Cooperative Overview of Schedules and Work Assignments

The goal is to provide each student with significantly challenging engineering work that truly complements the rigor of his/her academic program. Every effort must be made to ensure that work assignments are: 

• Related to the student's academic and career goals
• Properly organized with the goals defined during the first week of the student's co-op
• Planned so that progressively more responsible positions are assigned for each co-op

Students will work a full-time, 40 hour per week schedule for the duration of the academic semester. This will vary depending on the semester of co-op. (Minimum of 12 weeks in the summer and 15 weeks each in the fall and spring.)

Extra work is permissible if holidays precede or follow the normal work schedule. Some students remain on part-time during the academic rotation and often return to full-time for their next co-op work assignment.

Repetitive co-op sessions at the same company are encouraged although some students may elect to broaden their experience by working for multiple companies. The student's return is to be agreed upon by you and the student.

An online evaluation of the student is required at the end of the co-op. A faculty advisor will visit the job site about 1/3 through the semester to discuss the co-op progress with the employer and the student.

A job description should be shared by: 

• Emailing it to Andrea Lazarus (alazaru2@ycp.edu), Program Assistant Director.
• Posting it to Handshake (York College's internal job search site) during the hiring process. (Please note we have moved from Spartan Career Path to Handshake as of June 2023.)