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Interested students should consult the Social Science Lab coordinator and a facultymember who will be responsible for signing registration forms, serving as a consultantfor the student’s research, and assessing the final grade. Approval by the director ofthe Social Science Lab is required. The Social Science Lab has resources such asmodules on interviewing, survey research and data analysis techniques, and computerstatistical packages that the student may use.Off-Campus OpportunitiesAustin College encourages the pursuit of off-campus programs and projects by allstudents at some point in their college careers. Many of its January term offerings,summer institutes, and non-credit programs provide the means for enriched educationalexperiences. Field study opportunities are available during the regular academic yearand during the summer as well.Career Study Off-Campus (CSOC): A student may earn a maximum of three coursecredit units through Career Study Off-Campus (referred to as field study or internship)during a 14-week term and a maximum of two course credit units during the summer.During the January term, one such study course can be taken. Of the total numberof course credit units required for the Bachelor of Arts degree, not more than sixcan be Career Study Off-Campus courses. Courses are graded on an S/D/U basis.Eligibility requirements for students proposing a Career Study Off-Campus:■ Sophomore, junior, or senior standing at the time the study is undertaken■ Minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average■ Successful completion of non-credit training workshop on self-directed learning■ Faculty instructor who will agree to evaluate the student’s CSOC■ Site supervisor must agree to oversee and ensure that the student’s goals andobjectives are met. The supervisor also must complete an evaluation for thestudent upon the completion of the CSOC.Proposed studies must be of the student’s own design and be carried out on-siteor sites that provide the student with a substantive view of the work performedin that particular profession. A student will work with an on-site coordinator orsupervisor (a qualified individual who can assist and/or partially direct the study).Proposals should reflect substantial academic, intellectual content and containclear and concise goal statements, learning objectives, and resources available,as well as some type of tangible end product to be evaluated by the instructor.All proposed studies must be approved by the most appropriate department chairand divisional dean.Further information regarding specific deadlines, procedures, and workshop dates aswell as assistance in the selection and design of various studies is available throughthe director of Career Study Off-Campus in Career Services in Adams Center.The Lilly Internship Program: Theological Exploration of Vocation. Created in January2002 by a $2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the Lilly Project has three goals:1. To encourage students, faculty, and alumni to reflect about the sources ofmeaning and purpose in their lives;2. To provide resources for exploring, analyzing, and challenging those purposes; and3. To help individuals take their first steps toward building lives that embody andreflect those purposes.58 | ACADEMIC PROGRAM