Course Description
Coordinated and planned work experience with cooperating business, industry, or agency.
Athena Title
Cooperative Work Experience
Non-Traditional Format
Student will be away from campus in a cooperative work experience with an approved employer.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
The co-op will serve as a bridge for engineering students to investigate and experience the different types of employment opportunities available and gain first-hand exposure to a professional environment. Co-op will allow students to explore and evaluate career choices and to facilitate their understanding of the opportunities relative to their aspirations. During the onsite Co-op experience the students will be participating in the professional environment and comparing and contrasting the experience with their previous academic studies.
Topical Outline
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated: • Understanding of the professional setting from their experience • An increased awareness of business principles and practices • An insight into the professional arena • A developed ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams • An enhanced ability to communicate in a professional setting • A developed respect for diversity and knowledge of contemporary professional and global issues and the impact engineering solutions has on those issues