Catalog : Manning Career Connected Experience Requirement

Manning Career Connected Experience Requirement

Aligned with the university’s strategic priority of supporting students to get at least one career-connected experience during their program of study and with the Manning School’s increased emphasis on preparing our students for careers in business, this degree requirement will offer multiple pathways for developing business professional skills that can be valuable for students in launching or advancing their careers.

A Career-Connected Experience (CCE) is a credit-bearing or non-credit-bearing activity that provides students with practical, experiential learning opportunities aligned with their career goals and professional development. All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) program, admitted Fall 2026 and later, will be required to complete a CCE prior to graduation. The advising report will specify if the criteria is satisfied and it will be evaluated during the Declare Intent to Graduate (DIG) form review process.

For undergraduate day students, a career-connected experience requirement may be satisfied by one of the following:

• Internship course: ACCT.4790, ENTR.4890, FINA.4890, MGMT.4890, MIST.4890, MKTG.4980, POMS.4890, BUSI.4890
• Co-op assessment course: BUSI.3100, BUSI.3200, BUSI.4100, BUSI.4200
• Study-abroad experience (course or a faculty-led trip)
• Honors project or thesis
• Undergraduate research
  • Best project (undergraduate research or consulting)
  • Directed study - Research project under the supervision of a faculty member: ACCT.4991, ENTR.4991, FINA.4970, MGMT.4910, MIST.4090, MKTG.4991, POMS.4090
• Immersive scholars project
• Consulting, experiential learning, or service-learning project
  • ENTR.4900
  • FINA.4230
  • ENTR.4100
  • ENTR.4110
  • Other approved courses or projects
• Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
• At least one year of full-time work as a business professional in the past five years
• Job offer in the final semester of graduation
• Other commensurate experience approved by the Manning Dean’s office
  • The Washington Center Academic Internship Program

For undergraduate online (Graduate and Professional Studies - GPS) students, a career-connected experience requirement may be satisfied by one of the following:

• Internship course: ACCT.4790, ENTR.4890, FINA.4890, MGMT.4890, MIST.4890, MKTG.4980, POMS.4890, BUSI.4890
• Study-abroad experience (course or a faculty-led trip)
• Undergraduate research
  • Directed study - Research project under the supervision of a faculty member: ACCT.4991, ENTR.4991, FINA.4970, MGMT.4910, MIST.4090, MKTG.4991, POMS.4090
• Immersive scholars project
• Consulting, experiential learning, or service-learning project
  • ENTR.4900
  • FINA.4230
  • ENTR.4100
  • ENTR.4110
  • Other approved courses or projects
• ROTC
• At least one year of full-time work as a business professional in the past five years
• Job offer in the final semester of graduation
• Other commensurate experience approved by the Manning Dean’s office
  • The Washington Center Academic Internship Program