Internships

What is an Internship?

An internship offers you a pathway to your career.

An internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates classroom knowledge and theory with practical business experiences. Internships offer you the opportunity to gain insight into various career fields and discover personal passions and strengths as you immerse yourself in the work setting.

Internship benefits

• Build your resume with meaningful experience and gaining expertise
• Expand your professional network, increasing your potential post-graduate opportunities
• Develop confidence and self-direction
• Sharpen interaction and communication skills
• Apply business theory to actual working situations and overcoming workplace challenges
• Experience the culture of an organization

Enrolling for course credit

As a CCB student, you can earn 3 course credits by participating in an approved internship and enrolling in an internship course.

• Junior standing (60 credits)
• A minimum GPA of 2.5
• Receive approval from faculty internship coordinator by submitting the CCB Internship Application Form
• Enroll in the internship course

Internship resources for students

• Browse a list of available internships
• Handshake for Students
• CCB Internship Application Form (PDF)

For employers

Organizational benefits

Employers have the opportunity to guide and evaluate talent for future openings. You provide CCB students with valuable growth and learning experiences. In return the organization receives:

• Recognition and expands their brand
• CCB students bring knowledge, enthusiasm, and hard work to their internship
• Advance economic development by increasing the area talent pool

Candidate fields

The Charlton College of Business was recently named as a top-performer in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report, ranked 147 out of 532 AACSB Institutions. The Charlton College of Business has students open to work and learn in the following business disciplines:

• Accounting, banking, budgeting, finance, financial planning, investments, and insurance
• Customer service, marketing, sales, and social media
• Management, management information systems (MIS), and operations management

Organizational criteria

An internship is a professional learning experience of supervised training and on-the-job learning events and activities. Not all work experiences are internships. Roles that merely require the student to perform clerical, routine or repetitive tasks are not considered internships.

• Internships have clearly defined beginning and end dates.
• Include a job description.
• Internships may be paid or unpaid.
• Students apply directly to the organization.

Internship resources for employers

• Best Practices for Internship Providers (PDF)
• Handshake for Employers
• Career Center: Information for employers