Students majoring in Applied Psychology are encouraged to try out career possibilities through internship experiences. 

As part of our senior capstone coursework, many of our students choose the Internship Seminar Course (PSY 491).  For this course, students work with faculty to find a position in the field where they can gain work experience.  Students get the added opportunity to learn from each others’ internship experiences through the seminar course.

 In addition, many of our students work with the Amica Center for Career Education to find summer internships.

Here is a sample of some of our recent students’ internship experiences:

• Services for children with autism & developmental disabilities (Groden Center, Providence, RI) 
• Human Resources (AT Cross Company, Lincoln, RI) 
• Job training for adults with psychiatric disabilities (A New Leaf, Providence RI)
• Psychiatric Hospitals (Butler Hospital, Providence, RI; Arbour Fuller Hospital, South Attleboro, MA)
• Executive Coaching (Corley Hanson Associates, Providence, RI)
• Management, Marketing, & Strategic Planning Consulting (Acadia Consulting Group, Providence, RI)
• Services for homeless individuals and families (Crossroads, Providence, RI)
• Services for individuals affected by abuse (Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center, Warwick, RI)
• Support for pediatric cancer patients & families (Why Me & Sherry’s House, Worcester, MA)
• Patient rehabilitation services, research, and education (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
• Institutional & community programs for criminal offenders & victims (RI Department of Corrections, Cranston, RI)
• Educational support & Families Together program (Providence Children’s Museum, Providence, RI)