Sociology
Internship and Career Information
Internships
Internships involve the placement of students in over a hundred different organizations that they can choose from. Students apply their classroom learning as counselors or program administrators with persons from childhood through old age. Students provide direct service to clients or work on specific organizational or community projects. Placements help develop professional skills, knowledge of careers, and work experience. Internships are an excellent way to develop professional work habits, create networks and contacts, build a student's resume, and provide a vital opportunity to connect academic knowledge with real world experience. Student interns are supervised both by a faculty member and a professional in the placement. Internships are awarded credits and can be volunteer or paid.
Examples of student internships:
- Helping youth in a group home for troubled adolescents
- Assisting with programs such as Meals on Wheels at a Senior Center
- Serving as a counselor at a local youth center
- Assisting probation officers in a District Court or Juvenile Court
- Helping families at a homeless shelter become independent
- Helping a battered woman receive protection and services
- Assisting foster families build connections through programming
- Developing play activities for children in low-income neighborhoods
Careers
Sociology Majors Are in Demand in Field such as
- Counseling
- Corrections
- Criminal justice
- Education
- Health services
- Personnel
- Social research
- Management
- Sales
- Social work
- Urban planning
- Rehabilitation
Graduate School Opportunities
Training in the field of Sociology can lead to graduate study in anthropology, counseling, law, education, public health, labor relations, sociology, social work and other related disciplines. Our students have gone on to graduate programs at schools such as:
- SUNY Albany
- Springfield College
- North Texas State University
- Smith School of Social Work
- University of Connecticut
- University of Massachusetts
- Cambridge College
- Boston University
- College of St. Rose
- University of Maryland
- Wheelock College
- SUNY Plattsburgh
- University of Vermont
