Consulting Projects

Hands-on Career Experience: Consult for a local organization.

As an SMC student, you'll learn how to work effectively in teams, then your team will solve a problem for a local organization.

It's just one of the incredible experiences you'll have in your Professional Development concentration, which is part of every SMC bachelor's degree.

Learn more about SMC's Consulting Project! 

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Free Application.
No Test Scores Required.

EXPLORE COSTS

SMC IS AFFORDABLE.
YOUR FULL COST OF TUITION MAY BE COVERED.


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An SMC student consulting team meets with their consulting project community partner.

Consulting projects can help you get a great job FAST.

In a recent survey, 73% of college graduates said having real-world work experiences as part of their degree program would have helped them get a job faster.* 

Consulting projects are just one of the hands-on experiences you'll get at SMC. 

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Every organization needs people who can solve problems.

Professional consultants identify and solve complex problems for for-profit and non-profit companies. By learning the steps consultants take to help organizations succeed, you can use your skills to help solve problems for future employers. Being a problem-solver leads to job success, as well as success in life.

A sample of SMC student consulting projects

SMC student teams, guided by their professor, are currently at work solving problems for these and other community partners:

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Community Partner: Beauty Marks for Girls is a nonprofit organization that strives to empower, educate, and help girls who have been impacted by parental incarceration.

Scope of Work: Data Analytics and Marketing.

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Community Partner: Speak for Animals is an innovative, all-volunteer 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of companion animals in Upstate South Carolina since 2003.
Scope of Work: Designing corporate giving program and expanding volunteer base and community partnerships.

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Community Partner: College Town is going on its 20th year as a non-profit consortium of Spartanburg’s public and private accredited colleges and universities.

Scope of Work: Identify data-driven initiatives in marketing, talent retention, or connectivity of Spartanburg college students.


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Community Partner: Founded in 2020, Progressive Mobility (PM) is a physical therapy clinic focused on outcomes for life.

Scope of Work: Identifying and advertising to target markets; creating lead nurturing infrastructure.

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Community Partner: Palmetto Council is an affiliate of Boy Scouts of America charged with providing support and services to adult leaders and youth members through character-building youth development programs in six
counties.
Scope of Work: Evaluate and strengthen the youth member joining process.


APPLY NOW

Free Application.
No Test Scores Required.

EXPLORE COSTS

SMC IS AFFORDABLE.
YOUR FULL COST OF TUITION MAY BE COVERED.