Program Overview

Animal Science and Technology Program

The Animal Science and Technology program offers students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning through internships, apprenticeships, or special projects. This supportive environment allows students to test their career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.

Experiential Credit Options

Students can earn experiential credits through various options, including:

• AVS399: Internship
  • Requirements: Permission of Instructor
  • Logistics: Options in various professional experience programs involving the animal and veterinary sciences
  • Credits: 1-6 credits (S/U Only)

Past Internship Opportunities

The following list is a sample of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits:

• Rhode Island Internships
  • American Cancer Society, New England
  • Bioactive Botanical Research Lab
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
  • Environment RI
  • Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
  • Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting
  • Narragansett Bay Research Reserve
  • Newport Hospital
  • Norman Bird Sanctuary
  • Ocean State Clean Cities
  • RI Department of Environment Management
  • RI Department of Health
  • RI Hospital
  • RI Eye Institute
  • Roger Williams Park Zoo
  • Save the Bay
  • Sport and Spine Physical Therapy
  • URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America
  • URI Recreational Services
  • US Environmental Protection Agency
  • West Bay Family YMCA Athletic Training
  • Westerly Animal Hospital
  • WPRI/WNAC-TV-Meterology
• Out-Of-State Internships
  • American Orthopedics
  • Berkshire Botanical Garden
  • Cabbage Hill Farm
  • Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Chatham Shellfish Company
  • Fairfield Animal Hospital
  • Groundwater & Environmental Services
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Marine Conservation Biology Institute
  • Marine Environmental Research Institute
  • Marine Fish Conservation Network
  • Mystic Aquarium & Institution of Oceanography
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
  • New York State Institute for Research
  • New England Wild Flower Society
  • Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
  • Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
  • Prehab Sports Medicine
  • Student Conservation Association, INC
  • Students for a Just & Sustainable Future
  • UC San Diego Institute of Oceanography, Marine Physical Lab
  • Ullucci Sports Medicine
  • University Orthopedica, INC