Co-Operative Education II

This Co-op course is taken after either Coop 1100 or 1200 and after at least a one semester return to academic studies. It enables students to expand their transferable job skills and their program related knowledge and skills by building upon their previous Co-op work experience and their further academic studies. With the support of a faculty advisor, students set learning objectives for the work experience and complete a work placement project. As this is a second or third work placement, students are encouraged to seek greater responsibility and/or more challenging tasks and projects than they had or were involved in during the previous work placement(s). This course is intended to enhance the student’s career success upon graduation from her/his chosen program. A student who successfully completes Coop 1100 and this course will receive a Co-operative Education designation on her/his transcript for her/his diploma.

Course Content

1.0 Job Search Skills

1.1 write targeted letters of application and resumes which meet college and industry standards

1.2 research potential placement employers

1.3  complete successfully a job interview

2.0 Goal Setting

2.1 set work placement learning objectives

2.2 re-valuate as situation requires

2.3 analyse success through self-assessment which is communicated to the faculty advisor verbally and in writing.

2.4 outline growth and development since previous work placement which is communicated to the faculty advisor verbally and in writing.

3.0 Employability Skills

3.1 communicate effectively with coworkers, employer clients/customers, supervisors, and coop representatives

3.2 work effectively as a team member, including resolving conflict

3.3 use critical/creative thinking in decision making and problem solving

3.4 embrace learning opportunities

3.5 represent self and the college professionally and ethically

3.6 develop personal management skills related to time, organization, and stress

3.7 Accept criticism as a vehicle to learning

4.0 Program Specific Skills

4.1 apply learned academic knowledge and skills in the work environment

5.0 Work Placement Project

5.1 choose a topic related to student’s specific program or defined as a need by the employer

5.2  prepare project to industry and college standards

5.3 format to satisfy needs of employer and/or faculty advisor (formal written report, formal presentation, handbook, procedures manual, research paper, users’ manual, for example)

Methods of Instruction

Independent learning through a program-related work placement with support given by a faculty advisor and workplace supervisor.

Means of Assessment

Students will be assigned a grade of MASTERY when ALL of the following are achieved.

Job search documentation and job interview result in a work placement

Work placement learning objectives are defined and fulfilled

Work placement project is completed based on given criteria

Employer’s evaluation is satisfactory based on given criteria

Faculty advisor’s evaluation is satisfactory based on given criteria

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the successful student should be able to

1.  Use job search skills to obtain a work placement.

2.  Set, re-evaluate, and achieve realistic, measurable learning objectives which expand on or are different from those set for previous work placements.

3.  Use transferable employability skills effectively.

4.  Use program specific skills effectively.

5. Prepare a work placement project to meet college and employer standards.

COOP 1100 + one full-time semester of program-related academic studies which is subsequent to completion of COOP 1100 or 1200 + submission of designated application and job search documents +  a cumulative grade point average of 2.33 or permission of the Dean.

Below shows how this course and its credits transfer within the BC transfer system. 

A course is considered university-transferable (UT) if it transfers to at least one of the five research universities in British Columbia: University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia-Okanagan; Simon Fraser University; University of Victoria; and the University of Northern British Columbia.

For more information on transfer visit the BC Transfer Guide and BCCAT websites.

If your course prerequisites indicate that you need an assessment, please see our Assessment page for more information.