Internship Program
The Brandeis Environmental Studies Internship Program, a core component of the environmental studies curriculum, offers students the opportunity to experience environmental challenges firsthand in government, non-profit organizations, industry and business and scientific research organizations. The internship program reaches beyond the campus to provide practical experience individually tailored to each student's academic goals and capabilities.
As students engage in the very real challenges presented by their internships – whether working with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to develop the research needed to formulate water policy, with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to conserve large tracts of land in western Mass., or with a Mongolian non-profit to implement sustainable food initiatives – they experience the excitement and accomplishment from active application of their studies toward tangible results.
Interns work alongside professionals at a broad array of placements locally and world-wide. Download a sampling of opportunities. (PDF)
Students receive full course credit for their internships by enrolling in the ENVS89a seminar and working individually with Professor Laura Goldin to identify and obtain an appropriate placement.