UC Berkeley Experiences

Education Abroad Program
The study abroad infrastructure of the University of California offers some field research and internship opportunities.  Students can develop poverty-focused internships in parallel to their study abroad experiences or in the weeks following the completion of their program.

Internships through UC Berkeley departments and colleges
Several units on the UC Berkeley campus run internship programs.  Global poverty-focused internships can count towards this Minor.

Cal Corps Public Service Center
The main public service infrastructure for the campus, Cal Corps, connects students to the community.  Cal Corps is the umbrella organization for several important service learning initiatives including the Gulf Coast Initiative, Cal in the Capital, and AmeriCorps.  Public service work explicitly focused on poverty, inequality, and social justice conducted through Cal Corps can count toward this Minor, particularly if it is related to global poverty issues such as programs focused on recent immigrants and refugees.

Berkeley Summer Internship Program
Run by UC Berkeley’s Summer Sessions, this is a unique program that combines coursework at UC Berkeley with placement in a course-related internship.  The following internship tracks could count toward the Minor: Healthcare, Education, Social Services, Psychology and Politics, Law, Non-Governmental Organizations. Students should seek internships related to poverty with a global or international focus.

Apprenticeship with a UC Berkeley faculty member
Faculty often advertise their research projects through the URAP (Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program).  Projects that involve practical field research and have a focus on issues of poverty, inequality, and development may count toward the Minor.

UCDC
An internship program that allows UC students to live and work in Washington D.C. for a semester.  Students remain enrolled at UC Berkeley and earn course credit.  They also do a rigorous research seminar while in Washington D.C. UCDC internships, if related to international development and/or poverty can meet the practice requirement.

Cal in the Capital
A student-run summer internship program that operates in Washington D.C. under the broader rubric of Cal Corps.  Students are selected from a competitive pool and must complete a decal course at UC Berkeley in the spring prior to their internship.  If related to international development and/or global poverty, Cal in the Capital internships can meet the practice experience requirement.

Big Ideas @ Berkeley
This program allows interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to compete for funding to support “a big idea that will change the world.”  Many of these creative, high-impact ideas are closely related to the mission of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor and involvement in their implementation can be used for the practice requirement.