Organizations agree to provide challenging, substantial work experiences for students and to supervise and evaluate their performance. In exchange, organizations receive valuable work contributions from highly motivated pre-professionals. Internships are an integral part of Macalester's curriculum. Each year, nearly 300 students from more than 30 academic disciplines participate in internships. Students take on responsible roles as workers at fine arts, government, nonprofit, education, and business sites.
Most students earn course credit for their internships.
Students work directly with site supervisors to create and manage their own internship experiences. Under the joint supervisor of a faculty member and internship site supervisor, a student completes a learning contract that outlines his or her goals for undertaking the internship and describes how the experience will be evaluated and graded. Fax or mail information about the nature and purpose of the organization, how and where to apply and when the internship is available. Students also participate in internships during January and summer. Comments and Questions to Internship Web Site Coordinator Macalester College Internship Program 1600 Grand Ave St.