Students enrolled in the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences M.A. program have a number of opportunities for internships with various organizations in New York City. Over the past three years, representatives from a number of different organizations – including ABC News, Pfizer, the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Merrill Lynch, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – have approached students and faculty in QMSS about the possibility of having QMSS students work as interns. Many of these internships require students to receive some sort of course credit for their work. The proposed course would allow students to receive two credits of academic credit for the work they perform in such an internship. All internships will be graded on a pass/fail basis.

An internship will count for academic credit if:

·         It is related to the core issues of concern to the M.A. Program in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences.

·         The work is substantive (although students may perform some administrative tasks, we want to ensure that they receive experience in substantive research).

·         It is a practical, professional experience.