CRJ 488: Internship in Criminal Justice

  • Criminal Justice major
  • Minimum 2.75 GPA overall at Buffalo State (local agency)
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA overall at Buffalo State (federal agency)
  • Completion of all required core CRJ courses

A comprehensive, supervised field experience in criminal justice and related social service agencies. Requires a minimum of 10 hours of work in the agency during a 14-week period (140 total hours) and a weekly academic seminar on campus. The purpose of the internship is to integrate knowledge learned in the academic environment with the experience of day-to-day work in a professional environment.

Internship Agencies

  • Homeland Security Investigations (ICE)
  • Niagara County Sheriff’s Crime Analysis
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF)
  • Erie County Sheriff’s Department
  • Amherst Police Department
  • Buffalo Police Department
  • Cheektowaga Police Department
  • U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • U.S. Marshals Service

Internship Coordinator

Melissa A. Menasco, Ph.D.
Chair & Associate Professor
Cassety Hall 104
Office: 716-878-3228
menascma@buffalostate.edu