In service learning courses and practicum courses, you’ll use knowledge and skills acquired in your class to meet genuine community needs.

You must apply to enroll for most of these courses. To receive permission to enroll, you may just need to email the instructor for approval or you may need to submit an application or be interviewed.

Instructions for enrolling in a service-learning course will appear in the description of that course in the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes.

Our current service-learning course:

PSY-X 370 Real-World Program Evaluation: Applying Psychology Research to Service

Enrolled students volunteer at either Middleway House or The Rise (which provide transitional housing and programs). The class will consider the needs of the groups served by Middleway/Rise and evaluate the quality of programs and interventions for those groups.

You can also explore the Service-Learning Program at Indiana University.

We are no longer offering X476 Practicum in Psychology through the PBS department as of Summer 2025. However, students can still complete community-based clinical experiences for course credit, including the applied learning requirement in the Clinical Science BS major curriculum, through the Walter Center. To do so, students must enroll in either ASCS-X373 or ASCS-X375. More information about these courses can be found here.

If students are interested in completing an internship for the applied learning credit in the Clinical Science major, students should email Dr. Schiestl prior to enrolling in ASCS-X373 or ASCS-X375 to ensure the desired internship will meet the applied learning requirements. Specially, the internship should be related to either the diagnosis, assessment, or treatment of mental health broadly construed. This may mean (but is not limited to) shadowing or observing clinicians, working directly with patients and families, conducting or observing assessments, engaging in classroom-based interventions, learning and practicing clinical skills, or evaluating clinical interventions.

All of our previous X476 Practicum partners are still happy to accept students and these placements will meet the requirements for the applied learning credit. Please read the descriptions below to learn more about each site and who to contact in order to determine if they are willing and able to accommodate you as a practicum student for the upcoming semester. 

If you have any questions about completing an internship in order to fulfill the applied learning credit for the Clinical Science BS, please email Dr. Schiestl.