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About IDST 300: Social Justice Work Experience
IDST 300 Course Description:
General work experience course designed for students considering careers in social justice, public service and the nonprofit sector. Through supervised internships and at social justice and community-based organization, students can increase their skills working with the public section and their knowledge of career options and pathways, including the skills necessary for work in this sector. One unit of credit is earned for each 54 hours of unpaid or paid work.
Course is P/NP and can be taken for 1-6 units.
View the full course outline AT THIS LINK.
Why take IDST 300 Social Justice Work Experience?
Learn what social justice looks like in action. Maybe you have been studying the history and present of social movements and feel ready to build a relationship with an organization, community group, or campaign.
Build your leadership skills. Students can learn practical skills for organizing and community work like outreach, communications, canvassing, event planning, facilitation, and more.
Build your network or deepen existing relationships. Students can connect with our featured opportunities and employer network or deepen your relationship with an organization you already work with by making a solid volunteer commitment or taking on a bigger project for academic credit. Students can build relationships with potential recommenders and employers.
Earn academic credit for your volunteer or paid work. Those already doing paid or volunteer work with a social justice campaign or community organization can earn CSU-transferrable academic credit and see their work experience reflected on their college transcript.
IDST 300 Contacts:
Interdisciplinary Studies Chair: Dr. David “Vika” Ga’oupu Palaita (dpalaita@ccsf.edu)
Instructors: James Tracy (jrtracy@ccsf.edu), Labor & Community Studies Chair, and Maggie Harrison (mharriso@ccsf.edu), Women's & Gender Studies Chair
Interested in Enrolling in IDST 300?
Requirements for IDST 300:
Choose an employer or volunteer internship site focused on social justice and community work: Students need to select an employer or internship site, either by finding one of their own, or by connecting with one of our featured employers/IDST 300 host sites. Students who have their own site in mind will need to find a site supervisor who can sign off on your hours, help you develop learning and project objectives, and supervise your work throughout the semester. See below for more information about finding an internship or employment site.
Ability to complete the required hours: IDST 300 can be taken for 1-6 units. Students need to have the time in their schedule to complete 54 unpaid or paid hours per enrolled unit during the 17-week or 12-week semester (according to the section you register for).
Concurrent enrollment in an Ethnic Studies and Social Justice course at City College of San Francisco: The City College Ethnic Studies and Social Justice collaborative is made up of eight departments. IDST 300 students can be pursuing course work in:
African American Studies (AFAM)
Asian American Studies (ASAM)
Interdisciplinary Studies (IDST)
Labor and Community Studies (LBCS)
LGBTQII* Studies (LGBT)
Philippine Studies (PHST)
Women's and Gender Studies (WGST)
Please fill out our new & prospective student survey HERE.
Learn More About Work Experience and Career Services at City College.
Learn more about Career Services, Career Education and Work Experience at City College of San Francisco.
Meet with a Career Specialist or Sign Up for Workshops.
You can schedule a meeting or attend a workshop with City College Employment Specialist Tina Zhong (tizhong@ccsf.edu). Request an appointment for Career Services: Resume Help, Job Search, Handshake & more.
Finding a Social Justice Internship Site
Examples of Employer and Internship Sites
About Face: Media Literacy and Activism for Teen Girls
Project SURVIVE at City College of San Francisco
IDST 300 instructors and other Ethnic Studies & Social Justice department chairs have contacts with various Social Justice Internship Sites and can advise based on students' individual interests and goals. Reach out directly to James Tracy (jrtracy@ccsf.edu) and Maggie Harrison (mharriso@ccsf.edu) to receive this guidance.
Sign up to view employer and internship postings on College Central HERE.
Meet with a CCSF Employment Specialist
You can schedule a meeting or attend a workshop with City College Employment Specialist Tina Zhong (tizhong@ccsf.edu).
What Students Have to Say About IDST 300
"Taking IDST 300 has been very fulfilling for me as a CCSF student. Thus far, I have been able to expand my leadership skills through my favorite program and apply these abilities in other community efforts throughout the semester. As a student who had been out of work due to the COVID 19 impacts, IDST 300 gave me the opportunity to utilize work study. During this time of working with Project SURVIVE, I have been able to co-facilitate in our amazing club, curate healing and creative events for students and the broader community, empower fellow members to engage in student leadership, and interact with our CCSF community through social media. Taking on these tasks has inspired me to connect with other campus programs, counselors, and clubs to establish a stronger connection with our student body. We have been able to accomplish a successful poetry event that was co-hosted with the Poetry For The People class in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, as well as successfully engage student participation in our annual Clothesline Project. We have maintained our weekly meetings where we’ve cultivated new ideas, as well as increased social media following and cross-promoted CCSF events and student activities. I feel extremely blessed to be a student at City College of San Francisco and having had the opportunity to take the Interdisciplinary Studies 300 class. It is in my deepest desire that students take this opportunity to really find their voices and sense of impact through taking this credit course! I hope to continue working with the program, as well as creating relationships with other organizations with similar missions to help contribute in the ways that I can."
-Diamund, Fall 2020 IDST 300 Student and Project SURVIVE Club Officer/Student Senator/LAD Region III