Nexus: Curriculum to Career Program

Mount Holyoke’s Nexus 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, and summer employment.

Approved Nexus Tracks

• Development Studies
• Educational Policy and Practice
• Engineering
• Global Business
• Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse
• Law, Public Policy and Human Rights
• Non-Profit Organizations

A Nexus consists of at least 16 academic credits, including three academic courses, a practical experience, a pre-experience course, a post-experience course and a presentation at the annual LEAP (Learning from Application) Symposium.