Skills are the key to getting jobs and internships in any field.
The Policy Studies program provides students with the opportunity to develop the 10 Skill Sets both inside and outside the classroom through hands-on coursework and other experiences. Your learning experience will start with PST 101: Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy. This course will give you the basic skills and prepare you to obtain internships as well as introduce you to a range of policy areas you may want to study and do something about.
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Through the generosity of SU alums Sami ’04 and Justin Grefe ’05 and their establishment of the Justin and Samantha Grefé Energy Policy Internship Support Fund, Maxwell is
able to provide several Grefé Fellowships to support students working at summer internships related to energy policy. The fellowships can be used to help cover
travel and living expenses and are intended to make it easier for students to take energy-related internships away from home.
Be an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Students who take PST 101 one semester can become an Undergraduate Teaching Course Assistant (UTAUCA) the next semester. Roughly 60% of policy studies majors become UTAsUCAs. To become a UTAUCA, you need to receive at least an A- in PST 101, have above a 3.0 GPA, get the support of your current UTA UCA when taking the course, and have a group interview with all the UTAs. Non-majors can also be PST 101 UTAs. Up to 20 UTAs are selected each semester.
UTAs UCAs benefit in a variety of ways:
- You earn three credits through PST 409.
- You work with Professor Coplin Barton and students who were in your PST 101 class.
- You practice the concepts you learned to apply in PST 101.
- Professor Coplin Barton gets to see your strengths and weakness so he can serve as a skills coach and learn more about your goals.
- You add an impressive leadership position to your resume.
Be a Policy Studies Consultant
You can be one of the hundreds of students who have completed thousands of projects for nonprofits and government organizations in Onondaga County and throughout the world since 1979.
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Tutoring, educational programs, and administrative services: students are assigned between 5 and 90 hours to provide services requested by organizations.
Serve the Syracuse Community
The sooner you start working in the local Syracuse community, the better.
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Contact Ms. Walker by email at mawalker@maxwell.syrmawalker@syr.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
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