This work experience can enhance your classroom learning while you explore and clarify your career goals. Career-related work experience also increases your chances of finding satisfying employment upon graduation. Perhaps most importantly, career-related work experience expands your network of professionals in your field of interest. This network becomes a valuable resource as you conduct your search for a full-time job. Planning for an internship should begin after your sophomore year.
Students generally enroll in internships after they complete their junior years.
Most academic departments at Ball State offer either required or elective internship programs. A co-op or cooperative education program is a supervised, multisemester, paid work experience directly related to your field of study, career goal, or both. Students can generally enroll in co-ops as early as the sophomore year. Some academic departments at Ball State offer credit for co-op experience. Academic Credit Academic credit must be approved by your department.