What do SEAS students gain from a co-op or internship experience?
A – SEAS students are empowered to develop skills to help them long-term with respect to career searches and job prospects. To that end, students are encouraged to register with Miami’s Office of Career Services to apply, prepare and interview for co-op, internship and permanent positions. By learning the job-search process in the internship/co-op stages, students have done much of the homework they need to have a more effective permanent job search. They will know the dos/don’ts of interviewing, the differences between the types of engineering/computing positions, the kind of industries that strike their fancy and so on. We want to allow students and companies the flexibility to choose a system that works for them, whether it means hiring students after their freshman year, having an extended co-op or internship term (say, January through August) or possibly offering an international experience. Most Miami SEAS students choose to do summer internships because the summer timeframe fits
