It is intended as a complement to the usual classroom and laboratory instruction. It is not an honors program and it certainly is not remedial . The experience of real work appears to lead to students achieving higher grades for the simple reason that they see there is use of even the most disliked courses. The COOP program is not an intern program.
Intern programs are normally summer employment programs.
Usually there is not any credit associated with internships. Intern experience is encouraged for those students who do not elect COOP . Each of the work terms will be approximately four months in length, which can be accomodated without missing academic classes. The words semester and term are used interchangeably.