As employees, co-ops are subject to all regular personnel policies and procedures. The co-op staff monitors student work and academic progress toward graduation, assisting the employer to plan for regular hiring, if appropriate. We prefer that students have two training periods, but employers determine their own manpower needs. On a parallel part-time work assignment , employers can provide for filling the position all day by selecting two qualified students to work opposite each other on morning and afternoon shifts. Each would attend classes on the off-work half of the day.
Students are eligible to co-op after the freshman year .
Students are pursuing a variety of specific concentrations, but are identifiable in terms of specific analytic, quantitative, and communication skills by way of foundation courses. The primary goal of the University co-op program is to place students in work assignments designed to complement and enrich their educational and career development. Co-op students are accountable to faculty for the learning outcomes of the experience. College credit is awarded for the experiential learning. The cooperative education concept The University of Michigan-Dearborn recognized the importance of Cooperative Education when the campus was founded in 1959.