{"id":639,"date":"2023-04-13T13:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T22:48:29","slug":"directed-environmental-policy-and-science-internships-enst-492","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/directed-environmental-policy-and-science-internships-enst-492\/","title":{"rendered":"Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><strong><em>**Internships available for Spring 2026**\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The Environmental Internship Program<\/em> helps students get placed in internships with a wide variety of\u00a0 environmental organizations. The internships provide students with valuable professional experience in environmental work and can help prepare students for careers or graduate school in various environmental fields. Students gain academic credit (2 or 4 units) by enrolling in ENST 492.<\/p>\n<p>Students can apply for an internship in the areas of environmental policy and advocacy, environmental science, environmental justice, natural resources management, sustainability, environmental research and communication, and environmental education. Students are guided with resume, personal statement, and application preparation before the internship period.<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>See our students featured <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu\/news\/environmental-studies-internship-garden-school\/\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          ENST 492 Resources\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                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Information<\/h2>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>The course is open to <em><strong>juniors and seniors.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Students can enroll in the course for either two or four credit units. Two units require 7-8 hours a week, four units require 12-14 hours a week.<\/li>\n<li>D-Clearance is required, and is provided once students are accepted into an internship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 class=\"article-title\">For More Details<\/h2>\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>You can explore the internship program by following the menu items under the Internship Program menu above.<\/li>\n<li>Read the <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/enst-492-blog-new\/\">students&#8217; blogs<\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>and read<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>more about the\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/enst-492-internships\/\">Internships<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/environmental-studies\/enst-492-organizations\/\">Organizations<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>If you are interested, send an email to Program Director, Prof.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ynahmias@usc.edu\">Yael Nahmias<\/a>.\u00a0Include your areas of interest and your resume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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