Program Features
1. Internship Track Courses (May 27 - July 3)
The Berkeley Summer Internship Program offers students a distinct opportunity by combining Berkeley courses with professional experience.
Students select a Session A course from one of the following internship tracks:
- Arts, Culture, Museums
- Business, Management, IT, Finance, Accounting
- Marketing, Public Relations, Hospitality, Advertising
- Healthcare, Education, Social Services, Psychology
- Politics, Law, Non-Governmental Organizations
- Communications, Media, Film
Session A courses vary from 2 to 5 units and meet from two to five days per week. Students must earn a C or better in their Session A courses in order to participate in the internship. The audit option is not available for Summer Internship Program participants.
2. Internship Placement and Course
A. Internship Placement
Students are placed in unpaid internships with carefully selected Bay Area firms and organizations from a wide variety of industries and employment sectors. These internships complement instruction in the student's coursework, and give students an opportunity to gain professional experience and contacts.
Personalized Internship Placement
- Evaluation
Program participants have the advantage of a one-on-one placement evaluation with the Internship Coordinator, leading to individual placement in an internship. - Placement
Assignments are based on student interest, objectives, prior experience and the requirements of the host organization.
Orientation
Program Activities
- Prepared-to-Work Presentations
These outline workplace realities, as well as summarize host organization expectations for student interns. Summer Internship Program participants are required to attend all scheduled sessions. - Mid-Session Review
During the internship, program participants are given an opportunity to review their assignment and discuss their progress.
While working in their selected internships, students participate in a course designed to relate their professional internship to their academic endeavors. UC Berkeley faculty member Dorothy Bevard takes students through an intensive and personalized investigation of academic and professional career exploration, culminating in an individualized career research project and presentation.