The Berkeley Summer Internship Program is a unique program that gives you the opportunity to earn academic course credit while gaining practical experience in your field of interest.

Participating students take courses on the UC Berkeley campus, while interning with a Bay Area firm or organization. Participation in the internship is supported by enrollment in an online internship course. This course is designed to enable you to make the most of your internship by integrating your professional experience with your academic skills and goals.

UC Berkeley students are encouraged to consult with their academic advisors to see which major/minor or breadth requirements this program may fulfill. Visiting students are encouraged to talk to their advisors about transfer of credit to their home institutions.

Interested students can apply to the Summer Internship Program February 1, 2010. Applications are reviewed as they are received, and space is limited. All applicants must submit a complete application before they can be considered for participation.

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Participants enroll in a minimum of 2 courses: the online internship course and an internship track course.

A. Online Internship Course (ISF 187)

While working in your internship, you participate in an online course designed to relate your professional experience to your academic endeavors. You are guided through an intensive investigation of academic and professional career goals, culminating in an individualized research project.

B. Internship Track Course

The Berkeley Summer Internship Program offers you a distinct opportunity by combining Berkeley courses with professional experience.

Students select a course from one of the following internship tracks:

• Arts, Culture, Museums
• Business, Management, IT, Finance, Accounting
• Marketing, Public Relations, Hospitality, Advertising
• Healthcare, Education, Social Services, Psychology
• Politics, Law, Non-Governmental Organizations
• Communications, Media, Film

Courses vary from 2 to 5 units and meet from two to five days per week. The audit option is not available for Summer Internship Program participants.

*Please do not register for courses through Tele-Bears. You will be enrolled in your courses through the internship application process.

Program Cost

Total Cost = Unit Fees + Program Fee

Unit Fees
Fees for the Summer Sessions course and internship course are assessed at the published Berkeley Summer Sessions per unit charge. The Unit Fees have not been set for Summer 2010.

Program Fee
The Program Fee has not been set for Summer 2010

Joel Clark, instructor of the online Internship course, is director of the UC Berkeley Washington program, and a graduate of UC Santa Barbara where he earned his Ph.D. in political science. Clark has authored two books involving careers and professional development: Intern to Success (Houghton Mifflin, 2002) and Careers in Political Science (Longman 2003). His grant work includes the development of web-based learning resources for Arlington (VA) County Schools, and the production of a 12-part video series, “Democracy in America.”

Prior to his current appointment with UC Berkeley, Clark helped create and direct the University of North Carolina in Washington program from 2004-2008. Before that, he directed the Michigan State University Washington program from 2001 to 2004. He has taught at American University and George Washington University in Washington, DC, and George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

Participate in the Berkeley Summer Internship Program, and choose from a variety of locations in which to do your internship placement. Stay in the Bay Area, or travel as far as Washington DC with the Cal in the Capital Program or New Orleans with the Magnolia Project. The program in Berkeley includes placement in a Bay Area firm (from San Jose to Walnut Creek and Marin), and enrollment in a Berkeley Summer Sessions course of your choice. In New Orleans you will work in the non-profit sector and complete a community based research project. In Washington you may work on Capitol Hill, in a “think tank”, a cabinet department, or an NGO. In all three locations, you will participate in the online Internship course (ISF 187 - Experiential Learning: Organizational Context, Self Reflection, and Professional Development), and receive academic credit on a Berkeley transcript.

Participation in the New Orleans and DC programs is limited to UC Berkeley students. Financial aid is available for these two programs, provided that students enroll in an additional online course for a minimum of six units

This is a great opportunity to gain experience and credit. Find which one of these options works for you, then contact us for more information.