Requirements and Internships
Students needing an internship should talk to their advisors and notify the department at the latest by September of their senior year. Participation in an internship requires a 2.75 GPA.
Forensic Behavioral Studies: Sociology & Criminology
The Forensic Behavioral Studies concentration is recommended for students interested in forensics, law enforcement and criminal justice. The concentration consists of 18-19 credit hours. Internships are required of seniors, and students will be assisted in being matched to an internship site based on their career interests.
Internships
Our students have completed internships in over 80 nonprofit and governmental agencies throughout the Cleveland metropolitan area. Internships are available to seniors in their spring semester, and students are matched to an internship site based upon their career interests. It is not uncommon for our students to be offered employment by the agency where they interned.
Sites include:
- Achievement Center for Children
- AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland
- Alzheimer’s Association – Cleveland
- American Red Cross
- Arrupe House
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
- Business Volunteers Unlimited
- Care Alliance Health Center
- Catholic Charities
- Center for Reducing Health Disparities
- Children’s Rehabilitation Hospitals of the Cleveland Clinic
- Cleveland International Program
- Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
- The Gathering Place
- Legal Aid Society
- Light of Hearts Villa
- Make a Wish Foundation
- New Avenues to Independence
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
- Organize Ohio!
- Recovery Resources
- Salvation Army
- Senior Citizen’s Resources
- Shaker Heights Youth Center
- United Way
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- University Settlement House
- Witness Victim Service Center
Small Class Sizes
Our small class sizes of usually 25 or less allows individual attention to each student while encouraging greater interaction with their professors and classmates.