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OCED 4360 Application - for typing OR to be handwritten

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What is Cooperative Education?

It is an educational field activity similar to an internship, jointly sponsored by Texas State University-San Marcos and a public or private sector organization. It provides you with an opportunity to apply the theory learned in your Professional Development Module (18 hour block). Therefore, you must make sure the activity relates to the focus of the courses.

In your proposal at the beginning of the course, you will be required to justify how the coop activity you select relates to your Professional Development Module. A minimum of 180 contracted hours will be spent on the COOP activity. Approximately 60 hours will be spent preparing the Proposal, Interim Report, and Final Report, and 120 hours will be spent at the work site on the project itself. Hours may be weekends, evenings, or regular daytime hours. The activity is a three-party agreement between the student, university, and the work site and each party must realize there are responsibilities and obligations that must be assumed by each of the parties throughout the semester.

Click here to reach a special area on the Alkek Library site created for Occupational Education students.

Below are links to the files for OCED 4360 and OCED 4361 as well as the templates for the reports you must create in these two classes.