Boise State University Career Guide - 2025 - Flipbook - Page 43
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Learn to solve problems through hands-on experience!
Hands-on learning opportunities
are our specialty.
As a student at the School of Public Service (SPS),
you’ll be guided towards fnding what you’re
passionate about and applying those passions within
your classes and out in the real world. Our professors
and staf members are dedicated to creating hands-on
learning experiences, ofering research opportunities,
and helping you become an active member of broader
communities at Boise State and beyond.
Find your path
You’ll fnd several program areas to study at SPS,
including Criminal Justice, Political Science,
Environmental Studies, Urban Studies and
Community Development, Global Studies, Military
Science, Conflict Management, Legal Studies,
and Leadership. All our degree programs involve
hands-on learning opportunities like internships, study
abroad, service-learning, community engagement,
or research alongside professors. Our students have
the opportunity to participate in feld schools, where
they apply classroom learning to real world issues and
work to solve those issues with classmates. The School
of Public Service also ofers the unique opportunity
to live, intern and study in Washington, D.C. for a
semester through our Capital Connection program.
Each of our hands-on learning opportunities are
designed to help you forge your own academic and
professional pathways.
Learn more about the
School of Public Service
Scan the QR code or go to
boisestate.edu/sps
From the classroom to the community
School of Public Service graduates become
urban planners, policy analysts, law enforcement
professionals, lawyers, environmental conservationists,
global and community leaders, researchers,
professors, and legislators. Through their classes and
extracurriculars, students tackle local challenges,
network with alumni, and serve alongside leaders.
Stats:
1,324 — SPS internship placements since 2016
166 — SPS community partners
$2.2 million — In-kind volunteer and internship work
in the community
“I think that the real-life aspect of internships, clubs
and organizations that you get outside the classroom
is going to be one of the most valuable experiences
you can have as a student. The professors that are in
the School of Public Service do a great job of getting
students involved in those organizations, they do a
great job with their outreach and empowering their
students to succeed.”
– Bella Antonucci, Criminal Justice
“This experience was extremely unique and it’s
something diferent to what I would have gotten in
any other academic setting. The internship and the
experience in Washington, D.C. clarifed a lot for me
in terms of my post-grad plans. It helped grow my
confdence in being successful after undergrad.”
– Saige Caldwell, Capital Connection student
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