The mission of the internship program is to provide you with an opportunity to strengthen your professional skills through hands-on, learn-by-doing experiences. Through internship, you earn college credit for practical experience in the workplace.
HDFS is affiliated with a wide variety of agencies and organizations that have agreed to allow interns to learn by shadowing an on-site supervisor - gradually assuming responsibility under close supervision.
Interns correspond regularly via email with an HDFS Internship Supervisor, reflecting on their experiences and responding to questions posed by their supervisor.
Interns also participate in an every-other-week seminar to learn important human service skills and support one another. Distance learning opportunities are offered for those interns that work too far to attend class on the OSU campus.
PLEASE NOTE: Your HDFS 209 application and your HDFS 410 application are due no later than dead week two terms prior to your internship. Your learning agreement and criminal background check are due on the first day of the term in which you intern. You must complete and turn in your learning agreement and criminal background check in order to receive an override for enrollment.
Contact the Internship Program Coordinator before you begin to make sure you are pursuing an appropriate internship.
Internship Orientation Schedule
Location: MLM 319
Friday April 27th from 12:00 to 1:00
Friday May 11th from 2:00 to 3:00
