Career Services and Internships
The Office of Career Services and Internships is available to assist students, alumni, faculty, and staff to meet their career development needs. Professional, experienced personnel will help individuals explore their career interests, choose a major, find career information, develop interview skills, and search for internships and employment. Career testing, counseling, and help with résumé writing are free of charge. Career Services also offers the opportunity to participate in mock interviews and in on-campus job interviews with employers.
To receive information on any of these services, please contact Career Services at (careerservices@bac.edu), or visit the first floor Office Suite of the New Residence Hall across from the baseball fields, at 526 Abbot Walter Commons Dr. on the Belmont Abbey College campus.
Internships
The Office of Career Services & Internships manages both the required and optional internship programs for all majors on campus. The office maintains an online database of available internships, and will assist students in searching for and locating opportunities locally, regionally, and nationally. In order to receive academic credit for an internship, students are required to complete an Internship Agreement, register for the appropriate course for the semester in which they are undertaking the internship, and complete all work hours and academic requirements. Credit is awarded by work hours completed; a 3-credit internship requires 120 on-site work hours. Students may earn a maximum of twelve (12) credits at any one internship site and a maximum of twelve (12) credits total in internships.
To begin exploring internship opportunities please contact the Career Services Office, in the first floor Office Suite of the New Residence Hall across from the baseball fields, 526 Abbot Walter Commons Dr. on the Belmont Abbey College campus. Students are encouraged to speak to a career advisor a full semester prior to the semester in which they plan to take their internship.
Internship policies:
- Internships eligible for academic credit must have the approval of the student’s major department; each department has differing academic requirements. Students will be awarded one to twelve credits as determined by the College.
- An Internship for experience only is valuable, but still requires an Internship Agreement and approval by the student’s major department.
- Students must register for an Internship during the same semester that they will be working the internship hours and prior to accumulating them.
- Students engaged in Summer Internships will be charged summer tuition fees.
- Any student engaged in a fall or spring semester Internship will be charged if he or she is taking more than 18 credit hours.
- Students must contact the Office of Career Services and Internships to complete and submit a signed Internship Agreement prior to beginning an Internship.
- Current work experiences are not eligible for academic credit.