Internships are four credit hour classes in which students attend seminars and work 10-15 hours a week with a local firm in a field of the student's choosing. Internships are normally taken during the senior year. After the sophomore year, students are placed with a company for a summer position to obtain a broad knowledge of the function within a business enterprise. After additional coursework, students are placed in a second, more focussed full-time work experience related to their area of interest. The second experience usually takes place during the spring semester of the junior year.
Students earn a total of eight hours of academic credit for the two experiences.
In addition, Calvin's Service Learning Center offers opportunities to participate in community service. Finally, students have the option of consulting for small businesses through Calvin's Small Business Institute as part of their regular course work. In addition, students are enabled to use computers in business classes, including word processing and statistical applications. All of these program features are designed to give business students practical business experience in addition to a strong theoretical grounding.