United States Coast Guard Academy

What you'll study

The internship is experiential rather than classroom‑taught; cadets engage in workplace assignments that translate Management coursework into practice. Recent internship focuses have included:

• Human Resources at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) — immersive HR work that deepened understanding of organizational leadership and HR practice.
• Strategy and Human Resource Capability at Coast Guard Headquarters (Washington, DC) — defining tasks for performance qualification systems (PQS) used to designate officer specialty qualifications.
• Office of Leadership at Coast Guard Headquarters (Washington, DC) — drafting organization‑wide messaging, contributing to office mission revision and participating in meetings and conferences.
• Office of Resource Management at Coast Guard Headquarters (Washington, DC) — work on military pay account management and development of a budgeting tool later advanced into a senior capstone project.

Entry requirements

The internship is completed during the 1st class (senior) summer and is undertaken by cadets who are Management majors. The programme places students with host organizations where they perform substantive, supervised work related to their field of study.

Career prospects

Internships provide practical experience relevant to HR, resource management, organizational leadership and strategy roles. Cadets gain transferable skills—such as working with senior leadership, drafting organizational communications, developing budgeting tools and defining qualification tasks—that strengthen resumes for positions in government, military administration and corporate HR or management tracks.

Scholarships & funding angle

The source text does not specify scholarships or funding tied to internships. In general, internships of this type may be part of the Academy’s structured summer programme; cadets should consult Academy offices for guidance on stipends, travel support or integration with capstone projects.