Counselors help students evaluate their activities, skills and past experiences and relate these to future employment. The cooperative education program provides students an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge to career-related work experience. Students are placed in positions directly related to their majors where they gain invaluable experience and earn competitive salaries as well as academic credit. Transfer students may participate after completing one semester at FDU and achieving a GPR of 2.50. Internships Another avenue for gaining experience in a potential career area is through internships.
Organizations offer internships in many academic areas.
A student may perform an internship for academic credit in consultation with the director of their department or school or simply for gaining preprofessional experience. While many individuals become involved in volunteer activities for altruistic reasons, community service also can be a valuable career development tool. Volunteering can be a way of investigating interest in a potential career or developing particular skills that will help a student in a later job search. Some students may choose to volunteer outside their career areas to demonstrate well-rounded interests or develop community contacts. Whatever the motivation, students can feel confident that volunteer experience will have a double benefit for themselves and for the community.