Chicago Field Studies is a one-quarter academic internship program at Northwestern University in which students connect real-world experience to classroom exploration.
CFS offers academic internship programs every quarter, including summer.All programs include the following components:
- Student internships at Chicago-area organizations, where students work and conduct original research;
- CFS weekly seminar classes;
- Discussions and assignments that bring together theory and workplace research and learning;
- Site visits to internship organizations.
CFS seminars are taught by faculty and graduate students from the Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, and Sociology and other related disciplines. Seminars are small so that the student-instructor ratio is no larger than 12-1. This allows maximum time for students to share their experiences and ideas in class and ensures close working relationships between students and instructors.
CFS programs are open to students in all schools and majors. Students from other colleges and universities are also welcome to apply.
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