Political Science Internships

Political Science Career Paths and Major Requirements

• Knowledge and Choices to build your career with Political Science training and a degree for unlimited types of jobs and contributions to community, country, and the world.
• Public Service for government/policymaking careers at local, statewide, national, and international levels.
• International Organization careers at the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, Interpol, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, World Bank, International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, etc.
• Public and Private Sector bridge building by advising, consulting, and contracting for Non-Governmental Organizations and Multinational Corporations, as well as connecting to government policymaking and academia.

Key Political Science Leadership Skill Sets learned at Fitchburg State for interning:

• Working in teams and learning to delegate authority for crisis management
• Strategizing with experiential learning via simulations, case studies, and role-playing
• Understanding trends using evidence to prepare effective: research and analysis

Internship Requirements for Political Science (Minimum of 3 Political Science Credits and up to 12 credits):

• Complete minimum of 60 credits prior to internship (at least 12 credits at Fitchburg State)
• Maintain 2.5 cumulative GPA prior to registration and internship placement
• Avoid conflict of interest at internship (examples: supervision by student’s family member, internships in existing job)
• Distinguish potential job from internship by tasks outside normal job duties
• Ability to intern for more than 3 credit hours during a semester (up to 12 credit hours of Political Science credit – more than 12 credit hours can then be taken as Free Electives)
• Opportunities to intern more than once in different semesters before graduation

Political Science Internship Coordinator:

Dr. Eric Budd, Professor of Political Science
Phone: 978.665.3732
Email: ebudd@fitchburgstate.edu

For possible internship scholarship support, please coordinate closely with Dr. Budd ebudd@fitchburgstate.edu.

Internship Placements for Previous Interns

(Please note that other internship sites can be arranged):

• Boston Student Advisory Council at Boston Public School Headquarters
• City Commissions of Fitchburg
• City Council of Fitchburg
• City Solicitor of Fitchburg (including law office of Pusateri Law Partners)
• District Attorney's Office (Essex County)
• Fitchburg Historical Society
• Malden Courthouse
• Massachusetts Environmental Police (Westborough)
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Mass in Motion Initiative in MetroWest (Hudson, MA)
• MASSPIRG - on-campus or off-campus
• Mediation Services of North Central MA (Leominster)
• Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (Leominster-Fitchburg)
• Office of the Mayor of Fitchburg (including: Community Development, Economic Development, and Health Departments)
• Office of the Mayor of Leominster (including: Planning and Development Department)
• Office of the Town Manager of Ayer
• Office of U.S. Congressman James McGovern (Leominster) - competitive
• Office of U.S. Congresswoman Lori Trahan (Acton, Fitchburg, Hudson, Lawrence, Lowell) - competitive
• Office of the State Senator in the Worcester and Middlesex District (Fitchburg Office)
• Office of the State Representative for Fitchburg and the State Representative for Leominster (other MA State Representative offices available depending on student's location preferences)
• Office of U.S. Senator Edward Markey (Boston) - competitive
• Office of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Boston) - competitive
• LaPointe Law Office (Winchendon)
• Pawlak and Higgins Law Partners (Fitchburg)
• Pusateri Law Partners (Fitchburg)
• Worcester Courthouse (Superior Court)
• Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center

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