Nexus: Curriculum to Career Program

Mount Holyoke’s Nexus: Curriculum to Career program enables students to meaningfully link their liberal arts education with their career goals. Nexus gives students a focused, intentional way to connect their academic work with valuable professional experience beyond the gates, through internships, research projects, and summer employment.

Approved Nexus Tracks

• Art and Society
• Education and Society
• Engineering
• Global Business
• Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse
• Law and Public Policy
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Sustainable Development

A Nexus minor consists of 16 academic credits. Requirements include:

• three academic courses, chosen from a faculty-approved list
• an internship, research project, or summer job
• a pre-experience course (or a suitable methods course) and a post-experience course
• a public presentation at the annual LEAP (Learning from Application) Symposium

See Requirements & Planning for specific information on requirements.