Learning Beyond the Classroom

Your learning certainly doesn't stop at the School of Business when you walk out leave the classroom. In fact, your learning has just begun. Internships offer the opportunity to learn through experience. By taking what you have learned in the classroom and applying it in a real-world setting, you move beyond theory and into the world of making your mark. 

Getting hands-on experience with actual employers doesn't just boost your resume – it allows you to apply your academic knowledge to an organization's business operations, and can even lead to a job offer. Students in the School of Business have interned at all sorts of companies, from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to KPMG and Ernst and Young to MTV and Madison Square Garden.

*Students may earn up to six internship credits, in any combination.

The Business School currently offers two types of internships: Internship for Credit and Internship for Credit with Acadmic Enhancement. Both offer students real-world experience but there are some key differences which are outlined below.

• Internship for Credit can only fulfill a business or general elective. You will not need to identify a faculty sponsor, instead with this option your internship will be overseen by the Professional Development Coordinator who will issue your final grade (Pass/Fail). You will be required to submit a bi-weekly log of your internship activities, and at the end of your internship you will make a 10-minute presentation regarding your experience. (1, 2, or 3 credits)

• Internship for Credit with Academic Enhancement can fulfill a concentration elective, business elective, or general elective. You must identify a faculty sponsor with this option. The faculty sponsor will oversee your internship and will issue your final grade (Pass/Fail). You will be required to submit a bi-weekly log of your internship activities, write an academic paper (which you and your faculty sponsor will agree to prior to the beginning of your internship), and make a 10-minute presentation regarding your experience at the conclusion of your internship. (1, 2, or 3 credits)

Since not all students are able to fit an internship into their schedule, in the fall of 2008, the School of Business introduced the requirement of a "Field Work Experience."  This 35-hour, generally off-campus experience, is  designed to expose students to practical work experience in their chosen field of specialization. Students who complete an internship for credit can have their field work experience requirement waived.