Pursue an Internship
Introduction
An internship is a supervised, workplace-based, pre-professional learning experience. Unlike working at just any full- or part-time job, an internship is part of your career-related learning development. Internships have long been a part of a Simmons student's education, connecting theory with practice as part of your preparation for life's work.
An internship includes a mentoring relationship with a supervising professional at the internship site. It can be paid or unpaid and you may or may not earn academic credit for it. However, unpaid internships usually earn academic credit. If you have additional questions about this, look over the information under the
Fair Labor Standards Act on Internship Programs
For the purposes of this section we use the term "internship" broadly to include any workplace-based experiential education program, including clinical placements, practicums (education), and field placements (social work).