A one credit-hour seminar is required in conjunction with the first term the student is on work assignment. The job assignment is a course in itself. This 1 credit hour seminar is required of all co-op students whether or not the unit grants credit toward degree for it. Students in LIBS 395 for the first time must also elect the seminar, LIBS 300 concurrently. Students may not receive a passing grade for LIBS 395 until LIBS 300, Co-op Seminar, is satisfactorily completed.
Employers expect co-op employee commitment to training and development goals.
Employers are reluctant to maintain a cooperative education program in which a frequent turnover of students results in high recruiting costs, low productivity, and low student retention. Therefore, under normal circumstances students remain with the same employer for the length of their co-op program. Employers' evaluations reflect employer assessment of the co-op student's performance and progress. Standard forms are used by the University, but employers may supplement these with company evaluation instruments. The co-op student is an employee of the business, industry, or agency that hired the student and, therefore, is subject to all regular employment and personnel policies of the employer.