On-campus internships can be a great way starting point for students interested in getting involved. There are various departments that offer diverse internship opportunities to help you gain valuable experience and develop transferable skills.
Click on the programs below to learn more about these individual internship opportunities.
DCP Internship Programs
- Peer Consultant Program
• The UCI Division of Career Pathways’ Peer Consultant Program helps students gain professional skills while helping their peers! Learn more at http://career.uci.edu/peer-program/ - UCDC Summer Internship Program
•The UCDC Summer Internship Program (UCDC) sends 40 to 50 outstanding undergraduate students to live and intern in Washington, D.C. for 10 weeks each summer. Students live and have the opportunity to take classes at the UC Washington Center in the heart of DC, just blocks from the White House. Learn more at http://career.uci.edu/ucdc-summer-internship-program/ - Sacramento Internship Program (SIP)
• The Sacramento Internship Program at the University of California, Irvine gives outstanding UCI students an opportunity to intern in the California state capital. Learn more at http://career.uci.edu/sacramento-internship-program/
- University Studies 193 Field Study / Internship
• University Studies 193 | 2 – 4 units | This course allows students from all majors to receive credit for an approved internship on or off-campus. This course is managed online via UCI Canvas including assignment submissions as well as supplemental resources.
Programs by Academic Unit
- Arts
• Art – Internship | Course #197 | Claire Trevor School of the Arts | 1-4 Units | http://www.arts.uci.edu/ - Biological Sciences
• Special Study in Biological Sciences | Course #197 | Ayala School of Biological Sciences | 1-5 Units | https://www.bio.uci.edu/• Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) internship | Ayala School of Biological Sciences | TBD| https://ceb.bio.uci.edu/intern-programs/campus-as-a-living-lab-internship/
- Division of Undergraduate Education
Division of Undergraduate Education – http://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/uni_stu/• UCDC / UC Center Sacramento – Academic Washington DC Internship | Course #170 | 4-8 Units | http://home.due.uci.edu/enrichment/
• University Studies – Advanced Internship in Undergraduate Education | Course #170 | 1-2 Units
• University Studies – Internship in Civic and Community Engagement | Course #181 | 2-4 Units
• University Studies – Internship | Course #193 | 2-4 Units | Email dcp-internships@uci.edu for information
- Education
• Undergraduate Practicum | School of Education | http://advise.education.uci.edu/field-experience.html
The Major in Education Sciences and Minor in Education each require 40 hours of practicum that may be satisfied through fieldwork experience in an educational setting designed for PreK-12 students, college-level students, or adult learners. Employers hosting students majoring in Education Sciences or minoring in Education provide a learning environment where students can apply what they learned in the classroom to actual practice in an establish school or education-based organization.
- Engineering
Engineering – http://engineering.uci.edu/• Engineering – Internship | Course #195 | Henry Samueli School of Engineering | 1 Unit
• BME Advisor Independent Study | Course #197 | Henry Samueli School of Engineering | 2-4 Units
- Humanities
• Art History – Independent Study | Course #NA | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units | http://www.humanities.uci.edu/arthistory/undergraduate/intern.php• Film and Media Studies – Professional Internship | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units | http://www.humanities.uci.edu/filmandmediastudies/undergraduate/interns.php
• Literary Journalism – Writing Internship | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units | http://www.humanities.uci.edu/litjourn/program/intern.php
Other Humanities courses: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/SOH/
• Undergraduate Independent Study | Course #NA | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units
• English – Writing Internship | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units
• German – Internship | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 4 Units
• History – Internships in Public History | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 4 Units
• Humanities – Humanities Out There (H.O.T.) Practicum | Course #195 | School of Humanities | 0-2 Units
• Writing – Writing Internship | Course #197 | School of Humanities | 2-4 Units
- Information and Computer Science
Computer Science – http://www.cs.uci.edu/• Computer Science – Professional Internships (Independent Study) | Course #299 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 1-12 Units – Graduate Students Only
• Computer Science – Individual Study | Course #199 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 2-5 Units
Informatics – http://www.informatics.uci.edu/
• Informatics – Professional Internships (Independent Study) | Course #299 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 1-12 Units – Graduate Students Only
• Informatics – Individual Study | Course #199 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 2-5 Units
• Informatics and Computer Science – Industrial or Public Sector Field Study | Course #192 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 2 Units
Statistics – http://www.stat.uci.edu/
• Statistics – Professional Internships (Independent Study) | Course #299 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 1-12 Units – Graduate Students Only
• Statistics – Individual Study | Course #199 | Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences | 2-5 Units
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Professional Internship | Course #197 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 Units | http://pharmsci.uci.edu/ - Physical Sciences
• Chemistry – Professional Internship | Course #197 | School of Physical Sciences | 4 Units | https://www.chem.uci.edu/undergrad/independentstudy• Earth Systems Science – Independent Study | Course #197 | School of Physical Sciences | 0.5-4 Units | https://www.ess.uci.edu/undergrad/intern
- Public Health
• Public Health – Public Health Practicum and Culminating Experience | Course #195W | Program in Public Health | 8 Units | http://open.uci.edu/courses/pubhlth_195w__public_health_practicum_and_culminating_experience.html• Public Health – Field Studies in Public Health | Course #197 | Program in Public Health | 2-12 Units | http://publichealth.uci.edu/ph/_home/
- Social Ecology
• Social Ecology – Field Study | Course #195 | School of Social Ecology | 2-8 Units | https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/• Social Ecology – Advanced Field Study | Course #195A | School of Social Ecology | 4 Units | https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/pages/advanced-field-study
• Social Ecology – Advanced Field Study | Course #195B | School of Social Ecology | 4 Units | https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/pages/advanced-field-study
• Social Ecology – Advanced Field Study | Course #195CW | School of Social Ecology | 4 Units | https://fieldstudy.soceco.uci.edu/pages/advanced-field-study
- Social Sciences
• International Studies – Internship | Course #197 | School of Social Sciences | 2-4 Units | https://www.internationalstudies.socsci.uci.edu/• Social Science – Professional Internship | Course #197 | School of Social Sciences | 2-4 Units | https://www.ssarc.socsci.uci.edu/forstudents.php
• Social Science – Public Service Internship | Course #194A | School of Social Sciences | 2-4 Units | https://www.spps.socsci.uci.edu/faq.php
- Student Affairs
• Administrative Internship Program | Course #198A/B/C | 4/4/4 Units | https://dos.uci.edu/adminintern.php - Sustainability