Mission Statement

• To integrate the students academic program with on-the-job training, enhancing classroom learning;
• To clarify the students area of study and career goals; and
• To provide students with a link to their professional markets, improving post-graduation job opportunities.

Goals

• To assure the co-op student is assigned a work experience that is directly related to the student’s field of study (technology major).
• To assure the co-op student receives supervision from a mentor who knows more about the student’s particular technology than the co-op student.
• To assure the co-op student receives a reasonable wage for their work.
• To assure the co-op student receives feedback of their performance through the use of a performance evaluation review in conjunction with a staff/faculty on-site review.
• To assure the co-op student successfully completes a written report, evaluation and assessment of their co-op course.
• To assure that each College of Technology student receives the equivalent of one year of employment experience in the field of their major prior to graduation–the unique imprint of a College of Technology graduate.
  

The Cooperative Education Program of the College of Technology at Bowling Green State University is a mandatory alternating program that integrates classroom academics with practical work experience. College of Technology majors are required to participate in three semester-long, full-time, paid co-op work assignments which alternate with semesters spent on campus. The College requires that the last semester be spent at BGSU attending on-campus course work.

The Cooperative Education Program is a direct link to keeping College of Technology program content and faculty up-to-date and relevant with current trends and developments taking place in industry. This is accomplished through the staff/faculty university representative who observes changes and trends in technology, organizations, management, job content and trends during the site visit each student experiences while completing a cooperative education course.

More than 5,000 companies, organizations and agencies have participated in our Cooperative Education Program since 1968. The College of Technology appreciates and needs these participating employers.  The college could not produce as fine and well prepared graduates as it does without their integral help.