Internship Opportunities

•  Bournewood Hospital   •  Weymouth Teen Center   •  Boys and Girls Club of Marlborough   •  Charles River YMCA   •  Children's AIDS Program   •  Department of Youth Services Framingham   •  Newton Wellesley Alzheimer Center   •  Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens   •  The Home for Little Wanderers   •  Angel Adoptions   •  Caritas Norwood Hospital

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In their first year, all students take an introductory course in human service theory and participate in at least one service-learning project coordinated through the Center for Community Based Learning. During their first one-semester internship, students spend 150 hours in a community agency that provides services or a therapeutic environment for its clients. A concurrent seminar provides the academic groundwork for this internship, and a required course in basic counseling skills gives students an introduction to valuable interviewing and intervention techniques. Finally, in their senior year, students are engaged in a two-semester, 150 hours per semester, intensive internship placement, also accompanied by concurrent seminars each semester. The department maintains a searchable database of placement sites offering a range of experiences for providing services or therapeutic environments for different age groups and different types of populations. These internships provide students with extensive knowledge about the actual conditions and settings where social science professionals work. Students also acquire a broad repertoire of professional skills and begin to develop a network of professional relationships that will help them launch their own careers when they graduate from Lasell. Through their internship experiences and their academic course work, students are prepared to work in administration, education, public affairs, advocacy agencies, government agencies, child welfare settings, therapeutic environments, research and human service agencies that meet needs of clients of all ages or deal with the range of activities occupying social science professionals.

Human Services. Students who elect this major are introduced to a perspective integrating psychological and sociological approaches. Students learn about how small groups operate, the roles of community and family, contemporary social problems, how social policy is formulated, and the impact of economics on social service issues. In research courses, they are introduced to the type of research methods important in social service settings. Human Service providers are employed as case managers, resource specialists, residential counselors, out-reach workers, activity planners, advocates, and community organizers. Besides preparing students for a variety of professional positions upon graduation, students are also prepared to continue their education in graduate degree programs such as Masters in Social Work, Masters programs in Counseling, or in Human Services Management. Human Services graduates receive a Bachelor of Science degree.

Candidates for the baccalaureate degree must meet the Academic Standards for Social Science majors and they must also complete the major requirements listed below. Courses marked by the same superscript must be taken concurrently. ^{1, 2, 3} Click here to expand the course requirements.

Psychology. Contemporary psychologists study human behavior, feelings, and thought. Students learn how functional and dysfunctional behavior patterns develop, and they learn how individuals’ experiences are transformed through biological and neurological processes and psychological events. Research and statistics courses familiarize students with basic concepts in experimental design and analysis. The skills taught in the major prepare students to seek employment in a wide variety of social service or therapeutic settings in positions where they might be a counselor, personnel interviewer, case aide, market researcher, test administrator, research assistant, or rehabilitation worker. The undergraduate psychology major prepares the capable student for graduate programs in areas such as guidance, counseling, organizational psychology, social work, hospital administration, public health, and the criminal justice system. Psychology majors receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

Candidates for the baccalaureate degree must meet the Academic Standards for Social Science majors and they must also complete the major requirements listed below. Courses marked by the same superscript must be taken concurrently.^{1, 2, 3} Click here to expand the course requirements.

Sociology. Sociology courses focus on the relationship between social behavior and the institutions of human society. Students study the relationship between the individual and culture, the stratification of individuals into groups, and how social institutions, such as the family, education, and political systems, develop, operate, breakdown and get repaired. Courses, which encompass social justice issues such as diversity, welfare, child protection, gender-related violence and environmental concerns, attempt to show students how they can contribute to the development of a more just and equitable society. Skills emphasized in the major are essential to the maintenance of social services including community development, political organizing, volunteer management, advocacy, fund raising, small group facilitation, and educational programming. Sociology graduates can pursue graduate work in Masters of Social Work programs, Masters programs in sociology or management, or enter law school. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology.

Candidates for the baccalaureate degree must meet the Academic Standards for Social Science majors and they must also complete the major requirements listed below. Courses marked by the same superscript must be taken concurrently.^{1, 2, 3} Click here to expand the course requirements.