The internship provides students with an opportunity to apply sociological\/anthropological knowledge to the workplace. In particular, students learn about the challenges of workplace situations, and reflect upon how practising sociology\/anthropology may provide clarity to problems encountered. Internships must take place in organizations or companies, be relevant to sociology\/anthropology, consist at least 120 hours for SC3550\/AN3550 (or 240 hours for ISC3550\/IAN3550), and be approved by the Department to be considered for credit. This course is not compulsory and will be credited as a Major Elective (SC3550\/AN3550) or a combination of Major Elective and Unrestricted Elective.<\/p>\n
The Sociology internship courses are only available to students who:\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Have declared Sociology as their Major (including as Second Major) The Anthropology internship courses are only available to students who:\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Have declared Anthropoly as their Major (including as Second Major) Internships will vary in duration but must include a minimum of 120 hours of work at an organization or company accumulated over a Special Term semester to be considered for modular credits. An internship with a minimum of 240 hours at the same organization may earn 8 units, of which 4 units will be credited to Major Elective and 4 units to Unrestricted Elective.<\/p>\n To fulfill the credit requirements, students completing an 8-unit internship must submit 4 response papers and 4 journals, while those undertaking a 4-unit internship must submit 2 response papers and 2 journals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Students can work for a maximum of 8 hours a day and up to 44 hours a week (as stipulated by the Employment Act), subject to the partnering organization’s approval, (all of which count towards the total workload.) Students are also expected to dedicate time to reading and writing reflection papers \/ assignments.<\/p>\n The Department internship coordinator and\/or a committee will provide supervision, following the format where one supervisor oversees a group of interns. Students are still liable to pay tuition fees for the internship semester.<\/p>\n There are 3 ways of securing internships:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Department can assist in sourcing internship opportunities through our partnerships with companies\/organisations and guide them to post their internships on NUS Talent Connect. Students may still need to find their own workplace supervisors from these companies\/organizations.<\/p>\n Students are to find internship opportunities independently and seek the Department’s approval.<\/p>\n\tAll internships must: A survey to assess the interest level will be conducted in July of Semester 1<\/strong>. This will be followed by an introduction briefing for all interested students in Week 3 (of Semester 1). A smaller cohort of admitted students will then be invited to a second briefing by the Department internship coordinator, in Week 12 of Semester 1, before the start of internships.<\/p>\n Department’s internship briefing dates will be shared via email.<\/p>\n
\n2. Completed at least 60 units in total (about 3 semesters), including 24 units in Sociology (6 courses)
\n3. Completed SC1101E Making Sense of Society & SC2101 Methods of Social Research\n
\n2. Completed at least 60 units in total (about 3 semesters), including 24 units in Anthropology (6 courses)
\n3. Completed AN1101E Anthropology and the Human Condition & AN2101 Research Methods in Anthropology\n\n\t\tWorkload\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
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\n\t\tAdministration\n\t<\/h3>\n\tThe Department internship coordinator, A\/P Vincent Chua will lead and coordinate with the SC\/AN UG admin team to
\nmanage the courses.\n\n\t\tSecuring Internship\n\t<\/h3>\n\t
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\n1. Be relevant to the Major in Sociology\/Anthropology;
\n2. Be vetted by the Department internship coordinator or committee for suitability and relevance;
\n3. Involve an academic supervisor who oversees the internship;
\n4. Involve mid\u2010internship feedback with the academic supervisor, through face-to-face meetings and feedback on journal submissions and the final written assignment.
\n5. Be assessed based on feedback from the workplace supervisor\n\tAll internships must not:
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\nStudents must NOT use the department’s internship course (SC3550\/ISC3550\/AN3550\/IAN3550) for any other unit-bearing internship course in the same semester. Additionally, if they are currently enrolled in another unit-bearing internship course, they must NOT use the same internship for credit towards the department’s internship course during the same semester.\n\n\t\tApplication Process\n\t<\/h3>\n\t