Cooperative Education Course

 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 School of Business with junior standing or higher at the start of CO-OP

• An overall GPA of 3.2 or higher at the time of application

• 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 2022 and winter 2023

• 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 2023. Students would graduate SP23 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 Partners

Alphabetically listed.

Application Process

1. Log into your Career Web account

2. Check available CO-OP positions under jobs/internships search

3. Check your eligibility and apply to CO-OP positions with your resume

CO-OP Process Timeline

Application deadline: May 9, 2022

AUC Internal Selection: May 19, 2022

Employer Selection: June 30, 2022 (TBC), course registration

CO-OP Start Date: August 1, 2022

Important Note

• Students should register normally for fall 2022 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 2022 courses and will be required to pay applicable CO-OP course tuition fees after considering any scholarship coverage

Questions?

Send an email to co-op-bus@aucegypt.edu.

In partnership with AUC Career Center