Cooperative Education Program

CWC offers Cooperative Education to all students enrolled in specific programs. Cooperative Education is a program that allows students to gain practical work experience and apply classroom skills while employed in jobs related to their college area of emphasis. Students can earn wages and academic credit, but the emphasis of Cooperative Education is on the knowledge and experience gained while working in a career field. Learning is field-based and takes place in a work site related to the areas of study.

Since Cooperative Education expects certain objectives to be accomplished, the teaching faculty, the Cooperative Education Coordinator, and the employing supervisors all share in working with the students in developing their training plans.

To be eligible for the Cooperative Work Experience I class, students must 1) have a declared area of emphasis, 2) have permission of the academic advisor, faculty coordinator and the Cooperative Education Coordinator, and 3) regardless of area of emphasis, attend classes, workshops, or seminars as part of the academic requirement of Cooperative Work Experience classes and the Cooperative Education Program. These classes may include activities in the occupational experience, and/or projects outside of the work environment.