Cooperative Education (co-op) is a college work internship program that gives students college credit for supervised work experience. These internships, whether paid or unpaid, help students master skills related to their majors and future careers.

Complete the Cooperative Education Application.

Culinary and Hotel-Restaurant Management students should fill out the CUL/HRM application.

Have your faculty coordinator approval on your application. (See the list of coordinators below.)

Take the approved application to the registrar's office at either campus to register. (Registration must take place during regular registration periods.)

Student Qualifications

State Guidelines for Academic Credit

• Must obtain co-op faculty approval (see application)

• Must be 18 years of age

• Associate of Applied Science Degree curriculum programs allow up to a maximum of eight (8) semester hours of credit.

• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

• Diploma programs allow up to allow up to a maximum of eight (8) semester hours of credit.

• Must be enrolled in curriculum program approved for cooperative education

• Certificate programs allow a maximum of two (2) semester hours of credit.

• Must have completed a minimum of nine (9) semester hours in the appropriate program of study with at least three (3) hours in a core major class.

• Select college transfer programs allow one semester hour of elective credit. (At CFCC, this elective counts as the 65th hour for graduating students.)

• Specific programs have additional requirements.

• CFCC reserves the right to limit cooperative education opportunities based on location, suitability, appropriateness, and applicability.

Application

Co-op Student Workbook