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University of Colorado Denver Business School, offering Bachelor, MBA, MS, and PhD degrees

Business School, University of Colorado Denver
 

Your Career

Internships and Experiential Learning
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Put your education into action

When hiring new college graduates, businesses look for more than a basic knowledge of business. They need people who are ready to seize an opportunity and get to work. The UC Denver Business School offers you the opportunity to excel in these areas through experiential learning. Experiential learning teaches you the interpersonal skills needed to excel and adds to the knowledge learned in the classroom.

All undergraduate students in the Business School are required to fulfill an experiential learning requirement. This requirement may be filled by completing one of the following:

  • Internship
  • Study abroad
  • Service learning course
  • Project-based course

You will earn three semester hours of credit in an approved experiential learning course. See your advisor before beginning your experiential learning course to be sure it fits your degree program.

An internship supplements classroom learning and gives you on-the-job experience. As an intern, you gain real-world skills and extend your network. You may find the transition from academics to work easier as a result of your internship.

When you become an intern, you gain:

  • Greater certainty about your career choices
  • Greater confidence in the value and professional quality of your skills and abilities
  • Better understanding of what it takes to find a job and what it takes to succeed
Getting an internship
Types of internships
Internship Requirements

Business School study-abroad programs provide firsthand experience in various fields in both established and emerging locations around the globe. Many programs are based outside the classroom, enabling the observation of cross-cultural business practices in real settings. In addition, travel study offers students credit toward degree programs and provides the chance to absorb new cultural and business perspectives, build global networks and in many cases improve foreign language skills.

Study-abroad programs through the Business School are unique and change from year to year. Additional information is available from the UC Denver Study Abroad Office.

Service learning courses feature service in the community as an integral component of an academic course. Service activities vary based on course objectives, and volunteer involvement includes anything from a one-time volunteer activity to significant weekly service hours throughout the semester.

The Business School offers a number of service learning courses each semester. For a list of current service learning courses and when they are offered, please contact your advisor.

Project-based courses are offered through the Business School and involve a semester-long project coordinated by a professor. Project-based courses vary by semester. Please contact your advisor for a list of current openings.