The Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism (ASAU) has had co-op for a very long time, but we would like to grow our co-op participation. Co-op is optional at ASAU and is administered through the Co-op Office.
Co-op is a wonderful opportunity to gain important employment skills and network with practicing design professionals. It is paid work experience. Many students that participate in co-op continue to work for the same firm after they graduate from the BAS program.
For students to participate in co-op they need to:
1) have completed the COOP 1000 course,
2) be a full-time BAS student, and
3) have a Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 9.0 (B+) or higher.
Each work term is four months long. For students to successfully complete co-op they need to complete at least three work terms – 12 months in a possible 16-month period. Co-op starts at the end of the BAS third year (May) and runs to the September of the following year. It is therefore one academic year and two summers long. As a result, if students participate in co-op, it will add an additional year to complete their BAS degree.