Download 11.12.13 APPENDIX D Survey of Whitman Academic Departments

11.12.13
APPENDIX D
Survey of Whitman Academic Departments and Programs 1
Anthropology - no regular internship offerings
Art - Currently, no mechanism for internships for academic credit
Art History & Visual Culture Studies - No information provided from Department
Asian Studies - No regular internship offerings
Astronomy - No information provided from Department
Biology -No
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology- students can continue research conducted on
or off campus as part of a summer research internship, and turn that work into their senior
thesis. They do not get credit for doing a research internship. They earn credit for the analysis of
the work, the writing of the thesis, and then the seminar presentation of the project.
Chemistry- Unusual but possible - there have been a very few times with a student completes a
summer job that will not count towards senior research credit but we give them course credit
Classics - No
Dance- No information provided from Department
Economics- No information provided from Department
English - Department offers no courses linked to internships. When presented with a detailed
proposal by a student with whose work they are familiar, individual faculty have agreed, on
occasion, to teach an overload independent study on academic work that is linked to an
internship.
Environmental Studies -Yes
Film and Media Studies- The Department does not specifically offer internships for credit.
However, often professional internships over the summer will require school credit, in which
case we will let a student take a one credit of Independent Study for which internship counts.
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During August 2013 Department Chairs and Program Directors were asked to provide information about any
possible internship-for-credit courses or seminars in their areas. Follow up requests were sent a week after the
original note.
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First Year Encounters- No information provided from Department
Foreign Languages and Literatures -FLL doesn't currently offer anything for credit. One faculty
member has been offering an activity credit course devoted to theatrical performance in French-it takes place on campus, but is designed to supplement students' academic work. Some of the
students also complete teaching internships while studying abroad.
Gender Studies- No information provided from Department
Geology -No formal mechanism but would consider it depending on the type of internship.
History -Yes, Details about the History Department internship program can be found at:
http://www.whitman.edu/academics/courses-of-study/history/history-internships
Mathematics- The Department does not have courses with internships or out-of-class experiences.
Music- No
Philosophy- No information provided from Department
Physics- No formal mechanism for giving credit for internships.
Politics - Department policy not to offer credit for internships.
Psychology- Practicum offered but Department does not consider it and “internship” since that
term has a precise meaningful under professional association of APA. The work is done largely
off-campus, and there is an on-campus didactic component and supervision.
Race and Ethnic Studies- No information provided from Department
Religion- The Religion Department has no internships for academic credit.
Rhetoric Studies- Department has provided students with the option of doing independent study
for work based on their internships. the students write journals/papers/blogs or do presentations
to complete the independent study; their internship itself does not receive credit.
Sociology- No
Spanish- No information provided from Department
SSRA- No information provided from Department
Theatre - No policies/practices on the internships for credit question. Department offers one
course (Directing 2) which we describe as an "apprenticeship model", where students work with
a faculty director as an assistant and then stage something of their own- you can see the
description in the course catalogue.