Department of Business Administration - Internships

What does the business major need in order to gain a “tremendous edge” as she moves from the intellectually stimulating environment provided by Mount Saint Mary’s College into today’s competitive job? To answer that question, the Business Administration Department at Mount Saint Mary's College has established an internship program providing our advanced business majors an off-campus learning experience in the business world so they might:

1. relate academic work with their career objectives
2. develop networks with practicing business professionals
3. develop relationships with potential employers

The program is designed to supplement the student's academic studies by providing practical experience to make their educational program more meaningful. Increasingly, presidents of corporations say you need comprehensive skills often found in a liberal arts program: the ability to think critically, solve problems, communicate well, and be an effective member of a team. Further, most employers (87.2 percent) interviewed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) said their new hires do have internship or co-op experiences. Nearly 40 percent of interns are offered full-time jobs upon graduation.

Differing from the typical temporary summer job, an internship tends to be within the student’s major area of study, include college credit, and require evaluation from both employer and a senior faculty member within the Business Administration Department at Mount Saint Mary’s College. 

Recent Internships Entailed Work in the Following Types of Jobs:

• target marketing
• advertising traffic management
• payroll and benefits
• corporate relations
• financial investments
• special events coordinator
• business research and data analysis
• budgets and contracts 

Companies Recently Sponsoring Mount Saint Mary’s College Student Interns Include:

• Ameriprise Financial
• Anschutz Entertainment: L.A. Kings, Staples Center
• CBS Radio
• Centurion Casualty: Beverly Hills
• Citibank
• Deloitle & Touche Accounting
• Dorling Kindersley Publishing: London, England
• E-Entertainment
• Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley
• Enterprise Rent-a-Car
• Formula Plastics
• Fox Sports West Network
• Jas Computer Company
• Juicy Couture Maternity Wear
• KCBS Marketing of CBS Radio
• KPMG Accounting
• Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs
• Los Angeles - Guangzhou Sister City Association
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• LTA Clothing: serving Wet Seal and Charlotte Russe
• Mar Point Management
• Mattel Corporation
• Merrill Lynch
• New York Life Insurance
• Oaktree/ Claremont Real Estate Developers
• Office of Trade Administration
• Paramount Pictures
• Rainmaker and Sun Advertising
• Select Real Estate Corp: Century City
• Sony Music
• Sunterra Golf
• Target Corporation
• U.S. Department of Commerce: Foreign Commercial Service
• Warner Bros.
• Washington Mutual Bank
• World Financial Corporation
• YMCA of Los Angeles

Business Administration Internship Coordinator: Professor David Leese