UC Santa Cruz Economics Field Study
Economics Field Study
Economics field study provides UC Santa Cruz economics students with a practical context in which they can start to integrate course material into internship experience. Students intern in a setting where they are trained and supervised by a professional in the business or organizational setting of their field study experience.
Economics field study is available every quarter for students to earn academic credit while working in an internship in the community and to earn credit for the Practice: Service Learning (PR-S) general education requirement here at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Please contact econintern@ucsc.edu for additional information.
Applications
You must apply and participate in the quarter before your field study begins, so plan ahead!
- Winter 2025 applications have closed.
Student requirements to be eligible for field study
- Junior or senior standing (by the time you start your internship)
- Declared economics or economics combined majors at UC Santa Cruz
- Passed ECON 100A, 100B, and 113 (intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, and introduction to econometrics) by the time you start your internship
- In good academic standing
Students are partnered with a faculty member of UC Santa Cruz Economics Department. This faculty sponsor provides guidance and encouragement to help the student blend knowledge and skill acquired in economics courses with the training and experience they receive in the field placement. The academic outcome is a final project/paper developed with the student and faculty together.
- UC Santa Cruz economics field study earns academic credit for graduation, but does not count for credit earned for your academic major requirements.
- Economics field study is offered for credit as pass/no pass only.
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- Note about summer accounting internships: many accounting firms begin their internship application process during fall and winter.
Field Study Coordinator
Email: econintern@ucsc.edu to request a Zoom appointment for advising.
