Computer Science Department Cooperative Work Experience

What It is

Cooperative Work Experience Education offers students an on-the-job training program directly related to their academic major and career interests. Its purposes are to help students chose a career, find the right job and achieve success on the job. It provides a supervised off-campus work assignment through which students earn degree credit and in most situations, a salary as well.

Students can earn from one to three credits per semester.

• 10 hours per week @ 15 weeks = 150 hours = 1 Credit
• 15 hours per week @ 15 weeks = 225 hours = 2 Credits
• 20 hours per week @ 15 weeks = 300 hours = 3 Credits

Who Is Eligible?

To be eligible for Cooperative Work Experience, students must:

1. Be enrolled full-time or part-time.
2. Have completed 12 college credits or have the permission of the Associate Dean of Instruction/Director of Cooperative Education
3. Be in good academic standing.
4. Be employed at least 10 hours per week.

• Parallel Plan-The student works part-time and attends classes on a concurrent daily basis.
• Evening Plan-The student works full-time and studies in the evenings. Cooperative Work Experience helps such a student upgrade skills on the job.

CSET Dept. Contact, Prof. Pratap Reddy: preddy@raritanval.edu
Director of Coop Education: Dr. Maxwell Stevens: mstevens@raritanval.edu