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Intercession & Co-op question

vonnie
edited March 2008 in General
I tried looking on the SFU website but no luck.

Intercession: When does it start?
Does it start normally 2 weeks after the end of Spring semester? Or are there different start dates you can pick later on in the Summer?

And if you go on co-op one semester, do you have to be in school (take at least 1 course) the immediate semester after your co-op term ends?

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  • affinity
    edited March 2008
    there's 2 intersessions. 1 is the spring session. it starts the same time as all courses, but it only goes for a bout a month and a half.

    the summer session starts a month and a half in, and goes until the 2nd week of aug.

    I've taken a few intersession courses and have loved them. Honestly wish they would offer more.
  • segadcsonic
    edited March 2008
    Yeah, I believe you need to have a study semester (1 course +) after your co-op ends, whether the co-op is 4 months or 8.
  • vonnie
    edited March 2008
    Boo...

    I'm planning to do coop Spring 2009. But I want to go on vacation in June or May...

    That means I needa take a semester right after my 4 month co-op =(

    No vacation for me?
  • tere_lai
    edited March 2008
    It really depends on ur co-op advisor. I'm in Sciences and I didn't need to take classes after coming back from Co-op. I wasn't even aware of such a rule...it doesnt make sense to me......who's gonna force you to take classes?!?!

    I know you're not allowed to graduate on a co-op term..and i can see how they would enforce that.........
  • tere_lai
    edited March 2008
    If you want, u can take a look at the coop manual but i reead it through and I found nothing about having take a class after coming back from a term. Below is a section relevant to what you're asking, and it states nothing like what ur worrying about.


    SFU Co-operative Education Student Handbook 7
    5.0 Academic Semester / Workterm Sequence
    5.1 Program Continuity

    Workterms normally begin in January, May and September each year. Once admitted into the SFU co-op
    program students are expected to alternate workterms and study semesters and be registered as a full-
    time student (at least 9 credits) during study semesters. As workterms should alternate with academic
    semesters, students may not normally participate in the co-op process in consecutive summer
    workterms. Engineering Science students should consult the Engineering Science Co-op Website for a
    suggested academic semester/workterm schedule.
    Students are expected to complete the minimum required number of workterms during their course of
    studies at SFU. Normally, a student's final workterm must be completed before his or her last study
    semester.

    5.2 Eight-Month Workterms

    Some employers and students undertake eight-month workterms. If a student accepts an eight-month
    workterm (or extends a four month workterm into a second four month workterm), it counts as two co-op
    terms and he or she must complete a separate registration and pay co-op fees for each semester.
    Students must confirm with a co-op coordinator regarding submission of work reports, site visits, and
    evaluations for eight-month workterms.
  • vonnie
    edited March 2008
    tere_lai;23789 said:

    Once admitted into the SFU co-op
    program students are expected to alternate workterms and study semesters and be registered as a full-
    time student (at least 9 credits) during study semesters. As workterms should alternate with academic
    semesters, students may not normally participate in the co-op process in consecutive summer
    workterms.
    Well it says "alternate workterms and study semesters" so isn't that like

    workterm / study / workterm / study / workterm / study?

    I guess it doesn't say anything about skipping a semester then going back to a study term...

    workterm / study / workterm / break / study / workterm / study

    Thanks for the help tere_lai =)
    I'll go talk to an advisor as well~
  • segadcsonic
    edited March 2008
    That would be really nice to take a semester off between that time...let us know what they say!

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