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Cooperative Internship
This is an explication of the Co-op program available through the Liberal Studies Program at the University of Louisville.
Liberal Studies Co-operative Internships (LBST 400)
Cooperative education and internships offer the opportunity to
integrate academic course work with career experience. It
provides an opportunity to test career choices in work settings
and increases your marketability upon graduation by developing a
career-related work record.
To qualify for enrollment in a Cooperative Internship course
for credit, the student must meet the following requirements:
- Overall GPA of 2.5 or higher for all coursework
- Completion of 45 credit hours.
The process...
- Contact Maggie Noffke (852-2249) or Dr. John Hale (852-2248) to discuss your idea for a co-op and, if
applicable, to ensure that it can be applied to your degree
plan. As your academic co-op supervisor, formal approval
for the co-op must come from Dr. Hale.
- Fill out the Application for Enrollment in Cooperative Education. This form, including
proposed co-op objectives, should be completed and signed by Dr.
John Hale and your on-site supervisor before you begin your
co-op. When complete and returned to the LBST advisor, a
permission code will be entered into the registration
system. Pick up a Project Evaluation form to take with
you.
- Register for the course. Before
completing registration, double check that you have enrolled for
the number of hours approved by Dr. Hale.
- Fulfill assigned cooperatives duties as
specified. Maintain regular contact with your on-site
supervisor.
- Toward the end of your co-op, please give
your on-site supervisor the Co-op Evaluation form. The
completed form must be returned to Dr. Hale before he can assign
a grade. This form may be mailed or emailed to Dr.
Hale. If emailed, please request that the subject line
state "Co-op Evaluation for [your
name]". Evaluations should be sent to Dr. Hale
at least two weeks before the semester ends.
- Please send Dr. Hale a written,
retrospective statement re your co-op. This is an analytic
statement of your experience — how it
benefited you (or not); what you learned; who you met; did the
experience spark interest in unexpected areas or deeper interest
in a related field?
Documents
Application for Enrollment in Cooperative Education
Co-op Evaluation
