Employment Opportunities

The University Placement Center offers an internship program which allows qualified students to work in their fields of interest for all or part of their junior and/or senior years. This can be done on a full or part time basis, either in Salt Lake City or elsewhere. Students are paid for their work, but no credit is granted. The benefits of such experience include exposure to ideas which could help with career decisions, making contacts which may be useful sometime in the future, and valuable experience in an area that is pertinent to current studies. Among the corporations participating are IBM, 3M, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Evans & Sutherland, and Unisys. Many of our majors take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

The department employs a number of Junior and Senior students as computer operators and as teaching assistants. These jobs involve no more than 20 hours of work per week at an appropriate hourly wage. Appointments are made quarterly based on student applications, which should be submitted prior to the start of each term. These applications are available in the Undergraduate Office. In addition, general inquiries are received periodically from local industry and from University research groups for students who are interested in working part or full time. These are posted on a computer bulletin board which is accessible to majors. More information may be obtained from the Academic Counselor.

Students seeking employment upon graduation should contact the University Placement Center in order to be included on a list supplied to employers. Students not planning to work towards an advanced degree should register with the Placement Center at the beginning of their senior year, since most companies begin interviewing in the autumn quarter.

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