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Business Field Studies: CFS 395-0

Credits available: 2-4 credits during Spring 2025.  Can be taken for 1, 2, 3 or 4 credits beginning Summer 2025 

Credits toward degree: CFS credits typically count towards general elective credits.  

For Weinberg students who started at Northwestern before Summer 2023, this course will count one credit toward Weinberg Distribution Requirement for Area III: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

For Weinberg students who started at Northwestern in or after Summer 2023 (including transfer students), this course currently does not count toward any Foundational Disciplines or WCAS requirements.  

For students in other NU schools, please talk with your academic advisor to see if this or other CFS classes count towards any requirements for you.  

Course Description

Your internship is a great opportunity not only to gain experience and make useful connections, but also to develop insights into the business world, to form your own opinions, and to enter the job market as an informed and aware participant. This course will help you develop that awareness by encouraging you to analyze your internship in the light of social, cultural, and political debates currently shaping business culture. Our aim is to understand how business culture is continually modified around changing norms, values, and practices, with the ultimate goal of helping you critically think about, speak about, and maneuver in your place of work. You will apply each reading to your personal experience in your internship, which will help you think about your experiences critically. During our class meetings, you will be sharing your internship experiences and learning from each other.

Possible instructor: Nina Wieda

Types of Internships that relate to the Business Field Studies course: