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What is Cooperative Education: Cooperative Education is an experiential learning activity involving a three-way partnership between the student, the university, and an employer. There experiences permit students to enhance skills and knowledge obtained in the classroom, solidify career decisions, gain work experience and develop career related networks. Students are paid in many of these experiences. Some experiences permit students to earn academic credit through internships.

 

The Office of Cooperative Education, located in Bernard Hall room 318, helps eligible UCA students to identify opportunities for these experiences. Students are coached on the placement process: complete an application, submit a resume and are placed in an applicant pool.

 

• 2.5 GPA
• Minimum of 60 hours
• You must fill out an intake form
  

Advantages To being Involved: Helps in career decision-making. Come take the reality-test on careers. This program allows you to test classroom learning in the laboratory of the real world. This will enable you to pay for a significant portion of your college expenses through earnings from cooperative education jobs. This will improve after-graduation job prospects by giving you the student valuable work experience. Helps you in the process of resume writing and interviewing techniques. This will help you bridge the gap between college majors and full-time permanent employment. This provides an essential financial assistance regardless of family income or other financial assistance.