The Cooperative Education Program is a partnership among the employer, university, and student that provides relevant work assignments for the students while at the undergraduate level. The employers benefit from the expertise and enthusiasm of the student, and find the program a cost-effective means of completing projects.
Many employers also utilize the program as a recruitment tool for post-graduate employment.
The primary goal of this program is to enhance the professional development of the individual student through an alternate sequence of industry and academic experiences. The student obtains hands on education while also gaining a valuble connection to a company whose primary interest is to train the student during the coop terms and hire the student for post-graduate work. After the student interviews with a company and is accepted, the student must committ to at least 3 terms with that company while alternating with school terms.