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Austria Icon Vienna

Internships for academic credit provide an invaluable complement to classroom work for students spending a full academic year in Vienna. Internships are worth four semester hours credit and are conducted during the Spring term. An academic background in the subject area is required. Below is a list of internships offered in the past and the areas of interest they cover. For descriptions and specific requirements, please contact the Office of International Education.

*Full year students who wish to participate in this internship will spend their second semester in the provincial center of Graz. Students intern in the English department of a teacher training college, while taking classes at the college in the humanities and social sciences.

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England Icon London

 For most London students, the internship is an integral part of their academic experience. Internships carry four semester hours of credit and typically involve a minimum 8-10 hours per week of on-site work, in addition to written assignments and conferences. Below are some examples of internships which may be available.

ART AND ART HISTORY
Bankside Gallery - private art gallery
Rebecca Hossacks Gallery - private art gallery
Fusion Glass Studios - specialist glass design studio

BIOLOGY
Devonshire Hospital - private hospital
Lister Hospital - private hospital
London Bridge Clinic

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Anderson Consulting - financial consultants
BFP Momentum - advertising/marketing agency Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - national health hospital
European Gateway - telecommunications company
Explore International - documentary distribution company
Lister Hospital - private hospital
London Bridge Hospital - private healthcare hospital
Midland Secutities Services - profit center of large U.K. bank group

COMMUNICATIONS
Aga Khan Foundation - charity for third world countries
The American - newspaper for Americans in the U.K.
BBC World Service - Research and Correspondence Dept. - audience surveying
Explorer International - magazine
Harper Collins Publishing - various departments
Little Magazines (Poetry)
Library at University College - part of the main University of London Library
London Network Radio - hospital radio station
TNT - Australian magazine
United Nations Library - library and research departments
Zenith Productions - television production company

Computer Science
Cap Gemeni - largest U.K. affiliate company of IBM

EDUCATION
Southbank International School - private international school for ages 5-18

Plus, various elementary schools.

ENGLISH (SEE COMMUNICATIONS)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Amnesty International
Friends of the Earth
Greenpeace Foundation

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SEE COMPUTER SCIENCE)

JOURNALISM (SEE COMMUNICATIONS)

MUSIC - ADMINISTRATION
London Choral Society - leading London choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra - world famous orchestras
New London Orchestra

MUSIC - CHORAL CONDUCTING
St. Cuthburt's Church Choir

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - SPORTS MEDICINE (SEE BIOLOGY)

OPTHALMOLOGY (SEE BIOLOGY)

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Parliamentry Internships - Internships involve aiding the running of the office, shadowing the Member of Parliament (M.P.), research, working with other M.P.s and assisting the M.P. and their assistants. Students will be exposed to the particular areas of interest of the M.P. they are working under, and will often have to visit the M.P.s constituency (often quite far from London), sometimes on weekends. Interns should have a strong interest in politics and world news/issues and be comfortable communicating with politicians, influential business people, etc.
Future of Europe Trust - arranges annual conferences and receptions attended by worldwide politicians and their representatives on international issues.
Conservation Central Office Research Department
European Foundation - conservation think-tank
Free Tibet Campaign
Keith Vaz M.P. - labor
Ian Duncan-Smith M.P. - conservative
Martin O'Neill M.P. - labor
Parliamentary Group for World Government - International political issues.
United Nations Association

PUBLIC RELATIONS (SEE COMMUNICATIONS)

PUBLISHING (SEE COMMUNICATIONS)

PSYCHOLOGY (SEE SOCIAL SCIENCES)

RELIGION

London city Mission

SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCES/SOCIOLOGY
Amnesty International - See Environmental Science
Bayswater Family Center - a center for homeless people
Family Planning Association - interns must not be anti-abortion
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Shelter - volunteer organization for the homeless
Westminster Pensioners Assoc. - organization for the elderly
Riverside Mental Health Trust TELEVISION (SEE COMMUNICATIONS)

THEATRE
The Gate Theatre
Kings Head Theatre
Polka Theatre for Children - children's theatre only.

Please note that the internships listed above are subject to availability and to student qualifications. No particular internship can be guaranteed and all internships require a separate application after acceptance to the London Program. For complete listings and descriptions for the term you plan to study abroad, please see the London Internship brochure or contact the Office of International Education.

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Netherlands Icon Leiden

 Internships for academic credit are available for mature students. They carry four semester hours of credit.

Internships for 1999-2000 are expected to be available with:

Leiden American Polygram Museum
KPMG, an international accounting firm
Waterstone's Bookshop
The Graduate School of Teaching and Learning
Krullevaar nursery school
Library of the Institute for East European Law and Russian Studies
Care of the Mentally Handicapped
MSP Associates, a management consultant firm
The American School of the Hague
NUFFIC, the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education
Frans Halsmuseum
Museum Het Rembrandthuis

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Mexico Icon Merida

 Internships and service learning projects for academic credit provide an invaluable complement to classroom work . Both can be arranged in a social service, educational, or business setting and are worth 1 - 3 semester hours. Listed below are internships which students have completed recently. Please note that some internships require that students have at least an intermediate knowledge of Spanish. For further information, contact the Office of International Education.

Teaching/Social Service

Hogares Juveniles A.C. - Tutoring and supervision at a home for homeless boys in downtown Merida.
Normal College - English teaching at a teacher training school (working with Mexican teachers and elementary school students).
Casa Cuna - Organizing play, physical therapy, teaching swimming at government orphanage, working with the psychologist.
School for the Blind - Aiding teachers at a school for sighted and non-sighted children.
Escuela Bilingue Mani - Teaching and aiding in English classes at a bilingual Spanish/Maya village school.
Ibero School - K-12 students assist in curriculum development (bilingual school in Mérida).
CEDART School - Teaching English at a government-sponsored high school for the arts.
Hotel Fiesta Americana - Teaching English to hotel employees
Club Hipico - Internships in equine therapy, working with disabled children and adults.

Archaeology

Museo de Historia e Antropologia - Learning identification and classification of ancient Maya pottery.
National Institute of Anthropology - assistant on archaeological digs at various Mayan ruin sites.
Museo de la Cuidad - working with the director on displays and lectures

Biology

Red Cross - Internship for ambulance duty
Mérida Zoo - animal care internship.

Business/ecology

Centro Ecologico Akumal - Developing and directing eco-tours, teaching ecology seminars in local public schools.
Chamber of Commerce - various duties as available.
Community Businesses - working in a small grocery store, coffee shop or factory

Political Science

PAN - oppositiobn party internship
State Congress - internship with local representatives

Other internships may be arranged, depending on individual interests, experience and background.

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Wales Icon Carmarthen

 Service learning opportunities with various organizations in Carmarthen are available to interested students. These are strictly volunteer opportunities, but students may earn two semester hours of credit for their participation. Such opportunities are a great way to immerse oneself in the local culture, make friends and make a difference. Opportunities are approved and arranged by the resident director. Successful past placements have included, but are not limited to:

The local Red Cross charity shop
The Carmarthen Learning Centre - assisting a wide range of individuals with learning disabilities.
Local Primary Schools - observation and assistance with class projects.
Dr. M's Youth Drop-in Centre - helping to staff a centre providing a "safe" environment for local young people.
Member of the European Parlianebt - data compilation and statistical analysis

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Spain Icon Granada

 SPAN 797S
Social Service Internship
2 SH. Available to all students. Prerequisite: Must have permission from the Spanish program director

The objective of the social service internship is to provide students with an opportunity to be exposed to a variety of realities and world views within the Spanish culture, while giving students an opportunity to "give something back" to their host city.

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