The cooperative education program provides students with opportunities to work in the business community and receive credit and potential income for the work performed. Continuing education students are eligible for cooperative education once they have completed 60 credits or more. For information, contact your center director or a professional staff member in the Career Development Center. Advantages to the Student Cooperative education helps in career decision-making.
Students can test reality and make choices based on experience in a chosen field.
Findings show that students with cooperative education experience have a clearer and more specific sense of their career objectives than students in traditional college programs.