3.2  Internships and Post-Baccalaureates

An internship is an arrangement to work temporarily in a field with the goal of learning more about that field. Many undergraduates do summer internships to learn about and gain experience in a field, to help them decide whether they want to pursue that field as a career, or to try out a location to see whether they want to move there to work or to further their education (e.g., apply to graduate school). Most internships are found through formal programs at an institution, although informal internships can also be found through networking.