DePaul Sociology Internships: Undergraduate

Undergraduate majors in Sociology may enroll in an Internship course (SOC 398). You can receive undergraduate credit interning at organizations in applied areas of Sociology - such as child and youth services, health and welfare agencies, criminal and juvenile justice departments and other types of social service agencies as well as commercial organizations. Interns spend the quarter working at the organization of choice, usually a minimum of ten hours per week.

Planning is required in advance of the quarter during which the Internship is conducted. In order to receive university credit for the internship, you must contact:

Professor Joyce Sween, Director of Internships
990 West Fullerton Avenue, Room 1103
773.325.4430

Recent Placements:

• AIDS Legal Council

• Arab American Action Network

• Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic

• Chicago Crime Commission

• Chicago Police Department

• Children's Memorial Hospital

• Christopher House (Social Services and Child Care)

• Circuit Court of Cook County, Juvenile Justice

• Erie Neighborhood House (Social Services and Child Care)

• Gang Crime Prevention Center (IL State's Attorney's Office)

• Henry Booth House Family Center

• Howard Brown Medical Center

• Hull House

• Jobs for Youth

• National Runaway Switchboard

• Pilsen Neighborhood Community Center

• Policy Research Action Group

• Rainbow House (Domestic Violence)

• Save a Childhood Foundation

• Southwest Chicago PADS (Homeless Shelters)

• Tuesday's Child: An Early Intervention Project to Empower Parent/Child Relationships

• Victim/Witness Assistance Program of Cook County Criminal Courts

• Youth Guidance (Chicago Public High Schools)

• Youth Net

• Youth Service Projects, Inc.

• YWCA