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ABS School of Maritime Policy and Management
 
 

 Co-Op (Internship) Opportunities

 
All students in the ABS degrees are required to do at least one co-op during their academic career. We’ve got lots of exciting opportunities for you, in a number of different business and policy areas. For example, ABS students in the past have secured co-ops with the following (not a complete list):
 

 

American Bureau of Shipping
American President Lines
ConocoPhillips, Houston
East Bay Terrorism Early Warning Group
 United States Secret Service
US Federal Bureau of Investigation 
Port of Oakland
Port of Stockton
Port of San Francisco
Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach
Port of Seattle 
Vessel Traffic Service, San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Shipping Association 
Environmental Science Associates
Aquatic Protection Agency
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge 
US Agency for International Development, Washington DC 
United States Coast Guard:
            Sector Guam
            Sector Honolulu
            Sector Los Angeles

 

Please contact the following co-op and career center coordinator for more information:

 

Career Center Co-Op Coordinator: Christina Harrison

 
 

Career Opportunities

ABS graduates go on to exciting careers in a number of maritime and transportation related areas as maritime security policy analysts, logistics specialists, freight forwarders, environmental policy analysts, and marine insurers to name a few.   For example, some of our recent ABS graduates currently work for:

APL
Matson
Port of Oakland
Port of Seattle
Port of Tacoma
Fireman’s Fund Insurance
Ports America
Allen Lund Company
Waldron Norton Lilly
General Dynamics NASSCO
Maersk
Foss Maritime
Hawaiian Tug and Barge
US National Security Agency
NOAA
United States Peace Corps
 

Graduate School

ABS students also successfully go on to graduate school, business school and law school upon completion of their degrees.  Current and former ABS students have received or are pursuing their graduate degrees at:
 
Tulane Law School
University of Washington (Transportation)
UC Davis (Transportation)
Marshall School of Business
University of San Francisco MBA
St Mary’s MBA
CSU Long Beach (Logistics)
Erasmus University, Center for Maritime Business and Logistics (Rotterdam)
Hult International Business School (London)
Georgetown University 
CSU Sacramento (Criminal Justice)
 
 

Please contact the following co-op and career center coordinator for more information:

 

Career Center Co-Op Coordinator: Christina Harrison