Urban Field Experience

SOSC 4710
Open
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Work Integrated Learning Specialist
(9)
4
Timeline
  • March 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • March 8, 2025
    Placement Agreement
  • March 22, 2025
    Mid Term Evaluation
  • April 4, 2025
    Final Evaluation
  • April 4, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
6 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Social sciences
Skills
No skills listed
Student goals and capabilities

Students earn course credit by working on a project for an outside organization involved in urban development or administration. Details of each student's responsibilities are worked out in consultations among the student, the project supervisor and the Instructor.


Unpaid work placement for an organization engaged in some aspect of urban development, policy, research, or administration.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
5 students
Project
100 hours per student
Administrators assign students to projects
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

50-200 Hours per Placement (part-time, unpaid)


Placement agreements must be signed prior to students starting placement.


  • Gain professional work experience
  • Encourage development of professional/academic skills
  • Gain first-hand knowledge of employment and how an institutional body in the urban environment identifies its priorities, attempts to realize its goals, and deals with other institutional actors in the field
Project timeline
  • March 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • March 8, 2025
    Placement Agreement
  • March 22, 2025
    Mid Term Evaluation
  • April 4, 2025
    Final Evaluation
  • April 4, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Unpaid work placement for an organization engaged in some aspect of urban development, policy, research, or administration.