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Practicum Credit

College legislation allows you to recieve Practicum credit (295P or 395P) for independent work, as long as there is a substantial academic component supervised by a Mount Holyoke faculty member who assigns the grade. 

The practicum can take place either in January or during the summer, and the bulk of credit-bearing work will normally take place during the following semester. 

Practicum designation ordinarily requires consultation with a faculty member prior to the beginning of the practicum and, of course, during the semester of 295P or 395P enrollment.  Independent work with a practicum component is governed by the same policies as all other independent work.

 For more information about this option, please see the Guide to Developing your Internship into an Independent Study (PDF).



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Neuroscience and Behavior

All students with majors or minors in sciences or mathemetics should consider participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at one of the many institutions offering them in the U.S.  REU projects involve active participation by students in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially for the purpose.Beginning in November, the NSF web site lists opportunities by discipline; they include Astronomical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Cyberinfrastructure, Department of Defense (DoD), Earth Sciences, Education and Human Resources, Engineering, Ethics and Values Studies, International Science and Engineering, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Physics, Polar Programs, and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. 

Students with science or mathematics majors or minors are especially encouraged to apply for summer funding from the HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program. Both first-year students and upperclassmen are eligible to apply. To apply to this program, check the box labeled "HHMI Summer Education Program" on the Universal Application form.

Students with an interest in Neuroscience and Behavior major are encouraged to research and develop their own internship opportunity. To assist you in securing an internship, please find below a sampling of places where Neuroscience and Behavior majors have completed an internship. Please note: the CDC does not promote or is in no way affiliated with the companies or institutions listed.

  • Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Affiliate of The Rockefeller University
  • Acton Medical Associates
  • American Healthcare Radiology Administrators
  • Anne B. Morris, MD and Community Research Initiative
  • Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit
  • Boston Children's Hospital, Neurobehavioral Infant
  • Boston Road Animal Hospital
  • Children’s Hospital & Medical Center - University
  • Columbia University, Internship in Building Commune
  • Dartmouth College, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Dartmouth College, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Summer Research Training Program
  • Dental Office of Dr. Audet
  • Doylestown Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine
  • Emory University School of Medecine: Rehabilitatio
  • Ernest Gallow Clinic and Research Center
  • Fo Guang Shan
  • Guilford Public School:  Guilford Lakes Elementary School
  • Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services
  • Harrisburg State Hospital
  • Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
  • Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Neurobiology
  • Harvard School of Public Health
  • Health Organization for the Poor
  • Holyoke Associates in Internal Medicine
  • Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
  • Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
  • Lappin Capital Management, Inc.
  • Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
  • Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICH
  • Mount Holyoke College, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program
  • National Institute of Mental Health, Laboratory of Neuropsychology
  • National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Laboratory of Neuropsychology
  • New England Aquarium
  • New York Blood Center
  • Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates in Neural & Behavioral Sciences (NSF-REU)
  • Operation Smile
  • Professor R. Thomas Zoeller, Department of Biology
  • Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation
  • R.S. Dow Neurological Sciences Institute
  • Richmond Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Sunbow 5 Foundation
  • The Institute for Community Research
  • The Loomis Chaffee School
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical Col
  • Tufts University
  • UCSF Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center
  • University of Connecticut Health Center, School of Medicine, Summer Fellowship Program
  • University of Massachusetts, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • University of Miami School of Medicine
  • White Shield Center
  • Williams Mystic, The Maritime Studies Program of Williams College & Mystic Seaport
  • Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Yale University School of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology

To search for active internship listings, please visit the MHC Internship Connection database
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