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Field study

Many off-campus field studies, internships, and research opportunities sponsored by various schools and departments are available to Northwestern students. The programs vary greatly: Some carry academic credit; some are undertaken in conjunction with a class or seminar; some make provision for a stipend; and some entail living away from campus.

The following is a representative list of field studies programs with their sponsoring school, department, or program:

• Chicago Field Studies Internship (Weinberg College)
• Communication Studies Field Studies Program (School of Communication)
• Education and social policy practicum (School of Education and Social Policy)
• Internships in the arts (art history, Weinberg College)
• Internships in business institutions (Weinberg College)
• Internships in environmental sciences (Weinberg College)
• Internships in the humanities (Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities)
• Internships in television production (radio/television/film, School of Communication)
• Internship in women's services (women's studies, Weinberg College)
• Northwestern Archaeological Field School (anthropology, Weinberg College)
• Political campaigning (political science, Weinberg College)
• Professional apprenticeship in Music Education (School of Music)
• School of Communication Internship
• Journalism Residency Program (Medill School of Journalism)
• Theater field experience (School of Communication)
• Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Education Program (McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science)

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Field studies