Computer Science, Mathematics and Science

To augment these programs, the Division of Computer Science, Mathematics and Science offers internships with a number of local companies. These internships are non-paid work experience in an area allied to the student’s major, for which academic credit is granted.

Internships provide an excellent introduction to the professional experience in the telecommunications field. Internships are supervised work experiences in telecommunications companies for qualified students in their junior or senior year. Students may earn three to six credits by interning.

Current Internship Opportunities

Internships have also been offered by many excellent companies including:

  • Fairchild Publications Inc.
  • Rehabilitation Life Insurance Company of America
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority
  • Port Authority of New York
  • ESPN
  • SIRIUS
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Simon & Shuster

Requirements

  • Open to juniors and seniors in all majors
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 for a three-credit internship
  • Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 for the six-credit internship
  • Three-credit internships require 112 hours of work during a semester
  • Six-credit internships require 224 hours of work during the semester
  • Student’s major index must be at least 2.50 in either case

Students apply for internship positions with the offering companies and interview for the job, which in itself is a valuable experience. During the course of an assignment, the student is required to keep a daily log of activities and, at the end of the assignment, to produce a reflection report.

Contact
Ronald Fechter, Ph.D. 
Chair, Division of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science
Queens Campus
(718) 990-6473
fechterr@stjohns.edu

Larry Stouder
Director, CISCO Academy 
Queens Campus
(718) 990-2038
stouderl@stjohns.edu