Students at Southeast Community College are employed by area businesses and industries and have the opportunity to "learn while doing" through the College's Cooperative Education Experience.
Students will work in positions related to their career goals. Student objectives are established through mutual agreement by the student, the employer, and the cooperative education experience coordinator.
Progress is evaluated at designated time(s) during the period of employment.
How Cooperative Education Works
Southeast Community College's Cooperative Education Experience is designed for students who have completed specific courses in their program of study and have achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 on a scale of 4.0.
Coordinators work closely with employers and students to determine the optimum Cooperative Education arrangement.
The student registers for the Cooperative Education Experience and earns college credit while being paid a salary for the cooperative experience; the salary is set by the employer and agreed upon by the student.
As a student in the Business Information Technology program, you will enroll in Co-op Supervised Employment (OFFT2020) near the end of your program at Southeast Community College. Co-op gives you an opportunity to learn on the job, earn college credit, receive pay, and work with a college supervisor to complement the office skills and knowledge you have learned on campus. You will work in an office in the area approved by the co-op supervisor and related to your career goal. Cooperative education is a three-way agreement among the student, the work supervisor, and the college co-op coordinator. Student objectives to be completed during the Co-op Supervised Employment course will be mutually established and evaluated at the end of the quarter.
Cooperative Responsibilities