Career and Internship Services
Outstanding internship experiences are available throughout the Washington area with corporations, government agencies, schools, hospitals, and retail establishments. Marymount University is committed to helping students identify and secure appropriate internship opportunities, and supports this goal through its Center for Career Services. The center offers the tools to equip students with the identification and search process.
The center offers frequent workshops and programs on choosing careers, developing a résumé and cover letter, supporting internship site selection, gaining employment, and interviewing. Career advisors provide individual guidance, career advising and coaching.
Faculty advisors and academic internship mentors work in collaboration with the center to help students prepare for and successfully complete an internship. The internship is a structured work experience, supervised by a faculty mentor, that allows students to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to a concrete situation that is new to the student.
All undergraduate students are required to complete an internship related to or directly in their field of study. The internship requirement can be fulfilled once a student has completed at least 90 credits. Typically, this happens during a student’s junior or senior year. Some programs permit substitution of 300/400-level research-based experiential coursework within the student’s major for the internship. Waiver of the internship for a research experience may be authorized only by the dean of the student’s school.
Students register for a 3- or 6-credit internship course within their major, and most are graded on a pass/fail basis. Students must be registered for the internship during the semester that the internship takes place, including summer. Students enrolled in a teaching licensure program fulfill the internship requirement through a 6-credit student-teaching experience during a fall or spring semester.
The internship experience builds on Marymount’s core curriculum and each student’s academic major by offering students real-world experience in their field. While enrolled in their internship, students explore career interests; improve their understanding of the responsibilities required of a profession; apply critical thinking, oral and written communication, and teamwork in an organizational setting; and network with professionals in their areas of interest.