Internships

 

An internship is a training experience outside the classroom that allows students to earn academic credit.  They can be paid or unpaid.  Internships offer a valuable opportunity for students to explore career interests, develop their skills in an area in which they have had academic training, and establish contacts within the professional world that will assist them in making the transition from an undergraduate program to the job market.

 

Students are responsible for finding their internship placement. The Campus Career Center (3rd Floor Hornbake) serves as a clearinghouse for internship information.  Information about internships is also listed on the SOCY Internship Bulletin Board (Undergraduate Lounge) and on the Sociology Undergraduate Listserv.

 

Internship sites can include a variety of professional settings and organizations.  Students can choose from internships that provide them additional research experience or more applied opportunities in areas such as social services, human resources, or marketing.  A sampling of recent internship placements include the Children's Defense Fund, the National Center for Health Statistics, the Census Bureau, the Public Defender's Office and Montgomery General Hospital.

 

While an internship is optional, students are encouraged to consider an internship as part of their academic program.  Students may earn up to six (6) elective credits for this experience.  Additional information on guidelines and eligibility requirements for internships is available in the Sociology Undergraduate Office.

 

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The Sociology Department has an ongoing exchange program with the University of Surrey, Guildford England.  Each year the department selects two Sociology majors to participate in this program.  The students who are selected receive full one-year tuition scholarships.

 

To be eligible for the exchange you must be entering your junior year with a 3.0 overall GPA, preferably a 3.2 GPA in Sociology, and a willingness to study in Britain for a full year. An informational mmeeting will be announced at the beginning of February. Applications for interested students will be available in the Undergraduate Office and are due by March 10.

 

Information on other overseas opportunities is available from Dr. Richard Weaver in the Study Abroad Office (3125 Mitchell; 301.314.7746).

 

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The Sociology Honors Program is intended to encourage and recognize superior scholarship.  Participation in a departmental honors program offers the qualified student many benefits, including the opportunity to enroll in small seminars and graduate level courses and the opportunity to work on a one-to-one basis with faculty.  Honors work also provides additional evidence of a student's ability to successfully complete graduate work.

 

Students who have attained sophomore standing and have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 and a GPA of 3.5 in Sociology are eligible to apply to this program.  Additional information on the Sociology Honors Program can be obtained in the Undergraduate Office or from Dr. Linda Moghadam, Director of the Sociology Honors Program. 

 

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AKD in the National Honor Society for Sociology majors.  Its name derives from three Greek words that mean "to investigate mankind for the purpose of service."  Initiation into Alpha Kappa Delta is recognition of a student's excellent academic achievement and of their commitment to the discipline of Sociology. 

 

Students meeting the following criteria for membership may obtain an application from the Undergraduate Office:
1) Sociology major
2) Completion of 18 hours in Sociology at UMCP
3) 3.0 average in Sociology courses
4) 3.0 overall academic average

 

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The Sociology Undergraduate Program maintains a listserv to keep students informed about internships, employment, and scholarship opportunities as well as other news of interest to sociology majors.  To subscribe to this listserve, students should log on from the email address where they wish to receive correspondence and send the following message:
sub ugradsoc your name

to

LISTSERV@LISTSERV.umd.edu

 

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The Sociology Collective is the department's undergraduate organization. 

 

The Collective was established to provide opportunities for students to interact with other undergraduates and faculty.  The Collective sponsors social, academic, and service activities. 

 

Information on meetings is sent out at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters.  Interested students can also contact the Undergraduate Office.

 

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Undergraduate Ethnography Roundtable, Conducted on August 19, 2010.

 

Check out photos from the Undergraduate Ethnography Roundtable, where UMD undergraduates presented findings from their summer ethnographic research projects!  

 

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