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Athletes and Academic Achievement M.A. Internship Opportunities
Anne Browning training for the Olympics, '01All students in the Program are required to participate in an internship, which provides them with practical experience in a professional athletic and/or educational setting.
- Time commitment: 10 hours per week for one semester
- Final report of internship experiences
- Unit credit: 3 units of ED 294B credit [With the Faculty Adviser's approval, students can receive an extra 3 units for completing a second semester of an internship].
ASC Academic Advising
The Athletic Study Center (ASC) advising staff helps students understand and comply with university, college and NCAA rules, choose appropriate courses and majors, develop time management skills and resolve personal issues unique to student athletes. In addition, academic advisors monitor the completion of breadth requirements, suggest enrichment opportunities, check progress toward a degree, explain academic services and procedures and, as graduation nears, assist in planning for graduate school and/or investigating career options. Students are assigned to their advisor according to sport.
Goal: To provide practical experience beneficial to potential career goals in the filed of academic support for student athletes.
Internship Experiences
- Supervision by full time academic adviser
- Work directly with student athletes
- Learn ASC database
- Attend staff meetings
- Learn NCAA and college rules
- Major and class requirements advising
- Academic progress monitoring
- Special projects
This internship will take place during regular business hours.
Contact person
Derek Van Rheenen, Ph.D., 510.642.0605
Tutorial Support
The ASC's Tutorial Program provides academic support to all students participating in the University's intercollegiate athletics program. The Tutorial Program promotes and enhances students' academic competence, confidence and independence through individual and drop-in tutoring, study groups, workshops, adjunct courses and special programs. In providing these services, the Athletic Study Center works closely with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics as well as other academic support units on campus such as the Student Learning Center, the academic centers in the residence halls, the Graduate School of Education, and other academic departments on campus.
Internship Experiences
- Supervision by ASC Tutorial Coordinator
- Work directly with tutors and student athletes
- Learn about the various academic support services provided student athletes at the ASC and other units on campus.
- Individual Tutoring
- Drop-in Tutoring
- Study Groups
- Quiet Study
- Tutorial Policies and Procedures (university and NCAA)
- Tools of Assessment
- Tools of Evaluation
- Tutor Training and Hiring
- Study Skills Courses
- Other units such as Disabled Students Program and Student Learning Center
Contact person
Tony Mirabelli Ph.D., 510.643.8517
Apprentice Teaching at the Collegiate Level
Goal: To provide practical experience beneficial to potential career goals for future teachers in community college and university.
Students interested in teaching can intern as apprentice teachers for one of two undergraduate Education courses:
- Education 75 [Sport and Higher Education]
- Education 52 [Understanding Language in Society]
Education 75 Sport and Higher Education Course Description
The American phenomenon of intercollegiate athletics provides an avenue to critically examine larger socio-cultural issues at play in the meanings surrounding sport in higher education. This field of study has been plagued by misconception and stereotype rather than informed opinion and reflection. In the desire to better explore the familiar world of American sport, this course attempts to meld subjective experience with objective and critical analysis. From the first intercollegiate competition at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire in 1852, to college football's bowl celebrations and basketball's "March Madness", sport in higher education has both mirrored, as well as contributed to, the evolution of the American University. Educators and students must be informed not only about teaching and learning in the classroom, but also about the ways in which sport, culture and experience figure into the official mission of American higher education. Accordingly, the course addresses both the socio-cultural context of sport and higher education as well as the individual's relationship to this particular context. Specifically, the course will examine the evolution of the amateur athlete in the nineteenth century and the subsequent commercialization of college sports within the twentieth century. The role that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has played in the construction of intercollegiate athletics, and the subsequent media portrayal of the American "student-athlete", will likewise be addressed. Within this framework, the multiple, and often conflicting, identities of individual participants will be explored. Particular areas of focus will be race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation as they relate to sport in higher education.
Internship Experiences
- Supervision by faculty instructor and head GSI
- Plan and teach some class sessions
- Facilitate small group discussions
- Individual meetings with students during office hours
- Respond to student written assignments
- Grade exams
Ed 75 contact person Derek Van Rheenen, Ph.D., 510.642.0605
Education 52 Understanding Language and Society Course Description
This course will explore how language is influenced by social factors. The topics include dialects and standard English, slang, and the influence of gender, identity and bilingualism on language use, highlighting the diverse ways in which people use language to communicate with one another. A secondary objective is to teach strategies that are proven effective for successful and efficient reading, writing, learning and studying. These strategies will be applied to the content of this class and be useful in students' other classes. The class will meet once a week for two hours. During each class period students will explore different topics, texts, and related study strategies while also having an opportunity to put them into practice. In addition, selected students will meet individually with a tutor) twice weekly for one and one-half hours per session.
Internship Experiences
- Supervision by faculty instructor
- Plan and teach some class sessions
- Facilitate small group discussions
- Individual meetings with students during office hours
- Respond to student written assignments
- Grade exams
ED 52 contact person Tony Mirabelli, Ph.D., 510.643.8517
Athletic Administration
[UCB Athletic Department]Goal: To provide experiences and exposure to some of the duties and skills required for athletic administration.
Internship Experiences
- Attend meetings
- Athletic budgeting
- Help plan and execute Pac-10 or NCAA competitions
- Learn about NCAA rules and compliance
Personnel contact person: Teresa Kuehn, 510.642.9224
Other Internships by special arrangement
- Coach and/or teach or conduct a project in an urban middle or high school
- Coach and/or teach or conduct a project in a community college.
Written Assignments
Journal
Keep a journal describing all the activities you engaged in or observed and what you learned from them. Make journal entries for each time you participated in the internship activities. (Submit journal with final paper)
Final paper (25 pages)
Describe the activities you engaged in and what you learned from them. Which activities did you find most useful and least useful to you? Do a critical analysis of the activities and how they relate to issues of class, race, gender, motivation, an other topics discussed in your classes. Discuss, if relevant, issues that arise about the relationship of athletics and academics. How would you change the internship to make it a better learning experience.
Possible Paid Work Opportunities
Additional hours worked beyond the required internship of ten hours per week can be paid. Any such arrangements must be approved in consultation with the contact person for each area of focus, as well as the Faculty Advisor, Professor Herbert D. Simons.
- Tutor as adjunct to ED 52 - 10 hours per week (Tutor 2 at risk student athletes in study skills and act as an academic mentor)
- Student athlete tutorial services at Athletic Study Center (Evening study table, review session instructor and tutor at the ASC)
- GSI in ED 75 10 hours per week
Work opportunities cannot be substituted for the internship. Paid hours cannot be used for credit towards the Master's Degree.
