Opportunities for Student Community Involvement

UC San Diego Social Sciences students are engaged in numerous activities in the San Diego region and beyond. These opportunities can at times be life-changing, not only for the students, but also for the community members with whom they interact. Visit the links below to learn more about where our undergraduates are having an impact and consider how you too can get involved!

Academic Internship Program (AIP)

• Academic Internship Program - AIP 197

Anthropology

• Field Studies - ANTH 197
• The Cultural Design Practicum:  Using Anthropology to Solve Human Problems - ANSC 138
• Human Rights Advocacy Seminar - ANSC 196

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS)

• Mexican Migration Field Research Program (MMFRP) - SOCI 188/USP 188

Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence (CREATE)

• Practicum in Math Tutoring - ERC 89
• Thurgood Marshall College Partnership Schools Program - TMC 198

Climate Action Lab

• Climate Justice/Action/Resilience Scholars (CJARS) Program -  ANTH 128AB/USP 128AB

Communication

• Practicum in New Media and Community Life - COMM 102C
• Practicum in Child Development - COMM 102D
• CSI: Community and Social Institutions:  Human Rights Advocacy: Journalists, Activists, and Scholars at Risk - COMM 114B
• Community Fieldwork - COMM 114K
• AMP: News Media Workshop - COMM 120M
• AMP: Digital Media in Education - COMM 120P

Education Studies

• Explorations in Education - EDS 38
• Explorations in Secondary STEM Education - EDS 39
• Introduction to Design-Based Educational Research: A Field Experience for Improving San Diego Schools - EDS 120
• Partners at Learning (PAL) Program - EDS 130, 131, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141
  

Ethnic Studies

• Field Studies in Racial and Ethnic Communities - ETHN 97
• Social Justice Praxis - ETHN 100C
• Fieldwork in Racial and Ethnic Communities - ETHN 107/USP 130
• Race and Oral History in San Diego - ETHN 120D
• Comparative Refugee Communities from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia - ETHN 140
• Refugee San Diego - ETHN 140A
• Practicum in Tribal Law and Journalism - ETHN 162

Global Health Program

• The Indigenous Futures Lab (IFL) Field School:  Enhancing Ethical Genomic Research with Indigenous Communities - GLBH 108S
• Clinic on the Border:  Health Frontiers in Tijuana - GLBH 111
• Global Health and Social Justice Seminar - GLBH 196
• Global Health Academic Internship Program - GLBH 197

Human Developmental Sciences

• Field Research in Human Development - HDS 191

Linguistics

• Linguistics Internship - LIGN 197

Political Science

• Local Internship in Political Science - POLI 197SD
• Political Science Washington Internship - POLI197I

Psychology

• Laboratory in Educational Research and Outreach - PSYC 117

Sociology

• Qualitative Research in Educational Settings - SOCI 110

Urban Studies and Planning

• Life Course Scholars - USP 141AB
• Urban Challenges: Homelessness in San Diego - USP 142AB 
• Aging - Social and Health Policy Issues - USP 145
• Case Studies in Health-care Programs/Poor and Underserved Populations - USP 147
• NAIOP Real Estate University Challenge I/II - USP 159AB
• Senior Sequence Research Proposal - USP 186 and 187
• San Diego Community Research - USP 193