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Your involvement and experience-based instruction is an integral part of the goal of College of Technology, through co-op, to produce prepared, quality students ready to enter the workplace.

Cooperative Education is an experience that allows students the opportunity to apply academic coursework to a real-life work environment. These experiences provide students with skills that are essential in their future careers and in life.

Their are many benefits that come from participating in the co-op program. The student benefits from gaining real world experience. The employer benefits by having the opportunity to evaluate a student before hiring them permanently. A cooperative education experience also provides employers inexpensive way to supplement their work force for a short period of time without obligation to hire. For more information, please click on the "Benefits of Hosting a Co-op" link listed to the right of this text.

What are College of Technology students learing that could benefit your company/organization? The College of Technology serves eight majors. These majors include:

Architecture/Environmental Design Studies

Aviation Studies

Construction Management Technology

Electro-Mechanical Systems Technology + Electronics & Computer Technology

Mechanical Design Technology + Manufacturing Technology

Visual Communication Technology

The Office of Cooperative Education in the College of Technology uses an online system called 'Place Pro' to manage the process of posting available co-op positions and hiring students in these co-op positions. If interested, please contact our office on how to set up your own account, or let us do the work for you!

For examples of previous students completing various cooperative education experiences, please explore our GALLERY to see examples.

Qualities of a Co-op Employer

• A company able to provide a learning experience for a student.

• A company willing to work with our offices for student application and student interviews.

• A company interested in supplementing its work force or interested in using co-ops as a mechanism for grooming candidates for hire upon graduation.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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