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There are many ways for Boston University students to gain direct experience in their fields of study. Read on to learn about some of them.
Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)
The Boston
University Marine Program offers a hands-on, research-oriented
curriculum in marine biology that supplements the learning of
biology majors who choose to specialize in marine science. Given
the multidisciplinary nature of the oceanic environment, students
in the program study not only biology, but also geology, physics,
and other disciplines to understand the interacting processes
that affect life in the marine world.
Washington Journalism Program
The Washington Journalism Program offers journalism students a semester of study and work in the political center of the United States. The program combines an intensive newsroom experience with courses on reporting and a media internship.
The headquarters for the Journalism Internship is the newsroom located in Boston University's Washington Center. It requires students to cover stories on Capitol Hill, the White House, and selected organizations for newspaper, radio, and television stations throughout New England. Students work in all aspects of journalism, from reporting and writing stories, to editing and preparing them for distribution to news stations and newspapers.
Washington Internship Program
The Washington Internship Program offers supervised internships both on and off Capitol Hill to Boston University students from all disciplines. All students enroll in four courses: an internship course, an introductory course on the legislative process, and two electives. For the fourteen weeks of the program, students work in internships five days per week while attending classes in the evening.
The School for Field Studies (SFS)
The
School for Field Studies is the country's oldest and largest
educational institution dedicated exclusively to offering undergraduate
courses in environmental problem solving throughout the world.
SFS participants are registered at and receive credit from Boston
University, which accredits SFS programs in locations including
Australia, Kenya, Costa Rica, Mexico, and
the Caribbean. Semester students are enrolled in four courses,
three of which (usually an ecology course, a resource management
course, and a socioeconomic or applied anthropology course)
focus on theory using local examples. The fourth course, Directed
Research, involves instruction in research design and completion
of an individual project that addresses a component of the semester's
research objective.
Through their field projects and additional community service projects, students can make an immediate contribution toward the improvement of a local environmental issue, develop useful technical and analytical skills, and put the theories learned in the SFS classroom into practice in a real-world situation.
Additional Information
Special Programs at Boston University
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