{"id":2491,"date":"2020-02-18T17:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T17:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/?page_id=2491"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:16:48","slug":"field-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/hands-on-education\/field-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Field Experience<\/h1>\n<p>Career Services works directly with students, faculty, and industry leaders to coordinate field experiences that support the undergraduate curriculum, contribute to personal growth and professional competency, and serve our partners in industry. Field experience courses are an integral part of a Maine Maritime Academy education and a graduation requirement for most majors.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(function() { _initLayerSlider( '#layerslider_1_1xs8rigcdnktc', {createdWith: '6.10.0', sliderVersion: '6.10.0', pauseOnHover: 'enabled', skin: 'v6', sliderFadeInDuration: 350, hoverPrevNext: false, navStartStop: false, navButtons: false, thumbnailNavigation: 'disabled', useSrcset: true, skinsPath: 'https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/plugins\/LayerSlider\/assets\/static\/layerslider\/skins\/', performanceMode: true}); });<\/script><div id=\"layerslider_1_1xs8rigcdnktc\"  class=\"ls-wp-container fitvidsignore newslider mobile ls-selectable\" style=\"width:700px;height:200px;margin:0 auto;margin-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"ls-slide\" data-ls=\"duration:5000;\"><div style=\"top:50%;left:50%;text-align:center;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;font-size:24px;width:560px;height:auto;font-family:'mmatg';color:#002f6c;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-html-layer\" data-ls=\"minmobilefontsize:14px;position:relative;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 0px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: .8em; font-weight: bold; font-weight: normal;\">There is a course we teach that you won\u2019t find in the course catalog.  It\u2019s called \u2018confidence\u2019 and our students learn this from field experience courses like commercial shipping and internships.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 1em; height: 10px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201d<\/span><span style='font-style: italic; font-family: \"minion-pro\", sans-serif; font-size: .8em;color:#000000;display:block;width: 100%;padding-top: 7px; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; font-size: .7em;'>~ Professor &amp; Alumnus, Class of 1973<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\" data-ls=\"duration:5000;\"><div style=\"top:50%;left:50%;text-align:center;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;font-size:24px;width:560px;height:auto;font-family:'mmatg';color:#002f6c;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-html-layer\" data-ls=\"minmobilefontsize:14px;position:relative;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 0px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: .8em; font-weight: bold; font-weight: normal;\">I worked hard this summer and was offered a full-time position when I graduate at the end of my internship.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 1em; height: 10px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201d<\/span><span style='font-style: italic; font-family: \"minion-pro\", sans-serif; font-size: .8em;color:#000000;display:block;width: 100%;padding-top: 7px; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; font-size: .7em;'>~  PET Student, Class of 2020<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\" data-ls=\"duration:5000;\"><div style=\"top:50%;left:50%;text-align:center;background-size:inherit;background-position:inherit;font-size:24px;width:560px;height:auto;font-family:'mmatg';color:#002f6c;white-space:normal;\" class=\"ls-l ls-html-layer\" data-ls=\"minmobilefontsize:14px;position:relative;\"><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 0px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: .8em; font-weight: bold; font-weight: normal;\">My internship was the best course in my major.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 2em;display: block; line-height: 1em; height: 10px; font-weight:bold;\">\u201d<\/span><span style='font-style: italic; font-family: \"minion-pro\", sans-serif; font-size: .8em;color:#000000;display:block;width: 100%;padding-top: 7px; font-weight: normal; text-align: right; font-size: .7em;'>~ IBL student, Class of 2006<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>These work experiences are a dynamic way to provide both technical and social learning opportunities, as well as practical, hands-on experience in a student\u2019s chosen field of study. Along with this work experience comes exposure to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current practices in your field of study<\/li>\n<li>Management organizations and structures<\/li>\n<li>Diverse equipment, machinery, people, and geographical locations<\/li>\n<li>The social atmosphere and its surrounding community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some sponsor companies are large, national and multinational companies. The primary motivations of these companies in sponsoring is to train and evaluate students in order to develop them as prospective future employees<\/li>\n<li>Field experience courses earn academic credits toward graduation<\/li>\n<li>Field experience may be an avenue for employment opportunities with sponsor companies<\/li>\n<li>Learn while you earn academic credit and a paycheck<\/li>\n<li>Typically, internships are completed during summers between academic years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All students who are preparing for the USCG unlimited-license programs are required to participate in MMA\u2019s original field experience program, called <a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/hands-on-education\/field-experience\/commercial-shipping-program\/\">Commercial Shipping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/\">majors<\/a> for information that directly relates to the field experience requirements for each major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field Experience Career Services works directly with students, faculty, and industry leaders to coordinate field experiences that support the undergraduate curriculum, contribute to personal growth and professional competency, and serve our partners in industry. 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