Internship

The primary purpose of the internship is to offer CFS students applied experience working directly or indirectly with children and/or family, or with issues that impact children and/or families.

 

Requirements

1. Must be a senior who is within one semester of graduation.
2. If you are a Family Science major, you are required to take the internship as your capstone class.
3. If you are a Child Development major but think you may not want to work in a group setting with children, then you might consider an internship for more options.
4. CFS 193I internships involve 120 hours of work with an eligible placement during the semester.
5. Internship also involves CFS 193I two-hour class meetings once per week, and assignments integrating coursework with internship experiences.
6. All paperwork, including a Learning Plan Agreement and Emergency Contact Form, must be completed.

 

How to register for the internship

1. Review the Field Placement Overview, Internship Site, and Placement Site Description documents
2. Students must FIRST find and secure an internship site before receiving a permission number for the class. Existing internship sites are listed below.
3. Students wanting to do an internship outside the approved list, will  first need to complete the CFS 193I Site Proposal Form.

 

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Contact Information

Rhett Billen, PhD, CFLE-P
Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Science

Fresno State
5300 N Campus Drive, M/S FF12
Fresno, CA 93740
rbillen@csufresno.edu
559.278.3449