Internships & Employment

Career Development & Readiness Course

Serving as a prerequisite for our required internship, all sophomores are required to enroll and complete a comprehensive course designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of planning and organizing their job search strategies. The course stresses the value of the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology in the labor market and develops job search skills that will be useful throughout life.

Internships

Every SHU School of Computer Science & Engineering student has the chance to gain valuable workplace experience with internships on campus or in the industry. Real-world internships help students integrate classroom study with professional experiences in the major.

The School of Computer Science & Engineering faculty maintain a strong network of industry contacts, providing plentiful opportunities for SHU students to gain valuable workplace experience. Most students choose to do an internship in their junior or senior year. Many of these positions lead to part-time or even full-time employment.

Students are offered on-campus internships in The Factory (SHU's computer support center) and the Network Operations Center. Faculty also work with area companies to place students in a variety of internships.

Companies our students typically intern with include:

Students are able to work with the center for career and professional development and also with their faculty advisor to learn about and secure internships. Internship opportunities are made available in several ways:

• Companies often approach the university looking for interns. These opportunities are posted on the department’s online internship board.
• The SHU computer science faculty seek out internship opportunities matching students’ skills and interests.
• SHU provides a number of on-campus technology support internships.
  • The Factory (Help Desk and Call Center)
  • Horizons Webmaster
  • Networking

Career Opportunities

SHU Engineering has several industry partners that we work closely through internships and full-time job opportunities. Students get to interact with engineers from companies through capstone projects, class visits, and mentoring. We know our students’ abilities and skills and pay personal attention to find them the right fit. Recent, industry-led/sponsored projects:

• Kinima Fit
  Virtual fitness trainer software and hardware development.
• TPR2
  Design and development of a 3d printer and extruder for flame retardant plastics.
• MPI
  Mentoring by MPI professionals, software development.
• Sikorsky
  Funding for our drone development lab.

For internships and job searches, we strongly recommend our students to utilize our job search site called HandShake for targeted companies and opportunities specific to your majors.

Career opportunities in Computer Science may be found at the following websites:

• ACM posting of positions available
• The Chronicle of Higher Educations posts mainly positions in academia
• National Listing of jobs in the computer science field