{"id":1173,"date":"2013-03-22T19:23:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:55:16","slug":"political-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/political-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>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, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your two options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step-container\">\n<h3>PSC 375\/376: Field Experience in Practical Politics<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prerequisite: 12 credits in the social sciences with 6 credits in PSC<\/li>\n<li>Permission of instructor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Field Experience in Practical Politics<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 3 credits (S\/U only)<\/li>\n<li>Supervised experience in local, state, and national units of government, political organizations, private and public community agencies<\/li>\n<li>Students must have placement description, faculty supervisor, and outline of academic component of experience prior to registration<\/li>\n<li>Earn a maximum of 6 credits (S\/U Only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Parker<\/li>\n<li>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:cmparker@uri.edu\">cmparker@uri.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-notice-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-notice\" data-hash=\"d65ff28ddb6596a5f4f3359463ca5cf4\"><h1>ITR302\/304: Field Experience &amp; Seminar<\/h1><p><b>Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.0 cumulative GPA or higher<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 60 credits prior to internship<\/li>\n<li>Available free elective credits<\/li>\n<li>Good academic and social standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Logistics<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ITR 302 Field Experience: 3-12 credits (S\/U grade)<\/li>\n<li>ITR 304 Seminar: 3 credits (letter grade)<\/li>\n<li>Seminar is asynchronous online via <a href=\"http:\/\/brightspace.uri.edu\">Brightspace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/ces-assignments\/\">Career Education Specialist<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"opps\">\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"font-style: normal;\">Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Hind, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Aids Care Ocean State<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Congressman Jim Langevin`s Office<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Department of Attorney General<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Greek Affairs, Office of Student Life<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">GTECH<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Narragansett Police Dept<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Office of Lt. Govenor<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Office of Sheldon Whitehouse<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Providence City Council<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Representative Michael Marcello<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Rhode Island Dept of Health<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">RI Commission for Human Rights<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">RI State House<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">RI State Senate<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">URI Police Department<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">URI-Recreational Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"font-style: normal;\">Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: Hind, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Crosscare Eccles Street<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">DHL Developmental Hockey League<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Haitian Family Organization<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Irvington Housing Authority<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">National Security Associates Worldwide<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">PLUS Entertainment<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">The JL Group<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px; max-width: 750px;\">Washington Center Internship Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Sources: Internship Placements from Fall 2010, Spring 2011, &#038; Summer 2011, and Explore Internship Opportunities by Major Archives 2009-2011 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 &#8211; 3 credits (S\/U only)<br \/>\nSupervised experience in local, state, and national units of government, political organizations, private and public community agencies<br \/>\nStudents must have placement description, faculty supervisor, and outline of academic component of experience prior to registration<br \/>\nEarn a maximum of 6 credits (S\/U Only)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55053,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/55053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}