should include insights derived from the assigned reading.  Additionally, the student is responsible for ensuring that their supervisor will write an evaluation of their performance.  This should be established at the beginning of the internship, with the supervisor contacting the faculty sponsor.  

 

 

Arts Internship Program

The Arts Division is launching an internship program for upper-division and graduate students in any of the arts majors. This includes: Art, Digital Art and New Media, Film + Digital Media, History of Art and Visual Culture, Music, and Theater Arts. Participating students will be eligible for field study and have access to division resources as they search for an internship. 

More information can be found at http://arts.ucsc.edu/interns

 

SUMMER INDEPENDENT FIELD STUDIES (Undergraduate)-Internships

If you wish to complete an Internship during the Summer, after having prepared paperwork with your faculty sponsor, you should enroll through Summer Session – www.summer.ucsc.edu, or e-mail summers@ucsc.edu, or phone 459-2524. They can inform you regarding costs and enrollment procedures. 

 

To Enroll

You must submit a completed and signed Petition for Individual Studies form (available from the sponsoring department office) to the Summer Session Office beginning on April 16 (a separate registration form is no longer required). Note that Field Studies are independent of session and may be completed any time during the ten-week period.

 

Fees for Independent Field Studies

**Please note-the fees indicated below are valid for the 2012 Summer Session**

Fees are $271 per credit.  Fee examples below:

1-5 credits.....$1,355
6-10 credits....$2,710
11-15 credits…$4,065

 

Independent field studies students do not receive a summer sticker for ID Cards (unless purchased separately for an additional $283 campus fee). Please contact the Parking Office if you are interested in purchasing just a bus pass for the summer.

NOTE: If you are eligible for Financial Aid and are enrolled in Independent Field Studies, please allow up to two weeks for the Summer Session Office to set up the course and enroll you before your aid can be dispersed.

 

Deadlines for Independent Field Studies

     * Final day to enroll: July 7, Saturday

    * Last day to drop & receive refundable fees: July 8, Sunday

($50 is non-refundable cancellation fee if you drop all units)

 

Grades for Independent Field Studies
Grades for all field studies should be available after September 8, 2012

 

 

For the most recent information on Summer Session Independent Studies visit: http://summer.ucsc.edu/ifu

Summer Session Home: http://summer.ucsc.edu/