Internship

Students must complete six internship credits (typically two 300 hour internships between their third and fifth semesters). Internships are opportunities for students to apply concepts and skills they have learned in the classroom. Depending on students' career goals, the internship can be done anywhere in the world.

Students in Self-Designed studies choose an internship that meets their individual program plans. The following is a sampling of internships organized by the title of each student's Self-Designed studies name:

Community-Based Environmentalism: Assisted in organizing the Third Annual Northern Sustainable Communities Network meeting, including the creation of a workshop on “Business for Social Responsibility” and development and facilitation of the opening session.
Sustainable Resource Management: Worked for the Antioch New England Institute as the Program Coordinator for the Selectperson's Institute, arranging training sessions designed to bring about positive reform in the operation of local government.
Ecopsychology: Served as the assistant guide for Marlboro College's 'Rites and Rituals in the Wilderness' Vision Quest program for incoming college freshmen and women.
Chemistry of Pollution Prevention: Reviewed, evaluated and prioritized New Jersey environmental regulations that are pertinent to the remediation of a polluted oil storage/refining site.
Environmental Interpretation: Created a graduate level course in community mapping and GIS.
Community and Environmental Education — Building a Sustainable Education Center: Worked with the project manager of the Great Falls Discovery Center, developing a marketing plan, budgets, brochures, staffing structures and training protocols.
Environmental Conservation: Facilitated a participatory process with a Vermont town Planning Board resulting in a revised Land Use Plan for the community.