Co-operative education (co-op)
The best way to succeed in your field is to immerse yourself in it! Co-op is an excellent way to build your professional network, explore career paths and apply in-class teachings to real work situations. Co-op is a model of education that integrates academic learning with workplace learning in fields relevant to our students’ academic and personal goals. Similar to an academic course, work terms are a mandatory component to this form of experiential learning.
Students in the Fire and Life Safety Systems Technician program will be invited to apply to the co-op option during their first academic semester. Entrance to the co-op option is limited and the processes for securing a work term are competitive. Students who qualify for co-op will be eligible to complete a four-month, paid work term between the second and third academic semesters of their program.
Supports are available through the Co-op office to assist students with securing their work terms. In addition, the Co-op office is in contact with co-op students and the employers during their work terms to help with any questions. Upon completing the work term, co-op students return to campus to complete their third and fourth academic semesters of the program before graduating.
Program sequence
| Year 1 |
Academic semester 1 |
Academic semester 2 |
Co-op work term 1 |
| Year 2 |
Academic semester 3 |
Academic semester 4 |
|
Courses
CO-OP Option
SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER 2
CO-OP WORK TERM
- Co-op Work Term 1 (FLSC 1000)
The co-op work term will provide students with work experience in the fire alarm and life safety systems industries. The co-op work term expands students’ learning environment to real work settings where they will be challenged to apply their academic knowledge and then return to campus with a deepened understanding of industry demands and required skills.
SEMESTER 3
SEMESTER 4
Courses and course descriptions are subject to change.
Co-op administrative fee
Once transferred to the co-op option of a program, students will have a co-op administrative fee of $475 assessed to their accounts. The administrative fee goes to support the broad array of support services provided to co-op students. These services are dedicated to support student success.
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