STEM Cooperative Education    0 s.h

Catalog description

Integrating the student’s academic curriculum with on-the-job experiences so that they can obtain a comprehensive education based on real-world experiences. The experiential experience is jointly supervised by working professionals and a STEM mentor for a full-time assignment at approved employer. Students meet with a STEM Career, Internship & Co-op professional staff member and either a Department Chair/ Program Coordinator/designated faculty co-op advisor, and submit assignment proposal for approval, file weekly work logs for faculty mentor review. Additionally, for the student to receive credit for the course, they must also complete an academic component consisting of research and reflection in the form of a written paper and presentation. Prereq.: Junior or Senior standing, 3.00 GPA in a STEM program, 2.75 GPA overall, and approval by STEM Career’s Internship & Co-op professional staff in consultation with student's Department Chair/ Program Coordinator/designated faculty internship advisor; May be repeated multiple semesters.