Sociology Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies

We are pleased to inform you that the Department of Sociology is offering a new internship course, SOC480Y, which is an unpaid experiential learning and work placement course aimed at helping our senior students in Sociology and Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies programs establish contacts in the industry, gain useful career skills, and make the transition from undergraduate to professional or post-graduate life.

We will have placements in a wide variety of employment settings in municipal social service departments or non-profit agencies providing social services, social movement or community-based organizations working for social change, courts or parole offices, for-profit workplaces or other organizations. This is a new course, but similar courses offered in other departments have led to part-time, full-time, temporary, and permanent jobs; graduate school recommendations; job references; industry contacts;  and increased experience for student resumes.

Students complete 200 hours of unpaid work for an outside organization by working one day per week between September and April. Alternatively, students can complete 5 to 6 weeks of fulltime unpaid work during the summer. Students also attend an average of one class per month throughout the academic year (September - April).