Cooperative Education Course
Work on a full-time basis at one of the CO-OP host entities, including multinational corporations, startups, financial institutions, governmental entities, professional services firms, think tanks, local and international economic and monetary bodies, and nonprofit organizations.
- Students should register normally for Fall 2025 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 2025 courses and will be required to pay applicable CO-OP course tuition fees after considering any scholarship coverage
What is BUSC 4000 – Experiential Learning: CO-OP?
- Three credits elective course pass/fail
- Work full-time for six months at a CO-OP partner/employer
- Gain hands-on experience in your major
Why CO-OP?
- Gain a competitive edge of six months of work experience before graduation
- Enhance your career readiness
- Develop your skills while exploring career options
- Build your professional network
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-graded by the faculty and the employer
All CO-OP positions are carefully secured by the Career Center and have been reviewed by the Career Center and the faculty supervisor
Eligibility
- Students declared within the Onsi Sawiris School of Business with junior standing or higher at the start of CO-OP
- A prior well-documented internship 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
Terms and Conditions
- Registration: no concurrent courses are allowed during Fall 2025 except Business 360 Course (3cr.) which is optional, runs after working hours and counts towards general electives.
- Graduation: the CO-OP semester can not be the final one. Students would need to have the remaining courses to register in during at least Spring 2026. Students would graduate Spring 2026 or later.
- Grading: Co-evaluation by the faculty member and CO-OP partner/employer
- Compensation: CO-OP students receive monthly stipends from CO-OP employers that differ from one employer to another
Scholarships
- All students applying to the CO-OP course will be considered automatically for limited competitive partial scholarships
- Financial aid will not be granted during the entire CO-OP experience. However, financial aid for the following semester will be unchanged, given that the student applies for renewal of his/her financial aid. Students will still be automatically considered for the CO-OP scholarship
- Students currently on scholarships will need to email the Office of Student Financial Affairs and scholarships with the subject “CO-OP: Student Name and ID” to align with their respective donors that they extend their studies at AUC for one semester
- Students will be informed of the decision of their scholarship upon the completion of AUC’s internal selection process
CO-OP Employers
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