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Cooperative Education

Cooperative Education is an educational program that provides a well-balanced combination of college study and periods of "hands-on" experience in a work setting.  

Eligibility Requirements

• Students currently attending Harford Community College, who have completed a minimum of 12 college-level credits, nine of which are related to their declared major.
• Have a Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better
• Have decided on a career direction or be interested in investigating a specific work environment.

Cooperative Education experiences are available in the following program areas:

Accounting
Biology
Business Administration
Business Management
Administrative Office Assistant Certificate
Computer Aided Drafting and Design
Computer Information Systems (Degree and Certificates)
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
English
Environmental Technology
General Studies
History
Interior Design
Legal Studies- Paralegal Studies (Degree and Certificate)
Mass Communications (Production and Announcing in the Electronic Media, Advertising and Sales Promotion)
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Science Laboratory Technology
Sociology

Questions/Additional Information

• Anna Berglowe-Lynch
  443-412-2164
  e-mail aberglowelynch@harford.edu

Disclaimer:  If you have already secured a co-op site, or are using a current employer as your co-op site, then you must visit the Advising, Career & Transfer Services office to meet with a Cooperative Education Student Development Specialist no later than 2 weeks prior to the start of the semester you wish to do the co-op.  Students who do not meet with a Cooperative Education Student Development Specialist by this time will be unable to participate in the cooperative education experience for the semester. 

If you have not already secured a co-op site, then we strongly recommend that you start the process early in the semester prior to the one in which you want to earn credit.   You must meet with a Cooperative Education Student Development Specialist no later than 6 weeks prior to the start of the semester, and would need to have secured your co-op site no later than 2 weeks prior to the start of the semester you wish to do the co-op.  Students who do not meet these deadlines will be unable to participate in the cooperative education experience for the semester.