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General Information          

PSYC 435 offers the psychology major the opportunity to gain experience outside of the classroom by working in the field alongside a professional while receiving course credit. The student will apply psychological knowledge and develop practical skills in a placement under the supervision of a person who holds a graduate degree. Course requirements include a series of written journal essays and a major project, in addition to a minimum of 120 hours at the internship site. PSYC 435 credit can be earned only for placements in which the student is not paid.

For further information on undergraduate internship opportunities, please email Professor & Assistant Chairperson Dr. Evangeline Wheeler, ewheeler AT_TOWSONor stop in for a visit at LA 2210B.

 

Prerequisites

• A student must have completed a minimum of 23 credits in psychology before applying for an internship placement.
• A student must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their psychology courses and a minimum GPA of 3.0 overall.
• A number of agencies now require that a student successfully pass a police background check and/or a drug test before they are accepted for an internship.

• It can take up to several weeks for a student to complete agency interviews and any background and/or drug tests and eventually be offered an internship at an agency.  So that they complete this process in time to register for next semester鈥檚 classes, a student should make an appointment with the coordinator of PSYC 435 by the fourth or fifth week of the current semester. Please note, each student and the coordinator must be considerate of others鈥攖here are a large number of studnets who want to do internships in a given semester, and there are only a limited number of seats available. 

PSYC 435 Requirements

•  An internship student must complete any orientation or training and all work requirements established by the agency鈥檚 director of internship placement and/or the agency鈥檚 onsite supervisor.

• If a student starts the internship after the first week of the semester begins, he or she must still complete the total number of hours required for the number of PSYC 435 credit hours enrolled in order to receive course credit (see Course Credit below).

• The student must arrange weekly supervision meetings with his or her onsite supervisor.

• A student must make sure that an accurate record of the number of hours spent each week at the internship鈥攁nd this includes time spent in orientation and/or training sessions and/or in fulfilling other obligations.  If an agency does not use its own record-keeping system, the internship student must use the Time Sheet provided by the coordinator of PSYC 435. 

• The student must contact the coordinator of PSYC 435 whenever difficulties arise that cannot be satisfactorily resolved with the agency鈥檚 onsite supervisor and/or director of internship placement.

• An internship student must complete all requirements presented in the course syllabus for the semester in which he or she is enrolled in PSYC 435, including meeting with the coordinator of PSYC 435, maintaining a written journal, and completing a final project.

Credit Hours

In order to obtain the minimum number of 3 credit hours of PSYC 435 for which a student can enroll, they must work 120 hours (approximately 1 full day or its equivalent per week) in the internship placement over the semester鈥攁nd this includes time spent in orientation and/or training sessions and/or in fulfilling other obligations.  For each additional 40 hours of work over the semester, the student can enroll for 1 additional credit hour of PSYC 435, up to a maximum of 6 credit hours. 

A student may repeat PSYC 435 in (a) subsequent semester(s) at the same or a different agency if the work required is different from that completed in a previous semester.  Prior to graduation undergraduate students may complete up to a total of 12 credit hours of PSYC 435.  All credit hours completed apply toward the 120 credit hours required for graduation by the university.  However, only 6 credit hours of PSYC 435 can be applied, as electives, toward the psychology major. 

Responsibilities of the placement agency

• The agency will provide orientation and/or training in specific skills required for the internship.
• The agency will provide the student with an on-site supervisor who holds a graduate degree.
• The onsite supervisor will directly oversee the student in performing their job, provide weekly meetings with the student, and if the agency does not use its own record-keeping system, sign the student鈥檚 Time Sheet each week.
• The agency鈥檚 coordinator of internship placement and/or onsite supervisor may assign specific readings or give the student outside assignments to enhance his or her learning and performance.
• Within the final week of the internship, the onsite supervisor will evaluate the student鈥檚 performance.
• By accepting a student for an internship, the placement agency has no obligation to provide a student with future employment.