Academics

BUS 480 and BUS 481 — Cooperative Education

Business

15 Credits

Senior business students work nearly full time in a professional setting off campus in paid jobs that are entry level in their field, giving them a jump on the employment market or on starting their own future businesses. During their co-op semester, students work 32 hours a week for 13 consecutive weeks in work experiences that are carefully selected to provide appropriate learning environments and productive, relevant work. Through this course, students work with a faculty mentor who helps them to make critical connections between the knowledge they have learned in their many academic classes with the real-world reality of work in the field, effectively linking theory with practice.

Requirements and Prerequsites

Students need a minimum cgpa of 2.0, senior status, and approval of department chair.

Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring