Internships

The department develops a network of internship and professional development opportunities for students in various sectors that focus on issues around gender, sexuality, race and their intersections.

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INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

An internship is work in the community for which you receive academic credit. In Women and Gender Studies, we strongly encourage students to do an internship at some point during their academic career. Previous students have found them an excellent way to find out what kind of work they might want to do after graduation and to make connections with community organizations and the people they serve.

Internships can be taken as WGSI 29800 for 1-6 credits. A Women and Gender Studies faculty member must agree to sponsor and oversee the internship. Students interested in internships should contact one of the Women and Gender Studies advisers.

How Internships Work:

Undergraduate students may take up to 6 credit hours of internship work. These can be taken only as Credit/No Credit. To receive 3 credit hours in one semester, students need to:

  • Work 10-12 hours per week with the agreed upon organization.
  • Write monthly summative memos describing the work. All work must be submitted to the supervising instructor. Memos should include a record of the hours worked and a description of activities.
  • Write a final synthetic paper describing work during the semester, how it relates to Women and Gender Studies, and how it advances the student's personal, political, academic and/or professional development. In this paper, students should include a section that describes the organization, how it is organized/run and its funding. The paper should be 3-5 pages in length.
  • Submit a completed and signed copy of the “Women and Gender Studies Internship Contract.”

For those who wish to pursue fewer academic hours, the following rule applies:
1 credit hour = 4-6 hours/week
2 credit hours = 6-9 hours/week

All written requirements and procedures remain the same.

Please be sure to click on the link to fill out the Women and Gender Studies Internship Contract Form.

Make an Appointment with an Advisor

Are you familiar with what policies and procedures apply to you in this internship – both at the internship placement, and with respect to your continued status as a CUNY student? Please make an appointment with Christopher Mitchell, the Women and Gender Studies Advisor.

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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Organizations

When researching and applying to organizations that focus on issues around gender, sexuality, race and their intersections, students may choose to consider these organizations that are actively looking for volunteers year-round:

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INTERNSHIP CONTRACT FORM

Students who are currently interning at an organization and wish to receive credit through Women and Gender Studies should fill out the Internship Contract Form, to be reviewed by the Department Advisor, Christopher Mitchell.

Signatures from your internship supervisor and Women and Gender Studies adviser will be required as part of the application process, described below.

Application process steps:
* Note: Please make sure that all the email addresses entered are correct

  1. Fill out pages 1 and 2 of the form below.
    • If you are unable to complete the form in a single sitting, you may pause your application and resume later by selecting the, 'Save my progress and resume later,' box at the bottom of the page and enter your email. Select the purple 'Save form and resume later,' button to save your work. You will receive a confirmation email from MachForm for Women and Gender Studies, that will contain a link allowing you to resume filling out the internship contract form.
  2. After completing and submitting the internship contract form, an email notification will be sent to the department, instructor and supervisor. The emails will contain a unique link that will enable the instructor and/or the supervisor to approve your internship contract.
  3. Upon receipt of the approval emails, the department will enter permission for you to register. An email notification will follow from the department informing you that you can proceed with the registration process. Once the registration window opens, log on to CUNYfirst and register for your internship class just like any other class. The class number is WGSI 29801 - 29806, depending on how many credits (1 to 6) you will earn. A 3-credit internship, for example, will be listed as WGSI 29803.
  4. At the end of your internship, you must ask your work supervisor to fill out the Internship Evaluation Form. After you submit the internship evaluation form your grade will be submitted.