Career and Employment Services

Coop Education and Internships

Overview

Cooperative Education (Coop) and Internships provide a beneficial three-way partnership among the employer, the students, and the college. Through the Internship and Coop Education program, employers have access to a pool of highly qualified students, who are eager to take on challenging assignments.

Program Benefits

Provides the opportunity to apply classroom learning to practical problems on the job.
Allows students to work with professionals in the field they are preparing to enter.
Students in these programs are generally more committed to their academic fields.
Coop students and Interns are often exposed to advanced technology and equipment in a learning environment that is not available on campus.
Students learn the competitive nature of the job market and what is needed to prepare for the best career positions.
Students get the competitive edge in the new graduate job market.

Students in these programs may earn college credit for working in a job directly related to their field of study. Coop Ed and Internships can be full or part time, temporary or regular, paid or non-paid positions at or near the entry level in any given field.

Both of these programs are successful ways for students to integrate their educational experience with paid work experience as they explore various career opportunities early in their college careers.

Coop Education

Coop Education is an educational concept that relates the classroom to the employment community. Students with a designated major, vocational, or career interest are assisted in locating employment that relates to their classroom studies. Students approved in employment are eligible for academic credit based upon the completion of structured learning objectives.

Coop Education is available in all divisions and is applicable to liberal arts as well as vocational-technical programs. To enroll for the Coop Ed program, students should do the following:

You must have a job. See the Student Employment Counselor in the Career and Employment Services Office for assistance. Job Listings
Purchase a Coop Ed Workbook in the Bookstore ($5.95)
Complete page 5 of the workbook.
Make an appointment with the Cooperative Education Counselor (Karl Hutchings) and bring in the entire workbook with page 5 completed. If the counselor is not in his office, you may leave the workbook with page 5 completed with the Coop Ed secretary in the Career and Employment Services Office.
If you qualify, you will be registered for the program and assigned to an advisor.
If you have been enrolled previously in the Coop Education program at Dixie State College, write the name of your previous advisor in the workbook.

For further Information, contact Karl Hutchings at the Career and Employment Services Office at (435) 652-7668.