Internships offer you a chance to develop both technical and transferable skills while making vital professional contacts with others in the field. You can begin exploring internship opportunities, including overseas study programs with internships, as early as your freshman year.
Our interns participate in various areas of faculty-directed activities, such as directing simulations, grading, teaching discussion sections, and conducting research. Many of our interns work with Professor Dina Spechler in the fall and spring semesters in conjunction with her Y351 Model UN course.
Many internships require you to be off campus for a full semester. There are several alternatives for obtaining credit as a full-time student, while pursuing a semester or yearlong internship. Consult an academic advisor to see what works for you.
I had the opportunity to intern with the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs during the spring 2018 semester. My role involved assisting trial attorneys in providing specific and articulable facts to a magistrate judge in order to assist foreign governments abroad in investigative and prosecutorial work. The critical thinking skills I developed as a student in the IU Political Science department were directly applicable to this work and enabled me to succeed.
Reed McLeod, B.A. 2018, Political Science
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