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internships
Juniors and Seniors from all majors should consider an internship in a governmental, non-profit or corporate setting.
Here are the important reasons:
- Apply the skills of your major in a real work setting!
- Network with professionals in your chosen field!
- Get your foot in the door with an outstanding local organization who may be looking for full-time employees!
- Show future employers and/or graduate school admission departments that you have set yourself apart from the crowd and gained practical experience!
- Learn the skills you need to transition from college to your next career move!
- Biology Syllabus
- Economics 2 Unit Syllabus or 4 Unit Syllabus
- Education Syllabus
- English Syllabus
- Film and Television Syllabus
- History Syllabus
- Political Science Syllabus
- Sociology Syllabus
how do i find an internship/service learning site?
Log-on to "MyUCLA". This will lead you to our searchable database of sites! You may also discuss placement options with our Coordinators here at the Center.
PLEASE NOTE: UCLA interns must be paid or receive academic credit from the university. The relevant CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement code is below:
46.6.6 Intern Programs. Historically, DLSE has required that in order to be exempt from the wage and hour requirements of the Industrial Welfare Commission Orders, the intern's training must be an essential part of an established course of an accredited school or of an institution approved by a public agency to provide training for licensure or to qualify for a skilled vocation or profession. The program may not be for the benefit of any one employer, a regular employee may not be displaced by the trainee, and the training must be supervised by the school or a disinterested agency. (O.L. 1996.12.30)
For further information please visit the CA Division of Labor Standards Enforcement website or to view the requirements in its entirety, click here (pdf file, 3MB).
career center
Internships aquired through the UCLA Career Center are eligible for academic credit through the Center for Community Learning.
students' comments
Here's what UCLA students have to say about internship courses:
"...taking this internship for credit has allowed me to conduct research on a topic that I wouldn't normally study with my two majors. For the first time I am actually looking forward to writing a paper because it is related to the field that I will be going into after I graduate." (Fall 2005)
"I am so happy that Geffen Records required school credit or their internship because this supplemental work, as well as the opportunity to discuss political issues with my advisor, has been extremely beneficial and fulfilling. It was an opportunity to gain a greater perspective and to really contemplate about the industry and its role in society." (Fall 2005)