The primary responsibility of a Co-Operative Education Faculty Sponsor is to work with the student to develop learning objectives that reflect the student’s academic and professional interests and to provide opportunities for on-going feedback, learning, and support for the student.
Students receive activity credit for combining their co-op fieldwork experience with augmented learning objectives prepared in partnership with their Faculty Sponsor and included in a Co-Operative Education Learning Agreement. Essential components of the learning objectives include:
- Specific intended objectives for undertaking the co-op
- A description of how each responsibility or task assigned by the employment Supervisor can be made relevant to the intended objectives
- A schedule of days and times for meetings with the instructor to review the student’s assessment of personal job performance and progress toward the learning objectives
- The date during final examination period for the student to submit the Self-Assessment/Site Evaluation
- Any other specific objective that may be assigned by the instructor
Complete Co-Operative Education Guidelines, as approved by the Curriculum Committee on April 18, 2008 include:
- General overview of Co-Operative Education activity units
- Eligibility Requirements
- Grading
- Designation
- Credit