You alternate between going to class on campus and working at a job related to your career or personal interests.
Every freshman is assigned a co-op faculty coordinator.
Your coordinator helps you find the right work experience on the basis of your interests, refers you to prospective employers, and reviews the experience with you when you return to campus. Co-op employment usually begins during the fall or winter quarter of your sophomore year. Transfer students generally begin their co-op experiences after completing two consecutive quarters at Northeastern. All the colleges of the University offer cooperative education opportunities, as do several graduate programs, including the School of Law and the graduate schools of Business and Engineering. Your employer might be an American company, a foreign-owned company, or a multinational corporation.