A Summary Comparison Of SCEC Internship Programs

	SURE	USEIT
Citizenship Requirements	1) U.S. citizen or 2) U.S. permanent resident	1) U.S. citizen or 2) U.S. permanent resident
Class Standing	Undergraduate juniors and seniors*	Undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors*
Major	Earth Sciences or related field	All majors
Research Domains	Geophysics, Earthquake geology, Seismology, Tectonics and Geodesy	Information Technology
Team or Individual Research Projects?	Some small teams (2-3 interns); mostly individual	Team
Suitable for thesis	Sometimes	Occasionally
Location	various SCEC institutions	University of Southern California
Research Duration	Summer: 8-10 weeks; occasional repeats	Summer: 8 weeks; occasional repeats
Possible Products	Journal publication	Animated movies; computer games; interactive software
C.V./Resume Benefit	1) Graduate programs 2) Expertise for work in geo consulting and industry	1) Graduate programs; 2) Experience in team collaboration

*All interns should be enrolled as an undergraduate student during the entire year of 2015 (i.e. you must be in school at least until the end of the Fall 2015 semester/quarter). High school graduates who have been accepted at an undergraduate institution but who have not yet started their undergraduate study are also eligible to participate.

For more information contact:

SCEC Education Programs
Office of Experiential Learning & Career Advancement
internships@scec.org
213-821-6340

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