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Off Campus Internship Programs
Four of Hope’s off campus domestic programs offer students the
opportunity to earn internship credit. Through a structured and supportive
environment these experiences challenge students to integrate their personal,
academic, and professional lives in new and exciting ways.
The Philadelphia Center provides opportunities for professional exploration,
intellectual development and personal growth in the heart of America's
fifth-largest city. Our accredited program features field placements,
seminars and independent living. Students select an internship from more
than 800 placement opportunities and then design a Learning Plan that
provides the structure for integrating work experience with educational,
social and professional development objectives. Students earn 16 credits:
eight from the internship and four for each course. Class topics currently
offered include finance, social justice, architecture, psychotherapy,
religion, Africanist perspective and senior seminar. Each fall and spring
semester, 75-100 students with any major from liberal arts schools across
the country participate in the program.
The Washington Honors Semester Program enables superior students from
all disciplines to study in Washington, D.C. and to apply knowledge
of their area as it relates to government and politics. Select junior
and senior students will take a seminar on American government and
politics, participate in group interviews with congressmen and legislative
staff, executives, lobbyists, political party officials and journalists,
intern for two six-week periods in Congress, the executive branch or
with political interest groups and prepare extensive research papers
upon their semester's work.
This program is designed to provide students seriously interested in
the performing, visual and communication arts with a unique opportunity
to be a part of the world of established professional artists in New
York City. Students spend a semester as an apprentice to a producing
artist or with an organization in the arts, supplemented with academic
study. Resident staff members assist students in finding both apprenticeships
and housing.
If you have questions about which program is right for you or how to
go about earning academic credit for an off campus internship contact
Sarah McCoy in the Office of Career Services.
For a complete list of domestic programs offered at Hope visit the International
Education office.
The Chicago Semester draws students from Hope College and nine other
Christian colleges in the Midwest. The program offers students a
distinct opportunity to live, learn and work in America’s third largest
city, while studying issues of urban life on a fully accredited program.
The staff of the Chicago Semester combines advanced academic training
and professional experience with years of living and working in the
city. They provide support and guidance as students explore the possibilities
and issues within an urban working world. Up to 16 hours of academic
credit can be earned through the program, which includes a four day/week
supervised internship and two seminars. The seminars currently offered
complete the senior seminar, urban sociology, the 4-credit fine arts
requirement and a second religion requirement as needed. Students
representing nearly all college majors choose internships that fit
their vocational or career goals. They select an internship from
several options developed by the staff, interviewing at each before
making a decision. Areas for internships include, but are not limited
to, graphic design, theater, accounting, finance, business, human
resources, advertising, public relations, marketing, event planning,
health sciences, communications, social work, social services, student
teaching, law, sports management and media.
In October 2002, the Chicago
Semester received the Program of the Year award from the National
Society for Experiential Education (NSEE).
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