Baltimore Urban Studies

Summer Program

Eight-Week Summer Program

Spend eight weeks this summer on the East Coast participating in a 3-credit course and an internship related to your major. Our summer internship program is designed to teach, mentor, and train you in spiritual formation, and professional development. Come spend a summer in a dynamic and culturally rich city. We partner with churches, clinics, agencies, and local community leaders to provide transformative internship opportunities for you.

Whether you’re looking for an internship in public health, social work, ministry, or anything in between, we believe this is the place for you to grow, be challenged, and to make an impact.

  • Christian Community

    Live in Christian community with other young adults from around the United States while you experience this life-changing opportunity to engage in the community through internships, discipleship, and group excursions around the East Coast.

  • College Course

    Earn three college credits over the course of three weeks. Our Bioethics and Justice course provides you the opportunity to see how public health, social justice, and ministry are intertwined and all play a crucial role in the day-to-day life of an individual and community.

  • Customized Internship

    Learn from experts in a variety of different fields. Whether you’re interested in going into social work, public health, or ministry–whatever your major–we will place you at an organization related to your interests so that you can gain hands-on experience.

  • May 20

    • Students arrive

    May 20 - June 7

    • Orientation

    • Introduction to internship opportunities

    • Bioethics and Justice Course (3 Credits)

    June 10 - July 10

    • Customized five-week internship in Baltimore and Washington DC

    July 11

    • Debrief

    July 12

    • Student Departure

Internship Opportunities

Our summer internship program offers customized internships for you to experience your field of study in a hands-on environment. The internship is paired with a college course where you will be able to process and gain constructivist learning through academic readings, seminar discussions, and reflective writing assignments. You have the opportunity to earn college credit for your internship.

Internship Placement Examples

    • Spend time developing community empowerment and holistic community health programs based in an urban church.

    • Intern at an immigration and refugee service organization for Arabic speakers.

    • Intern at an immigration and refugee service organization for Arabic speakers.

    • Intern at local not-for-profits providing comprehensive services and spiritual recovery for men, women, and children affected by addiction and unhoused communities.

    • Intern in a medical clinic or the counseling services provided at a local high school.

    • Intern at local not-for-profits providing comprehensive services and spiritual recovery for men, women, and children affected by addiction and unhoused communities.

    • Intern at a faith-based Community Organizing and public policy development organization.

    • Intern at an immigration and refugee service organization for Arabic speakers.

  • We have built up partnerships with many local organizations and are able to accommodate most career fields during the internship portion of the program.

    Please email us if you have any questions.

Program Details

May 20 - July 12, 2024

  • First three weeks are orientation to internships + Bioethics and Justice (3 Credits) May 20 - June 7th

  • The following five weeks are Independent Internships in Baltimore and Washington DC Mon June 10 - Wed July 10th

  • Program Cost: $3,800

  • Cost Includes:

    • Housing

    • Three Weeks of Bioethics and Justice course (option to receive 3 college credits)

    • Five-week internship placement (Earn up to 250 Internship Hours)

    • Orientation and Debrief

    • 50% of meals

    • Christian community and weekly chapels

    • Excursions across the East Coast

    • Airport pick up and drop off

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