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Cooperative Education
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Cooperative Education
A program in which an educational institution combines theoretical study with practical experience. Traditionally, cooperative education alternates semesters between classroom study and full-time, paid employment in a position related to one's field. It is also called work study.


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Saskatoon-based Cameco also recently contributed $250,000 to foster the creation of a co-op education program making it the only U of S campus currently operating one.
The Wyken company can trace their acting roots back to 1930 when a literature and dramatic art study group was formed with the backing of the Co-op education committee.
The college is also one of eight involved in the pilot apprenticeship/diploma co-op program in Manufacturing Engineering Technician/Tool & Die, Metal Machining or Machine Tool Builder & Integrator through which students receive a post-secondary diploma and complete the in-class portion of their apprenticeship in 2 1/2 years (includes 52 weeks of co-op education in industry as a sponsored apprentice).
 
 
 
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