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Sociology & Criminal Justice Internships

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The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice offers two undergraduate internship options which include course credit. Both internships provide the opportunity to work in a criminal justice, social service or health care setting for a semester to gain practical work experience. Permission from the internship director, Dr. Elizabeth Lee, is required. Internships are offered every fall, spring and summer semester.

Recent Internship Placements

    • Delaware County Adult Probation
    • Pennsylvania Prison Society
    • Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr.  District 4
    • Philadelphia City Council
    • Executive Financial Group
    • Montgomery County Youth Center
    • Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center (JJSC)
    • Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr.  District 4
    • DHS Immigration and Custom Enforcement
    • Family Court of Philadelphia
    • Mercer County Prosecutor Office
    • Montgomery County Youth Center
    • Office of General Bureau of Consumer Protection
    • PA Attorney General
    • Pennsylvania Prison Society
    • Philadelphia City Council
    • Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
    • Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center (JJSC)
    • Philadelphia Municipal Court
    • The Public Interest Law Center
    • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • U.S. Marshals Service
    • DEA
    • DHS Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)
    • Lower Merion Township Police Department
    • New Jersey State Police
    • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • U.S. Marshals Service
    • Pennsylvania Prison Society
    • Cross Roads House
    • Home Project
    • Keystone Human Services
    • Mitzvah Circle Foundation
    • Montgomery County Youth Center
    • Pennsylvania Prison Society
    • Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center (JJSC)
    • Public Health Management Corporation
    • Strive International
    • The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children
    • Buxmont Academy and Community Service Foundation
    • SJU Brew

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Students desiring internships must meet the following overall GPA standards:

    • 3 credits (10 hours per week; 140 hours per semester)…………2.0 GPA
    • 6 credits (16 hours per week; 224 hours per semester)………..2.5 GPA
    • 9 credits (24 hours per week; 336 hours per semester)………..3.0 GPA
  • Students may use only 3 credits (of any internship) to satisfy major requirements. The remaining credits must be elective credits. To clarify:

    • 6 credit internship – 3 credits will be applied to the major, 3 credits general elective
    • 9 credit internship – 3 credits will be applied to the major, 6 credits general elective
    • 40% of grade = Work experience in placement
    • 20% of grade = Journal (includes entry for each day at internship and 1-page description of internship)
    • 40% of grade = Paper (research paper on topic related to internship)

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