Internships and Cooperative Education

The internship and cooperative education components of experiential education supports students broadening their education and in some cases, earning academic credit for supervised work experience related to their major or career goal. The work experience may be part-time or full-time, paid or unpaid, and will most likely take place off campus, although some opportunities exist on campus for degree-related work experience.

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