Student Internships at Urban
The Urban Practicum course engages students in a highly structured internship focused on vocational and professional growth. As part of this required course at Urban, students are expected to spend a minimum of 24 hours each week at their chosen placement site, in addition to completing regular reading and written assignments as well as participating in a weekly seminar (see below). Students receive 8-12 units of credit for their internship, some or all of which may done for major credit (depending on their department).
Description of Practicum Seminar: “Faith, Ethics and Vocational Identity” (I.S. 190)
This class meets from 10:30am-12:00pm every Thursday. The purpose of this required seminar class is to enable Urban Program students to critically-engage and reflect on their day-to-day internship experiences in renewed faith-based ways. The course is designed to foster a deeper understanding of personal-vocational identity. Through guest speaker presentations and shared dialogue on common workplace issues and challenges, this course seeks to help students discover what it means to live faithfully amidst a range of complex and diverse settings while integrating a Christian/social justice worldview perspective.
How Students Find an Internship
At the beginning of each semester, students prepare for their internship search through various training sessions with the Office of Life Planning staff, which are designed to equip them with job search skills such as resume-writing and interviewing. Students find this training to be very helpful for their Urban internship search as well as professional endeavors after college. Students also meet with Professor Brad Berky, Director of Internships, to identify possible internship placements in San Francisco. They are able to choose their internship from past Urban internships as well as new internships that they might find on their own. Each student is expected to complete 3 interviews at various placement sites before choosing the one that is right for them.
What Internship Opportunities are available?
Internships at the Urban Program can be obtained in a variety of businesses, media outlets, agencies and non-profit organizations within San Francisco, and include all areas of study. Because of our long-standing relationship with numerous organizations, the options are limitless! Over the course of the Urban Program’s history, approximately 250 internships have been offered.
Please see the links below for examples of internships that students have had in the past, and the majors of students who have worked there. Please note that the list is certainly not exhaustive, and that all internships are open to all majors. There are plenty of internships that are not listed, and we can accommodate students from any and all majors.
For more information on internship placement possibilities on the Urban program, please contact Professor Brad Berky at bberky@pacbell.net.
Urban Internships organized by major
Urban Internships organized alphabetically
Searching for an Internship on the Internet
There are also several internet search engines that might be helpful to you in finding an internship in San Francisco (please see below).
General Search Sites:
Craigslist Bay Area (Click on jobs and check internship box)
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/
InternshipPrograms.com (Click San Francisco in location box)
www.internshipprograms.com
Yahoo (Enter internships and San Francisco in search bar)
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com
SF Bay Area Progressive Directory
www.bapd.org
Special Interest Search Sites:
Social Work/Social Services
http://www.sfstation.com/social-services/business-directory/2
San Francisco Bay Area Volunteer Center (Non-profits)
www.volunteerinfo.org
TV, Radio and Advertising
/www.bayareastar.org
Business, Law and Government
http://www.sfgov.org
To explore other options within your areas of interest, you can also Google: “_________ internships in San Francisco” to find additional organizations.
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