This summer program combines service in a government internship and participation in a California politics seminar class.
Students are placed in a an internship position in a state legislative or executive office during the 12-week USF summer session. Opportunities include placements with the state auditor's office, assembly and senate offices, and caucuses. Concurrently, students attend a seminar class once a week on California politics. The class allow students to share their internship experiences and help them to understand the context within which state policies are created. Guest lecturers regularly join the class.
The program includes:
- Housing
- A stipend to help offset the student's expenses
- 4-8 credit units
Examples of Past Internship Placements
- Assembly Arts and Entertainment Committee
- Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development
- Assembly Speaker’s Floor Unit
- Assembly Speaker’s Office of Majority Services
- Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian (R-District 26)
- Assembly Member Betsy Butler (D-District 50)
- Assembly Member Fiona Ma (D-District 12)
- Assembly Member Joan Buchanan (D-District 16)
- Assembly Member Martin Garrick (R-District 74)
- California Department of Healthcare Services
- California Department of Mental Health
- Committee on Revenue and Taxation
- Delta Stewardship Council
- Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee
- Governor’s Office of Economic Development
- Office of Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso, California Prison Health Care Services
- Press Office of Senate Majority Leader Don Perata• Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
- Senator Carole Midgen
- Senator Elaine Alquist (D-District 13)
- Senator Lou Correa (D-District 34)
- Speaker of the California State Assembly Karen Bass
- Speaker’s Office of International Relations
- Speaker's Office of Member Services
For more information, please contact Fernando Enciso-Márquez at (415) 422-2033 or fjencisomarquez@usfca.edu
