Internships for Credit

Weinberg College awards credit only for internships with a substantive academic component. If you would like to participate in an internship and earn academic credit, take a look at the internship programs listed below. All are organized and overseen by academic departments or interdisciplinary programs of Weinberg College and approved by the College’s Curricular Review Committee.

Detailed Guidelines for Credit-Bearing Field Study Programs & Internships In Weinberg College are available online.

You can find information about doing a not-for-credit internship elsewhere in this section of the Undergraduate Studies website.

Chicago Field Studies

Chicago Field Studies (CFS) is the largest academic internship program on campus. It offers programs every quarter on a variety of subjects, such as social justice, law, civic engagement, business, and Chicago history. Depending on the program, students intern up to 36 hours per week and earn 1 to 4 units of credit. Internship organizations are treated as sites for research and reflection; experiences there also inform seminar discussions and assignments. CFS programs are open to students in any school and major. Admission is by application only, and students must attend an information session before applying. For more information, contact the Chicago Field Studies program.

Other For-Credit Internships in Weinberg College

AF AM ST 396-0 Internship in African American Studies
Analysis of social and cultural institutions through field study and participant observation. Entails a research project sponsored by a Northwestern faculty member. Prerequisite: advanced student or senior standing

ANTHRO 395-0 Field Study in Anthropology
Ethnographic field experience in the United States or abroad. Offered in conjunction with summer field schools for exceptional students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

ART HIST 396-0 Internship in the Arts
Direct participation, with oversight by a faculty member, in the curatorial/educational activities of the Block Museum or another established arts organization. Prerequisite: 1 300-level art history course.

BUS INST 392-0 Business Institutions Program Internship Seminar
Allows students to relate scholarship concerning an aspect of corporate culture to experience gained from an internship. Prerequisite: consent of the Harvey Kapnick Business Institutions program.

ENVR SCI 390-0 Internship in Environmental Sciences (1–2 units of credit)
Participation in off-campus research activities of public and private environmental organizations under the supervision of faculty. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and consent of the Environmental Sciences program director.

GNDR ST 375-0-0 Internship in Gender Studies
Field research and practical work experience in activist organizations; biweekly meeting with the instructor and other interns for discussion of internship experiences and common readings. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

HUM 390-0 Humanities Internship
Placement at a Chicago cultural institution or theater, such as the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute, Lyric Opera, or Newberry Library, for approximately 10 hours per week; entails a research project supervised by a Northwestern faculty mentor. Prerequisites: grade point average of 3.0 or higher and consent of Northwestern's Alice Berliner Kaplan Humanities Institute.

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