Internship Basics

EMCC's Center for Workforce and Experiential Learning (CWEL) helps students prepare for their future careers by offering real world experiences like internships.  Internships are supervised work experiences in professional settings related to your major or career goal to provide hands-on experience.

Whether you are getting paid or not, internships are a great way to "work" in your chosen career, get experience, and have flexibility to work around your class schedule.  Learn more about EMCC's internship program Links to an external site. and submit an internship request here Links to an external site..

We also offer two scholarships for unpaid internships - see scholarship information here.  These scholarships provide pay while you are interning and are wonderful to add to your resume!

Internships are a great way to:

  • Build your resume and get experience in the field
  • Use skills you learn in the classroom in a work setting
  • Test a career field - is this a good fit for me?
  • Establish connections and build a network of contacts

Internships eligibility:

  • Currently enrolled or continuing EMCC student
  • Successfully completed a minimum of one semester at Maricopa Community Colleges or show previous internship experience
  • Must have a minimum 2.5 GPA

Internship basics:

  • Complete a minimum of 80 hours of internship work
  • Submit a daily journal of work activities
  • You and the employer submit evaluations at the end of the internship
  • Submit a final report that is 2 to 4 typed double-spaced pages that document your experience in your internship (including information from the daily work journal)