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Sep 20, 2026
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Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
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BUS 290 Cooperative Work Study Credits: (3)
A course designed to prepare students to work after graduation. A learning contract containing specific educational objectives that relate to both the work experience and the field of study is developed between the student and a faculty co-op coordinator. Course requirements include a minimum of 180 hours of work, the maintenance of a work journal to record hours worked and duties performed, other work as required by the instructor and a final term paper. The student’s performance will be evaluated by the co-op faculty coordinator on the basis of meeting the objectives in the learning contract and satisfactory evaluation by the employer. A letter grade will be awarded. No experiential credit is given for previous work in the field. The work experience cannot be used to satisfy the requirements of any other course.
Learning Outcomes
- Clarify and articulate job and career goals in written or oral form.
- Prepare a professionally acceptable cover letter and resume and fill out a job application correctly.
- Demonstrate job interview skills which will aid student in obtaining employment.
- Demonstrate on-the-job skills involving time management; values clarification; personal job responsibility; and employee, peer, superior, and subordinate personal relationships.
- Understand and articulate employment laws as they pertain to their own responsibilities and protection.
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