Internships

Whether it is paid, unpaid, for credit or not, an internship can provide a different sort of classroom for expanding your learning. Internships can help you explore and test hunches about career fields, build your resume, and launch your career.

Finding an Internship
Seeking an internship requires much of the same kind of preparation as any job search. There are several Puget Sound resources that provide a great place to start your search for an internship placement. Remember to start your search early, especially if you hope to enroll for academic credit. Arrangements should be made during the months prior to the semester or summer in which you plan to enroll.

Access thousands of internships across the country (InternshipLink) and around the world (Going Global).

Search the ASK Network to identfy alumni in career fields or in geographic locations that interest you. Alumni in the ASK Network may be able to share useful information about their own internship experiences, or point you to internship programs in their organization. 

Special Puget Sound Internship and Research Opportunities

Academic Credit
There are two course options at Puget Sound that allow students to formally link a work experience to the curriculum for academic credit: Internship Seminars and Faculty Sponsored Internships.
You must be at least a junior to enroll in either of these programs.

Procedures for registering for credit

Activity Credit
The Co-Operative Education program allows students to gain preprofessional experience through off campus employment while earning between .25 and 1.0 activity credits. You must be at least a sophomore to be eligible for cooperative education credit.

Procedures for registering for credit

Other Internship Resources

Considering whether or not to pursue an internship for academic credit?

Lana McMullen '11 participated in an Internship Seminar during the spring of her senior year:

"Definitely take part in the internship program at Puget Sound -- it is vital in increasing one's understanding of one's role within the work environment, and makes the transition away from the academic setting exponentially less daunting."


Internships for Credit: Dispelling the Myths

There is a common myth that if you get paid to pursue an internship, then you can’t do it for credit.  I hear this all the time and am here to let you know it’s not true!


InternshipLink

Puget Sound students have access to two databases that list thousands of internships through Career and Employment Services’ InternshipLink.
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