Career Exploration Opportunities
The Hameetman Career Center (HCC) supports internships that integrate knowledge and theory learned in the classroom and applied in a professional setting. Internship opportunities are available in all occupational sectors and may or may not directly correlate with a student’s major. Internships are an opportunity to create learning experiences for the student by providing exposure in a career field or job function of interest. Through diverse occupational exposure students can explore various careers, thereby greatly enhancing their progression towards career discernment while building transferable skills toward graduate and employment opportunities. Students can secure nonprofit, governmental, and for-profit opportunities. Additionally, the HCC sponsors a broad-based, funded internship program in Los Angeles and Portland, that places students in full-time professional internships for ten weeks during the summer. Through the HCC, Occidental College offers both a two unit (INT 200) and a zero unit (INT 100) option for students. The HCC coordinates both courses and supports students during their INT 200 and INT 100 internship (see Career Center INT Program below).