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Kinesiology - Co-operative Education Program in Kinesiology
KINESIOLOGY

Co-Operative Education Program in Kinesiology

The Co-operative Education Program is designed for highly motivated students who wish to develop their skills, increase their knowledge, and gain career-related experience. Students must first be admitted to Kinesiology and are eligible to apply then for the twenty-five available co-op openings in the Fall of their first term of study.

The following criteria have been established to evaluate such applications:

1) academic achievement based on fall term marks;
2) previous volunteer and paid work experience;
3) an application form and resume;
4) an interview with the student.

Admission decisions will be made in the Winter term of the student’s first year of study.

Co-operative Program students must complete the course requirements for one of the two Kinesiology majors (Movement Science, and Leisure and Sports Management) and also register during their work terms in courses 95-299, 95-399, and 95-499 successively. Each work term will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis as a result of the successful completion of each of the following:
    • Submission of learning objectives approved by the employer
    • Work term assessment evaluation by the employer
    • Final employer work term evaluation
    • Work term report evaluation by faculty and by the employer
    • Work term presentation evaluation by faculty

The placement process is competitive. Co-op students will register and apply for work placement positions advertised by the Centre for Career Education using an Internet-Academic software program. Student application documents are forwarded to employers who select the students they which to interview. Students are also encouraged to compete for placements outside of the advertised postings by completing a guided job search process facilitated by the Centre for Career Education. All co-op positions must be full time, paid and career related.

A Co-operative Program fee is charge in each term beginning with the Winter term of Year 2. The fee is not a job-placement fee, but is levied to help defer the administrative costs associated with the program.

WORK/STUDY SEQUENCE

Option One

FIRST YEAR
Fall Term: Study term.
Winter Term: Study term.
Summer Term: Off.

SECOND YEAR
Fall Term: Study term.
Winter Term: Work term.
Summer Term: Study term.

THIRD YEAR
Fall Term: Work term.
Winter Term: Study term.
Summer Term: Work term or optional term.*

FOURTH YEAR
Fall Term: Study term.
Winter Term: Study term.
Summer Term: Work term or optional term.*

FIFTH YEAR
Fall Term: Study term.

*The requirement of a third work term may be fulfilled in the Summer of either the third or fourth year.

Option Two: Fast-Track

Students wishing to complete their co-op degree in Kinesiology may do so in four years. This requires careful planning and scheduling. Students wishing to "fast-track" through their co-op degree are advised to meet with the faculty contact for co-op in Human Kinetics to discuss a strategy.

KINESIOLOGY: "CORE" COURSES, AREAS OF STUDY, AND FIRST AND SECOND YEAR COURSE SEQUENCE

KINESIOLOGY: COURSES

KINESIOLOGY: PROGRAMS

KINESIOLOGY: INSTRUCTORS

GENERAL UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS