SA+E Externship

Catalog description

The SA+E Externship course is designed to reduce the barrier for SA+E students to get their first job in a professional environment by providing low risk hiring opportunities for architecture firms of various sizes. Students will be matched with offices in a curated experience pairing student's interests with appropriate firms whose work and size align with the student's declared focus. In the externship students will work in a local office (San Francisco, Palo Alto, or San Jose) and work one day a week (8 hrs per day unless otherwise agreed upon) for the term. This duration will give them an experience of the ebbs and flows of what an architecture office is like. Depending on the office needs and the student's skill level tasks may include shadowing, meeting notes, model building, drafting, 3d modeling, assistance with presentation materials, job site visits, material library organization, etc. At the completion of the program students will have an office and experience to put on their resume, have gained a broader perspective of the industry, and be able to hone their focus more on the type and size of office, as well as the work type that they are interested in.