Professional Development Services Center
The Environmental Design Professional Development Services Center strives to connect students with internship opportunities and post-graduation jobs. The Center organizes networking events with alumni, design professionals and graduate schools. It also provides advisement regarding the skills and appropriate materials necessary to land a great job upon graduation.
This includes assisting students with resumes, portfolios, interview techniques and professional presentations. Staff members at the center are passionate about what they do and enjoy connecting students with firms and organizations looking for emerging designers.
Assistant Director of Advising and Professional Development
Email: nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu
Phone: 303-492-1319
Meet with the Assistant Director of Professional Development
2+
internships completed on average by
ENVD students before graduation
80%
of students were hired in design fields
within three months of graduation*
Most
environmental design
grads in the U.S.
Job & Internship Opportunities
Make the most of your experience here at environmental design with job and internship opportunities. We've curated a list of both jobs and internships for our students to apply to when positions become available. You can find a list of available opportunities below.
Professional Development Course Requirement Application
The purpose of the ENVD Professional Development Requirement is to offer students a pathway for exploring potential professional interests through taking courses within or outside of the ENVD Program. There are very few limitations to professional development courses. However, the courses students choose for professional development must be at least relevant to their professional interests. All students must complete an application to identify and justify the designated professional development courses.
You may access the application from this link:
ENVD students may opt to designate one semester once they have reached junior or senior status in the Program and have passed a 2100-level studio as a “professional development semester.” We recommend that students identify the semester in which they will not take a studio (the "non-studio" semester) and designate the non-studio semester as their professional development semester.
The professional development course requirement is two courses (a minimum of 6 credits) or students may apply one six credit studio to the requirement if they opt to take an extra (unrequired) studio during their professional development semester.
We recommend that students take at least one professional development course during the designated "non-studio" semester. However, since some courses are built as sequences, one of the professional development courses may serve as a prerequisite for the other course. Another limitation to taking all six credits in one semester is that both desired professional development courses may not be offered in the designated “non-studio” semester.
Please note that students cannot designate a course that is or will be applied to any ENVD requirements (including general education requirements). Transfer students may apply courses previously taken in a past college program to their professional development requirement.
Portfolio Guide
If you are in the initial stages of creating a portfolio, we recommend carefully reviewing our “Guide to Starting Your Portfolio.” Assembling a portfolio is just as much about crafting its structure (title page, accompanying graphics, and sections) as it is creating and adding the content (studio projects and other design work). This guide offers ideas about beginning and organizing a strong portfolio structure in which you can eventually place your design work.
Faculty Portfolio Mentorship Program
Portfolios are a great way to illustrate your best work in an appealing visual representation. They can be crucial in your success when applying for jobs, internships and graduate school. As part of our Faculty Mentorship Program, we connect students with faculty members of their discipline to help develop and improve their portfolios.
Once we receive a portfolio, we will send it to the appropriate faculty member based on the discipline. The faculty member will then contact the student to set up an appointment and review the portfolio.