Group and Walt Disney Imagineering. By participating in the Co-op Program, students can earn degree credit and a year's worth of industry work experience before they graduate. Co-op improves students' understanding of the relationship between theory and practice, helps them fine tune their career goals and aids in the acquisition of important engineering skills. Students' work assignments are closely related to their specific degree program and are appropriate to their current academic level. Participation in the program is open to all full-time undergraduate engineering majors.
Students are eligible to apply for Co-op the second semester of their sophomore year.
Though the sequence may vary, students typically have two summer work experiences in addition to one semester immediately preceding or following one of the summer sessions. With departmental approval, credit toward a degree may be earned upon completion of this course. The Alumni Mentor Program pairs students with engineering alumni who have similar academic and social interests, and who can address the questions students may have about the realities of engineering outside the classroom. To ease the transition from high school to college, the School of Engineering offers a freshman mentoring program that pairs students with either a faculty, staff or upper-division student mentor. The program sponsors both academic and social events throughout the year.