As a graduate student in a co-op program, you'll either be studying or working full-time in a job related to your program.
You'll have access to the robust supports and services available through the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s co-op program throughout your GradWIL experience while gaining valuable job-search strategies, enhancing career-ready skills and reflecting on your professional goals.
From your very first term, you will engage in GradWIL activities, beginning with WIL 601: Career Foundations for Work-Integrated Learning—a professional development course designed to help you navigate tasks, strategies and resources you will need to engage in ahead of the recruitment and the co-op job search process.
From the start, you’ll have access to one-on-one support, available throughout your degree. A graduate co-op advisor will be assigned as your dedicated point of contact, beginning two terms ahead of your first work term and through co-op work terms. Along with the supports available, you will engage in GradWIL activities, including peer-to-peer learning sessions, facilitated by your grad co-op advisor, where you can connect with fellow graduate co-op students, share insights, and build your professional network.Ìý
When will your first co-op work term be?
In the study term before your first co-op term, you'll take the WIL 601 course to guide you through À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's co-op process and to start developing key skills for your career.Ìý
After that, you'll typically alternate every four months between study and work terms. However, there are several variations of co-op work/study sequences according to your faculty and program.Ìý
Faculty of Arts programs
- Economics – MA (Co-op)
- Economics – MA (Water) (Co-op)
- English – MA (Experimental Digital Media) (Co-op)
- English –ÌýMA (Literary Studies) (Co-op)
- English –ÌýMA (Rhetoric and Communication Design) (Co-op)
- Political Science –ÌýMA (Co-op)
- Public Service –ÌýMPS (Co-op)
- Social and Legal Studies –ÌýMA (Co-op)
- Sociology –ÌýMA (Co-op)
Your first work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Co-op |
Study |
Study |
- Political Science –ÌýPhD (Co-op)
Your first work term will be in the spring term of your third year.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Study |
|
Second |
Study |
Study |
Study |
|
Third |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Fourth |
Co-op |
Co-op |
Study |
|
Fifth |
Study |
Study |
Study |
- Sociology – PhD (Co-op)
Your first work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Co-op |
Study |
Study |
|
Third |
Co-op |
Study |
Study |
|
Fourth |
Study |
Study |
Study |
|
Fifth |
Study |
Study |
Study |
Faculty of Engineering programs
- Architecture – MArch (Co-op)
Your work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Study |
Study |
Study |
- Chemical Engineering – MEng (Co-op)*
- Civil Engineering – MEng (Co-op)**
- Electrical and Computer Engineering – MEng (Co-op)**
- Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering – MEng (Co-op)
Your first work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Co-op |
Study |
Ìý |
- Management Science – MASc (Co-op)
- Management Sciences –ÌýMMSc (Co-op)
Your first work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Co-op |
Study |
Study |
*The first work term could also be scheduled in the fall term.
**This program has termly (rolling) enrolment. Students can start in the Fall, Winter or Spring. Regardless, the first co-op term is scheduled in term 3. Additionally, this program has a minimum requirement of one work term, so the second work term can be switched for a study term.
Faculty of Mathematics programs
- Applied MathematicsÌý–ÌýMMath (Co-op)*
- Computational MathematicsÌý–ÌýMMath (Co-op)**
- Computer ScienceÌý–ÌýMMath (Co-op)Ìý
- Data Science and Artificial IntelligenceÌý–ÌýMDSAI (co-op)**
Your first work term will be in your third term.
|
Year |
September to December (Fall) |
January to April (Winter) |
May to August (Spring) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
First |
Study |
Study |
Co-op |
|
Second |
Co-op |
Study |
Ìý |
*This program has termly (rolling) enrolment. Students can start in the fall, winter or spring. Regardless, the first co-op term is scheduled in term 3.
**This program has a minimum requirement of one work term, so the second work term can be switched for a study term.