CUNY Internship and Study

Abroad in Moldova 2013 

Anth 490: Independent Study in Psychological Anthropology

3 Credits 

The goal of this course is for the student to have the experience of doing in-depth research into a narrowly focused area of Psychology and Culture. Your project will involve some library research but it  will mostly be field research involving the collection of new data. The topic of your research project and your research design will be worked out by you and the professor, Dr. Rodgers.  

Anth 496: Summer Field Experience in Moldova

3 Credits

Summer field training program in anthropology conducted by approved institutions.  This course will involve field experience and training in ethnographic research in a psychiatric hospital in Moldova and at a children's center for abandoned and street children.  Students will work with an English speaking Moldovan student and shadow psychiatrists and nurses in hospital wards.  Students will also collect ethnographic data and write a report.

Social Work 360:  Human Behavior & The Social Environment

3 Credits

This course provides an integrative ecosystems framework that will enable the student to apply a holistic perspective in using the generalist model of social work practice.  It will focus on the ways that the ecosystems model is used in assessment and intervention with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations.  This course also provides a background in traditional and alternative theoretical models used by social workers in designing a clinical assessment.