Internships

Internships provide students with flexible and varied ways to gain valuable on-the-job experience related to career interests. Internships can be paid or unpaid, take place during summers, school semesters or vacation breaks, and cover a range of time commitments.

An internship can easily meet the need to learn about a specific career field while allowing a student to apply and enhance skills at the same time. Unpaid internships can be especially well suited for exploring fields such as advertising, government, and work in non-profit agencies.

By expanding their network of professional contacts, students who work as interns gain a competitive edge in the job market.  An internship experience is also a great way to demonstrate commitment to a professional career when applying to graduate school.

For assistance in finding an internship, students should make an appointment with a coordinator in the Career Services/Co-op Office.

 Academic Departments, such Business, Communication Studies, and Political Science, also offer “for credit” internships. Student should contact their academic departments to obtain information about specific “for credit” internship course offerings.