Job Openings
We welcome submissions of job openings for EPM graduates or paid internships for continuing students. Please email your opportunities to epminfo@ucdavis.edu.
Practicums/ Internships
About the Practicum
EPM requires each graduate student to complete an internship/practicum (ENV 296; 6 units) for their Comprehensive Exam portfolio. The purpose of the EPM Practicum is to provide an opportunity for students to integrate and apply their coursework to a problem in an applied professional setting, and to gain experience working for a government agency, private company or non-governmental organization. The client organizations benefit from the work of talented graduate students, the opportunity to work with potential new hires and connection to the broader network of UC Davis faculty and experts.
Process
If you have an opportunity that you would like to hire an EPM student for, you can send a position description to Jessica Penrose. Please be sure to include the following information:
- Description
- Special skills required (GIS, R, etc)
- Start and end dates
- Hours per week
- Remote, in-person or hybrid
- Include location if in-person or hybrid
- Pay rate
There are several administrative options available to process hiring for a student intern:
- The client organization hires and pays EPM interns directly
- The client organization and UC Davis EPM program enter into a 3-5 year contract to provide an easy process for the client organizations to hire Practicum interns as needed each year
Client requirements
- Have a designated person serve as a mentor/supervisor for the student
- Set clear objectives and expectations for the position/work
- Identify a regular time to meet with the student to review work products
- Evaluate the intern and provide regular, constructive feedback
- To the extent possible, include the intern in meetings and regular day-to-day operations
- Allow adequate time to fulfill the project activities identified in the proposal
Student requirements
- Students must dedicate a minimum of 180 hours towards a specific project and deliverable.
- Students will carry out and produce agreed upon deliverables or tasks for the client identified in the proposal
- Students will act according to the EPM Professional Code of Conduct, be engaged with their supervisor and coworkers and ask for regular feedback on performance
- Students are expected to develop a Practicum Proposal that states what the proposed project and deliverables are.
- Upon completion of the project, the student will develop a Practicum Report that summarizes the final project and deliverables.
Featured Projects
Jeff Palm with Ocean Science Trust
In his Practicum, Jeff worked to advance a project investigating flexible management solutions for fisheries in response to climate change.
Diana Giraldo with the California Foundation on the Environment and Economy
Diana explores foreign and state policy with the California Foundation on the Environment and Economy, and shapes international study trips and discussion forums with California policymakers.