PPA 590 Internship in Public Policy and Administration

The internship enables students to integrate academic theory with experiential learning while working in a public or non-profit organization. In a placement of their choosing, students will consider concepts such as participation, citizenship, and democracy and reflect on what constitutes good policymaking, administration and management. Students will have supervised fieldwork, generate reflections, briefs and papers that make sense of the internship within the larger context of citizenship and social justice. Students must complete a minimum of 45 hours of internship and related activities per semester credit hour earned, up to 3 semester credit hours total. Pre-requisite(s): PPA 565 and PPA570 or permission of program Chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 1-3 semester hours

Credits

1 TO 3