Academic Internship Program
OFFICE: Literature Building, Second Floor, Warren College
http://aip.ucsd.edu
Courses
The Program
The Academic Internship Program (AIP) offers qualified juniors
and seniors the opportunity to acquire valuable work experience
related to academic and career interests. Although most internships
are in the San Diego area, the Academic Internship Program is
national in scope, including the popular Washington, D.C. program,
and international, including the London program. Housing arrangements
and orientations are parts of both programs. An extensive library
lists more than 4,000 available internships in varied settings
including, but not limited to, TV and radio stations, law offices,
medical research labs and clinics, government agencies, high-tech
and biotech companies, engineering, advertising and public relations
firms, and financial institutions. Students also can work with
the internship office to set up their own positions.
The program operates all four quarters; students intern a minimum
of ten hours per week and may receive
upper-division credit. Students may enroll in a maximum of
four internships and/or earn sixteen units of internship credit
during the course of their junior and senior years. The number
of units earned corresponds to the number of hours worked, actual
job description and the length of a research paper/project.
The
research paper/project and relevant readings comprise the academic
component of the program, which is directed by a faculty adviser
selected by the student. All internships require assigned
faculty advisers and program evaluations. All students
earn grades of P/NP and receive transcript notations.
The AIP serves students from all six colleges and handles
all undergraduate majors. Students planning to participate
in the Academic Internship Program should apply at least one
quarter before they want to be enrolled in the program, or
two quarters prior to a Washington, D.C. or London internship.
Students planning to set up their own out-of-town internships
are encouraged to apply two quarters in advance. In cooperation
with AIP and UCSDs Programs Abroad Office, students
also may participate in, and earn academic credit for, other
established internships abroad.
To be eligible for the program, students must have completed
at least ninety units of credit with some related upper-division
course work and have a minimum 2.5 GPA at the date of application.
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