Off-Campus Opportunities

Coe has an exceptional internship program which places students throughout the U.S. and the world. During an internship students put into practice the classroom concepts they have learned in preparation for a possible career. As part of this program, for example, you can spend a semester as an assistant to professional engineers or do research in an industrial laboratory or join a graduate-level research team at a major university.

Besides individually designed internships, exciting off-campus terms are also offered through Coe. Coe physics majors may be especially interested in the Oak Ridge science semester at the National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A term at Oak Ridge gives you the opportunity to use sophisticated scientific equipment while working alongside professional research scientists.

• Several physics students served as interns in Japan, England, China, and Canada.
• Over 100 students have given talks at national and international meetings concerning their research.
• Most physics students spend summers at Coe doing publishable research. In a typical year we host 20 summer research students.
• Coe students have joined labs at Iowa State University, Vanderbilt University, Lehigh University, Indiana University, and Brown University while still a Coe undergraduate.
• Students have opportunities to study abroad and attend conferences.