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Field Experience, Independent Study, and Internships |
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Learning about organizations extends far beyond the classroom.The Interdisciplinary Program in Organizational Studies offers an education that connects students to the community and to the world. Organizational Studies encourages students to explore organizations. Organizational Studies supports international study, offers the opportunity for rigorous Independent Study projects, and structures a challenging link between academic learning and internships and field-based learning.
Students who pursue field-based learning discover that organizations come in all shapes and sizes, extend across cultures, and pursue very different missions and goals. The Interdisciplinary Program in Organizational Studies aims to support students' real-life experiences, turning the world into a living laboratory of organizational study. Whether it is field-based research or volunteer community service or internship-based learning, Organizational Studies offers an opportunity to weave life experiences in organizations into the academic study of organizational science and theory. FIELD EXPERIENCE A capstone field research course is part of every Organizational Studies student's senior year. Students in ORGSTUDY 410, ORGSTUDY 490, or ORGSTUDY 497 have the opportunity to learn cutting-edge research methods from world-class faculty members. Working in small groups or individually, students have the opportunity to conduct research in real-world organization. INDEPENDENT STUDY Organizational Studies also offers a rigorous combination of field-based research and academic work through faculty-supervised Independent Study Projects (PDF). Through an Independent Study project, Organizational Studies students work one-on-one with faculty supervisors to carry out academic and field-based research and engage in guided reflection about their organizational experiences. INTERNSHIPS An internship can be a valuable tool in your educational experience. For more information on how to search for an internship and how to create an independent study project in conjunction with your internship which can be completed for credit, please read the Independent Study & Internship Workbook. |
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