Career Success Center : Jobs, Internships & More

Micro-Internships and Other Applied Learning Experiences

Get many experiences to assure career success! Learn to apply your WCSU education in a variety of ways to get skills, recognition, connections, endorsement, and of course, links to your future jobs. So get CURIOUS and TRY STUFF, including these other experiences:

What is Applied Learning?

Applied learning refers to an educational approach whereby students learn by engaging in the direct application of skills, theories, and models. Students apply knowledge and skills gained from traditional classroom learning to hands-on and/or real-world settings, creative projects, or independent or directed research, and in turn, apply what is gained from the applied experience to academic learning.

The applied learning activity can occur outside of the traditional classroom experience and/or be embedded as part of a course.

 

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Micro-Internships are short-term, paid, professional assignments that are similar to those given to new hires or interns.

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Take a trip to a foreign country and pursue your studies there for one semester or an entire year.

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Join a club or organization that aligns with your goals and personality and practice a variety of skills as you grow it.

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Get engaged with and help improve your local community by completing a variety of jobs and tasks.

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Education majors can get realistic and extensive experience as a teacher/instructor while under the supervision of other experienced teachers.

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Get work experience in areas of interest and develop vital skills while also having a schedule flexible to your class and exam schedules.

There are many other ways to get experiences. Some students may already have course-embedded opportunities (Clinical Placement, Practicum, Field Study, Performance and Research) but adding a variety of other experiences will give you important perspectives while possibly making a difference to your future and in your community: opens in a new windowCivic Engagements, opens in a new windowEntrepreneurship, opens in a new windowTravel (International or Domestic), and opens in a new windowCreative Works.