
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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