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General
Internship Information
What
is an Internship?
| An internship is an opportunity to gain valuable
work experience in a student's area of academic study or in other
fields of career interest. Internships are supervised both within
the work setting and by la faculty member who is knowledgeable in
a discipline related to the internship. |
Who is eligble?
| Internships are open to any Purchase College
student who has earned more than 28 academic credits, regardless of
whether the student is currently enrolled in a degree program. |
The Value of an Internship
Each student has a particular
set of career or educational goals for an internship. However, in
general, internships provide an opportunity for:
- career exploration
- gaining work experience related to career interests
- enhancing academic course work through practical job experience
- exposure to professionals in a chosen field
- building job networking contacts
- acquiring positive job references outside the academic community
- increasing self-confidence
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Academic Credit
| Up to four credits may be obtained for an
internship which consists of 150 hours of field work and a related
academic project that is assigned by the academic internship advisor.
Internships of lesser time commitment may be arranged for two or three
credits. |
Application Procedure
| The Career Development Office in Campus Center
South, Room 2808, 251-6370 maintains a complete listing of available
internships in many fields. Anyone interested in applying for an internship
should contact the Career Development Office to discuss available
settings and to learn about the application and approval procedures.
All internships must be approved by the Career Development Office.
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Internships for mathematics/computer science students
| Students are strongly encouraged to pursue an internship while at
Purchase. In recent years students have interned at Fidelity Investments,
Stolt Parcel Tankers, IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center, and
the College’s Computer and Information Services department.
In past summers Purchase has particpated in a summer internship program that
is organized by the New York New Media Association (NYNMA) and supported
by a grant from the New York State Department of Education. They were placed at New Media companies in the
rapidly expanding Silicon Alley including sidewalk.com and developer.com. Below are some links to web resources related to internships and career opportunities in mathematics and computer science. |
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