Professional Internship
As part of the program, you must complete a 10-week (400 hours) internship in a professional setting, doing work related to your academic training and career interests. Typically students complete internships after the first year of the program.
Sample internships:
- Aurora Consulting, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- Center for Economic Conversion, San Francisco
- Handloom Weavers Development Society, Kerala, India
- League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Economic Development
- Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
- Town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- St. Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development, Minnesota
- St. Paul Port Authority, Minnesota
- Twin Cities Greenways Initiative, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- South Washington County Watershed District, Minnesota
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.
- United Nations Development Programme, New York, New York
- VAG INC. Architects and Planners, Avon, Colorado