History/Political Science Internships

Field Experience
The programs in the department of History and Political Science are sufficienly flexible to allow you to choose from a broad range of internship opportunities in the Capital Region and many Saint Rose history and political science majors complete more than one field experience. For History and History/Political Science majors, Albany is an ideal location. Political science internships and history field experiences are readily available. Field experiences are designed to provide students interested in history with an opportunity to investigate public history by working at historic sites, in museums, and in historical organizations. Students interested in history have gained hands-on experience at the local public television station, the New York State Museum, Albany Institute of History and Art, and other historic sites.

Conveniently located on a direct bus route only five minutes from New York state's capitol, Saint Rose students have taken advantage of internship opportunities with the New York State Legislature, Governor's Office, Attorney General's Office, Democratic and Republican Party offices, political campaigns, private and public interest lobbyists, law firms, labor unions, and community agencies. These internships are designed both to connect interested students with prospective employers and provide them an opportunity to study the political process first hand. Some interns even receive a stipend for their work.

For students interested in exploring national politics, opportunities also are available for Congressional or Executive internships in Washington D.C. The department of History and Political Science has a formal affiliation with The Washington Center, which offers housing accommodations, internship placements, and seminars in D.C. For more information, contact the local campus liaison, Professor Carl Swidorski. Ordinarily, students are limited to three credit hours of history field experience and three credit hours of political science internships to satisfy their 45 credit hour requirement in the major. In addition, all Social Studies 7-12 majors preparing for initial certification to teach at the middle or high school level complete a student teaching field experience.

Careers
Students who graduate from Saint Rose with a degree in history and political science are qualified to work as middle
and high school social studies teachers, university administrators, journalists and public relations professionals, as well as in various government positions.

Social studies 7-12 education graduates must complete a master's degree within three years of teaching under certification.

Of our most recent graduating class, many students accepted jobs in their field as a direct result of their internship or student teaching placement.