Participating in an internship is a great way to put classroom learning into practical experience. While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, internships encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation. Below are two options for earning internship credits.
HDF 480/481 is the capstone course for HDF majors. ITR 302/304 may substitute for HDF 480/481 in extenuating circumstances. Meet with your academic advisor to plan your internship.
HDF 480/481 & ITR 302/304 Comparison
HDF 480/481: Field Experience & Seminar
Requirements
- Minimum 90 credits prior to internship
- Permission of instructor
Logistics
- Senior field experience in community agencies; seminar with group discussions and related academic assignments
- HDF 480 (field experience) 6-12 credits (S/U Only)
- HDF 481 (seminar) 1 credit
- Registration form due April 25 or December 5 the semester preceding the internship
Contact
- Providence Campus
- Julianna Golas
- jgolas@uri.edu
- 401.277.5040
- Kingston Campus
- Professor Phyllis Penhallow
- pcpen@mail.uri.edu
- 401.874.2150
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ITR302/304: Field Experience & Seminar
Requirements
- 2.0 cumulative GPA or higher
- Minimum 60 credits prior to internship
- Available free elective credits
- Good academic and social standing
Logistics
- ITR 302 Field Experience: 3-12 credits (S/U grade)
- ITR 304 Seminar: 3 credits (letter grade)
- Seminar is asynchronous online via Brightspace
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Explore Past Internship Opportunities
The following list is a sample of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits. This list is not exhaustive.
Rhode Island Internships
- Bradley Hospital
- Bristol/Warren School Department
- Cranston Public Schools
- Easter Seals of Rhode Island
- Newport Hospital
- RI Board of Governors for Higher Education
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Rhode Island Kids Count
- Save the Bay
- South Kingstown Cares
- URI W. Alton Jones Campus
- West Kingston Elementary School
- Alphabet Soup
- Child & Family
- Children’s Friend & Service
- Hazard School
- Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
- City Year
- Community Care Services
- Kindercare Learning Center
- Norman Bird Sanctuary
- Plan USA
- The Groden Center
- The YMCA of Greater Providence
- The ARC of Blackstone Valley
- The College Crusade of RI
- Early Intervention
- Education Exchange
Out-Of-State Internships
- Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Programs
- Coastal Studies for Girls
- Magnet School Public #120
- Southern NH Speech-Language & Reading
- Services, LLC
- Trinity Risk, LLC
- Stonington Human Services
Sources: HDF website Agency Listings, End-of-year-report pages 34-37: Internship Placements from Fall 2010, Spring 2011, & Summer 2011, and Explore Internship Opportunities by Major Archives 2009-2011