Cooperative Education Course
Important Dates
Application Deadline
Employer Selection
Cohort 11
Steps for Application
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- Students should register normally for Fall 2026 courses until the CO-OP selection process is complete.
- Upon acceptance in CO-OP by the employer, students will be registered automatically in the CO-OP course.
- Once registered, students will be dropped from any other Fall 2026 courses and will be required to pay applicable CO-OP (3 credits) and the optional Business 360 course (3 credits) , if applicable, tuition fees after considering any financial support coverage.
- Three credits elective course with pass/fail grade.
- An actual six months full-time work engagement with one of the employers within the School’s CO-OP network involving real tasks and projects.
- Based on submitted periodic work logbooks and interim and final reports and presentations, the student is co-evaluated by a faculty member and the supervising CO-OP employer mentor.
- Gain a competitive edge of six months of work experience before graduation
- Gain hands-on experience in your major and enhance your career readiness
- Develop your skills while exploring career options
- Build your professional network
- Earn a CO-OP stipend from your employer.
- Students declared within the Onsi Sawiris School of Business with junior standing (60 Credits) or higher at the start of CO-OP
- Prior well-documented internship(s) is preferable
- Active engagement in extracurricular activities is preferable
- Feedback from AUC selection panel
- Acceptable performance on co-op partner’s assessment(s) as applicable
- Registration: No concurrent course registration is allowed during Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 except for BUSC 4001: Business 360 Course (3 credits) which is optional (Fall 2026). This course runs after working hours. BUSC 4000 (CO-OP) and BUSC 4001 (Business 360) are counted as follows:
BUSC 4000 (CO-OP)
BAC - BA (ECON): General elective
BBE: Optional Track Requirements (Could be selected and counted towards the 9 credits)
BBF- BBM – BBA (MICT): Major elective
BUSC 4001 (Business 360) - OPTIONAL
BAC: General elective
BA (ECON): General elective or concentration elective (by substitution approval)
BBE - BBF- BBM – BBA (MICT): General elective or major elective (by substitution approval)
- Graduation: The CO-OP semester cannot be the final one. Students would need to have remaining courses to register in during at least Spring 2027. Students would graduate in Spring 2027 or later.
- Grading: Co-evaluation by faculty member and CO-OP employer.
Compensation: CO-OP students receive monthly stipends from CO-OP employers that differ from one employer to another. - For any inquiries about how BUSC 4000 and BUSC 4001 fit in your program, please consult your department / advisor.
- All students applying to the CO-OP course will be considered automatically for a limited number of competitive partial scholarships. Students will be informed of the decision of their CO-OP scholarship upon the completion of AUC’s internal selection process. Please note that amounts of CO-OP Scholarships may vary from one cohort to another based on the number of eligible applicants and the availability of funds.
- Students who are already on any other type of financial support should contact the Office of Student Financial Affairs and Scholarships (OSFAS) as early as possible at [email protected] with the subject “CO-OP: Student Name and ID” to align on how their financial support will be applied to their tuition during their CO-OP engagement and any other related inquiries.
CO-OP Snapshot
How is a CO-OP different from an Internship?
- Longer duration: Working six months on a full-time basis
- A supervising faculty mentor will guide the student throughout the CO-OP journey.
- The CO-OP is co-evaluated by the faculty and the employer .
- All CO-OP positions are carefully secured by Onsi Sawiris School of Business and the Career Center and have been reviewed by the Career Center and the faculty supervisor.
Earn an Additional Three Credits During Your CO-OP Journey
Students can enroll in the optional 3-credit BUSC 4001 (Business 360) course alongside the 3-credit BUSC 4000 (CO-OP), earning a total of 6 credits during Fall 2026. For any inquiries about how BUSC 4001(Business 360) fits in your program, please consult your department/advisor.
About BUSC 4001 - Business 360
Business 360 is an interdisciplinary seminar-type course delivered by a team of carefully matched academic faculty and prominent business practitioners. Through highly interactive discussions, reflection papers, group collaboration, and other activities, timely business topics will be introduced with both scientific rigor and practical application.
Once a week, students will meet with a faculty member and a practitioner to discuss a separate topic.
The ultimate learning goal of this course is to provide students with a versatile ‘toolbox’ of state-of-the-art business concepts and applications through an engaging and well-rounded 360-degree learning experience. The general theme of the course changes from semester to other.
This course is offered once a week in the evening to accommodate CO-OP working students.
CO-OP Employers
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