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A Student's Quick Information Guide to Student Placement in Cooperative Education

The Cooperative Education Program at East Tennessee State University is coordinated by the Office of Career Placement and Internship Services. The purpose of cooperative education is to provide learning and training opportunities for students, outside the classroom and laboratory, as they work toward graduation and transition to the labor market. Cooperative education provides unique opportunities for partnerships between companies and organizations with East Tennessee State University.

For students participating in the cooperative education program, benefits include earning a salary, receiving academic credit, testing career interests, gaining valuable employment contacts, developing decision-making skills, and receiving valuable on-the-job experience. For employers, the benefits of utilizing students in cooperative education include developing a pool of potential permanent employees already screened and trained, releasing highly paid personnel for more specialized work, recruiting from a pool of college applicants, providing low-cost training, and an opportunity to teach and observe student development through the assignment.
 

This quick information guide provides you with general requirements needed for qualifying for cooperative education positions and the basic steps involved in the application process.

• Sophomore-level status (30 hrs. accrued credit) through graduate level*
• Formally declared major or minor
• Minimum GPA of 2.0-undergraduate**
• Minimum GPA of 3.0-graduate level**

• Students wishing to apply for co-op positions should come to the Office of Career Placement and Internship Services, 3rd floor, D.P. Culp University Center and complete the "Student Application" form in order to set up a file.
• The administration of positions dictates that staff and students plan a semester in advance to allow the employer sufficient time to interview applicants and make a selection, as well as give the student time to make future class schedule plans.
• Position announcements are posted in the Office of Career Placement and Internship Services. Additionally, position announcements are often posted by academic departments and distributed to faculty for classroom announcements.
• Positions may be advertised as much as a year in advance for particular companies.

• Cooperative education schedules may be arranged in three ways: 1) alternating semesters, 2) consecutive semesters, or 3) part-time schedules. Students must work for an entire semester to receive credit for their placement.
• ETSU students are required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week to earn academic credit for cooperative education placement. The formula for earning academic credit is as follows:

 

 
 
 
 
 

                 Credit Hours                                        Work Hours/Per Week
                                  1                                                                    10-19
                                  2                                                                    20-29
                                  3                                                                    30-40
 

• Grades for cooperative education students are based on the employer's evaluation and the ETSU departmental academic coordinator.  Depending on which college a student is enrolled, either the A-F system or a P-F system will be utilized for administering grades.

• ETSU students may originate cooperative education placements with the approval of the assistant director of cooperative education and the student's academic department.
• 33 percent of all 1996 collegiate entry-level hires had cooperative education experience.
• Cooperative education experience rated one of top ten factors used by companies to select persons for interviews.



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The Cooperative Education Program at East Tennessee State University is coordinated by the Office of Career Placement and Internship Services. The purpose of cooperative education is to provide additional learning and training opportunities for students, outside the classroom and laboratory, as they work toward graduation and transition to the labor market. Cooperative education provides unique opportunities for partnerships between companies and East Tennessee State University.

For employers, the benefits of cooperative education include developing a pool of potential permanent employees already screened and trained, releasing highly paid personnel for more specialized work, recruiting from a pool of college applicants, providing low-cost training, and an opportunity to teach and observe student development through the assignment. For students participating in the cooperative education program, benefits include earning a salary, receiving academic credit, testing career interests, gaining valuable employment contacts, developing decision-making skills, and receiving valuable on-the-job experience.
 

This quick information guide provides you with the basic steps for developing a cooperative education position, and expediting the process of creating a cooperative education placement with your company or organization.

• Contact the assistant director of Cooperative Education Programs to discuss the procedure for processing a cooperative education position.
• Determine your company/organization staffing needs and academic program preferences and requirements.
• In consultation with the assistant director, develop a job description for the cooperative education position.

• Position descriptions will be provided to the assistant director by the company/organization, for approval by the appropriate academic department representative.
• Academic departments, faculty, and the Office of Career Placement and Internships will post the position description.
• Position descriptions are advertised on campus for 30 days prior to applicant review.

• Student applications are screened by the assistant director to insure students have met advertised minimums.
• Student application credentials will be mailed to the company/organization for review. Credentials include the student application, resume, transcript, and any special documents required by the company/organization.
• Students who are considered top applicants will be contacted by either the cooperative education staff or the company/organization for interviews.
• Company/organization representatives will notify the assistant director, or staff, which student (if any) was extended an offer for the cooperative education position.

• Company/organization representatives need to fill out only three forms for the entire cooperative education placement: position description, "Planning by Objectives-Learning Agreement," and the employer evaluation of student performance.
• Cooperative education student placements occur in fall, spring, or summer semesters.
• Cooperative education placements may be consecutive semesters, alternating semesters, or part-time assignments (working in the cooperative education position and attending classes).
• Undergraduate students may receive up to 12 hours of academic credit and graduate students may receive up to 6 hours of academic credit during their college experience.
• Company/organization representatives should plan one semester in advance to fill cooperative education positions. A minimum of 30 days is required to process and advertise most positions. Some exceptions are made if existing job descriptions are currently being advertised for the company/organization.
• ETSU students are required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week to earn academic credit for cooperative education placement. The formula for earning academic credit is as follows:

A Faculty Member's Quick Information Guide to Student Placement in Cooperative Education

The Cooperative Education Program at East Tennessee State University is coordinated by the Office of Career Placement and Internship Services. The purpose of cooperative education is to provide learning and training opportunities for students, outside the classroom and laboratory, as they work toward graduation and transition to the labor market. Cooperative education provides unique opportunities for partnerships between companies and organizations with East Tennessee State University.

For students participating in the cooperative education program, benefits include earning a salary, receiving academic credit, testing career interests, gaining valuable employment contacts, developing decision-making skills, and receiving valuable on-the-job experience. Since faculty members and academic department representatives are sometimes the first contacted by a company representative to discuss a cooperative education position, it is important to understand the process for establishing cooperative education positions and where to direct students and company or organization representatives.
 

This quick information guide provides you the basic steps that demonstrate how cooperative education positions are administered and processed from first  notification of a position to the final assignment of a grade for the student.

• Company/organization representatives contact the assistant director for Cooperative Education Programs to discuss the procedures for establishing a position.
• If contacted initially, faculty members should forward the company/organization representative to the assistant director to discuss the position and begin the administrative process.
• The assistant director will request a detailed job description from the company/organization which will be forwarded to the appropriate academic department for review and approval.

• Once a cooperative education position job description is approved, academic departments, faculty, and the Office of Career Placement and Internships will post the position description.
• Position descriptions are advertised on campus for 30 days prior to applicant review.

• Student applications are screened by the assistant director to insure students have met advertised minimum qualifications.
• Student application credentials are mailed to the company/organization for review.
• Top student applicants will be contacted by either the cooperative education staff or the company/organization for interviews.
• Company/organization representatives will notify the assistant director, or staff, which student (if any) was extended an offer for the cooperative education position.  Departments are notified by the assistant director of cooperative education.

• Cooperative education student placements occur in fall, spring, or summer semesters.
• Cooperative education placements may be consecutive semesters, alternating semesters, or part-time assignments (working in the cooperative education position and attending classes).
• Undergraduate students may receive up to 12 hours of academic credit and graduate students may receive up to six hours of academic credit during their college experience.
• Students are evaluated at the end of each semester by the company/organization supervisor. Evaluations are provided to appropriate academic departments for posting cooperative education grades.
• ETSU students are required to work a minimum of 10 hours per week to earn academic credit for cooperative education placement. The formula for earning academic credit is as follows:

                            Career Placement & Internship Services
                            Box 70718
                            ETSU D.P. Culp University Center, Third Level
                           Johnson City, TN 37614-0718

(423) 439-5388, Fax: (423) 439-6489 - Internet: WWW.ETSU.EDU/CAREERS/

East Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution and is fully in accord with the belief that educational and employment opportunities should be available to all eligible persons without regard to age, sex, color, race, religion. national origin, disability, or veteran status. Printed by East Tennessee State University Press. TBR 260-077-98 3M