Cooperative Education Program
NUMBER: NUMBER: II-4
(Formerly Policy II-A-6)
The Cooperative Education Program provides
students with the opportunity to integrate experiences in the classroom with
experiences in industry and professional domains. The Cooperative Education
Program is a partnership between business, industry, governmental agencies, and
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T).
A student who wishes to participate in the
Cooperative Education Program should contact his/her academic department
cooperative education coordinator.
1. Student
Eligibility
A. Student must be employed in the area of their major.
B.
The Cooperative Education Program is open to SDSM&T undergraduate students who
are at or above a grade point average of 2.0 and to graduate students who are at
or above a grade point average of 3.0.
2. Academic Credit
A. Students accepting cooperative
education positions must register and pay for a Cooperative Education (CP) class
during the semester they are on a cooperative education work assignment.
Students may register for only one CP class for each semester of cooperative
education work experience.
B. Cooperative Education class
sections will be department-specific. The academic department cooperative
education coordinator will assist the student in obtaining an instructor; the
instructor must have the approval of the department head in order to serve.
C.
Cooperative education credits may be applied toward graduation in
accordance with University and department policy.
D.
Since the work performed by a cooperative education student is equivalent
to the workload of a full time student, a student on a cooperative education
assignment who is registered for CP credit shall be considered to have full-time
status.
3. Evaluations - Successful completion of
the cooperative education courses must include, as a minimum:
A. The submission of a written report
describing the accomplishments made during the cooperative education
experience. Emphasis should be given to identifying specific examples of the
relationship made between classroom and industrial experiences.
B. An evaluation of the work performance
of the student as an employee of the company made by the supervisor. This
evaluation should be made using the company evaluation form or the SDSM&T
Cooperative Education Employer Evaluation Form.
C. A student must submit the written
report and employer’s evaluation prior to last day of classes at the end of the
semester in which the co-op is being performed or at the end of the work period
for that semester, whichever is later, to the instructor.
D.
The grade for the cooperative education course is determined by the academic
department assigned instructor.
4. Administration
A. Each department will appoint a
department cooperative education coordinator. The department cooperative
education coordinators, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the
Director of the Career Center shall constitute the Cooperative Education
Steering Committee.
B. The Cooperative Education
Steering Committee is responsible for developing qualified cooperative education
industrial or business experiences, and will:
1) Assist students in locating co-op opportunities.
2) Maintain contacts with cooperative education employers.
3) Conduct an
on-going evaluation of the program and provide an annual report on the program.
4) Keep abreast
of national trends and models relating to cooperative education programs at
other universities.
SOURCE: Office of the
Vice President, 1989; Office of the Vice President, Jan. 1995; Office of the
Vice President; Dec. 2000; Office of the Provost, Aug. 2001; Office of the
Provost, Dec. 2009
BOR
Reference: None
Contact: SDSMT Policy
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