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Both co-op and internships are forms of on-the-job learning that provide students with the opportunity to gain experience, apply knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations, and acquire key skills required to enter into a particular career field. Students can use these experiences to determine if they have an interest in a particular career and to create a network of contacts.<\/p>\n
Cooperative Education\/Field Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Is a category of experiential learning that uses jobs, internships or volunteer work as the basis of extending classroom learning into hands-on application in a real-world setting.<\/li>\n
- Students earn academic credit for the field experience by registering for and completing the co-op field experience course in your major (after satisfying all pre-requisites and obtaining all required signatures. The co-op is completed during one semester.<\/li>\n
- Your co-op field experience can be your current position provided that it: 1) is relevant to your major, 2) gives you the opportunity to do more than the job you are already being paid to do,<\/strong> and 3) is approved by the chairperson of your academic department as academically appropriate.<\/li>\n
- You can also use an internship position as your co-op field experience provided it meets all of the requirements explained above and allows you to attend the bi-weekly seminar class.<\/li>\n
- Students and the supervisor at the site develop learning objectives against which the student\u2019s performance is evaluated as part of the co-op course grade.<\/li>\n
- It can be full-time or part-time but must provide a minimum of 180 hours of field experience within the semester and allow you to attend the bi-weekly seminar class on Tuesday evenings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Internship:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Some internship opportunities are part of a formal program hosted by an employer or organization that includes other activities in addition to work experience, perhaps including professional development workshops, conferences or opportunities to network.<\/li>\n
- Often the employer sets the entry requirements for the internship in terms of years of education completed or major field of study.<\/li>\n
- Application deadlines can be approximately 6 months before the start of the internship. Look to apply in October\/November for summer internships in a formal program<\/li>\n
- Most internships are full-time for the semester and are often paid, either by stipend or an hourly rate. Employers sometimes offer permanent jobs to successful interns, however that is not always the case \u2026 but it\u2019s still a good idea to approach the internship as if every day is a job interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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