The College of Arts and Sciences offers an Honors Program into which qualified students are invited. A similar program for biomedical engineering exists in the College of Engineering. The first three years are in the College of Arts and Sciences, with the final four years in the Boston University School of Medicine . This program is highly competitive, with 1,000 applicants for twenty-five slots. The Sargent Clinic is where students in the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences can observe actual therapy work in a clinic that serves the Boston area.
Some communications schools allow their students to run agencies.
PR Planners and ADLab are full-service public relations and advertising agencies, respectively, run by Boston University students, typically in the College of Communication. In addition to various research opportunities as early as your freshman year, the Engineering Pre-Professional Practice Program allows students in the College of Engineering to take a year off from school and work in their field. The College of General Studies provides an innovative and rigorous two-year core curriculum, providing a solid interdisciplinary liberal arts foundation that successfully prepares students for continuation into the School or College of their choice in their junior year. Yes, through The Teaching Program of the University Professors or through an independent concentration in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students in the School of Education can get up to four years of teaching experience through the Chelsea Program.