| Undergraduate Cooperative Education & Internship
Program [CEIP] |
| Requirements of the job to be eligible |
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Terminology: What's
a co-op and what's an internship? |
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Number
of work terms required / schedule |
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Length
and timing of work terms |
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Student
eligibility |
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Nature
of the work assignment, responsibility |
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Learning Objectives |
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Evaluation |
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Salary
and benefits |
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Student
enrollment with the university |
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Academic
credit is not administered by Career Services |
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Other
arrangements |
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| Number of work terms required
/ schedule: |
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The student may work one
or multiple terms, as agreed by the student and employer and the
student's academic department. |
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A Work
/ School Schedule Agreement is required for a student to be
enrolled in the program. |
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Work must be full-time, at least 32 hours per week. |
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Employers may require
students in your program to work a specified number of terms to
meet the needs of your program. |
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Academic departments may
place restrictions on when students can work — because the
ultimate goal is for the student to complete the requirements for
her or his degree. |
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Students who work in fall
and/or spring semesters may need to extend their academic program
beyond four years, depending on the timing of their work terms and
when required courses are offered. |
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| Length and timing of work terms
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Each work term must be at
least a full semester or summer (13 to 15 weeks). |
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Work must be full-time, at least 32 hours per week. |
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If the student works more than one
term, the student may also work one-half summer terms. |
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Enrollment in the co-op program must
be initiated in advance of the first work term. There is no retroactive enrollment. |
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A Work
/ School Schedule Agreement, set up in advance of the first
scheduled work term, is required for a student to be enrolled in
the Program. |
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See the calendar
of work term and semester begin and end dates. |
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| Student eligibility and participation |
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Undergraduates should
see student
eligibility criteria. |
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Students in all undergraduate
majors may enroll in the program, if permitted by your academic department. |
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See participation
by major for actual enrollment numbers. |
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Students must attend a program
orientation before the first work term in order to participate
in the program. |
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Career Services is not
authorized to enroll graduate students.
Graduate students are welcome to use our services to seek employment.
Those who wish to register with the university during co-op work
must follow requirements of Graduate
School Cooperative Education Program. |
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| Nature of the work assignment,
responsibility: |
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The student's work should
be meaningful to the organization and compatible with the student's
abilities while also enabling the student to learn and develop.
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The student should be
made to understand how her/his work fits into the larger organizational
picture. |
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A multiple-work-term arrangement
should involve increased responsibility and complexity of work assignments,
commensurate with the student's academic experience, work experience,
and maturity. |
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| Learning Objectives: |
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The student is required
to develop learning objectives for each work term and must complete
a Learning Objectives Form. (forms are provided to students through your enrollment process). During the first week on the job, the student
and employer should discuss the objectives and complete the appropriate
sections of the form. |
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Following the work term,
the student will meet with her/his Career Services CEIP
advisor to discuss the extent to which the learning objectives were
achieved. |
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The purpose is to assist
both employer and student to enter into an arrangement with expectations
more clearly spelled out and agreed upon, and should assist the
student in processing the learning experience. |
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This should in no way
replace or interfere with procedures employers have in place for
co-ops and interns. |
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More about Learning
Objectives. |
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| Evaluation: |
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See:
Evaluation
information for students
Evaluation information for employers |
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| Salary and benefits: |
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Students may be paid
by their employers, or the position may be unpaid. (Allowing unpaid positions for enrollment in the CEIP has been permitted since 2010.)
The U.S. Department of Labor provides guidelines
on whether or not employers must pay interns in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
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Other benefits
such as insurance, leave time, and housing assistance are at the
discretion of each employer. |
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For more information see: |
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For employers:
Developing
your program — determining salary and benefits |
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salary
data |
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Student enrollment with the
university through CEIP.
Academic credit is not administered by Career Services. |
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Career Services does not require students to be enrolled in CEIP. |
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Employers sometimes require students to
be enrolled with their university's co-op or other program. It is to students'
advantage to enroll in CEIP if any work terms are in fall and/or
spring semesters so that you maintain student standing while working. |
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Enrollment in CEIP is reflected on the student's academic transcript, but students do not receive
academic credit hours through CEIP.
Career Services is not authorized by the university to grant academic
credit for this purpose. |
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Regarding fees, note that enrollment in CEIP involves a $50 fee to the university (NOT paid to Career Services) in lieu of full tuition.
Fees for earning academic credit hours are of course much higher. |
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For employers who require,
or students who desire to earn, academic credit in connection with
a work experience, be aware that this is entirely up to the discretion
of the student's academic department. Contact your academic
department to discuss its policies in that regard. |
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Students must meet all
program requirements listed here and meet eligibility to be enrolled with the university through the Undergraduate CEIP during work terms. Failure to complete all requirements can result in removal of the student from CEIP, and removal of CEIP from the student's transcript. |
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Enrollment in the co-op program must
be initiated, and requirements followed, before the start of the
first work term. Students cannot request retroactive enrollment
in the program after starting or completing a work term. |
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| Other arrangements |
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Arrangements not meeting
our program criteria (part-time, requiring academic credit) or involving graduate
students are not administered by Career Services. |
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Career Services will gladly
assist employers to post
these positions, but students do not enroll with Career Services
while working. |
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As stated above, Career Services does not
administer internships involving academic credit. |
