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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Co-Op Internship in ECE 14:332:496/497

Intended to provide a capstone experience to the student's undergraduate studies by integrating prior coursework into a working electrical and computer engineering professional environment. Credits granted only for a continuous, six-month, full-time assignment.

Prerequisite: Consent of Undergraduate Director
Corequisite Courses: None

Information for Students: The following conditions apply:
•    Student should not be on academic probation.
•    Student should have completed a minimum of 90 credits with a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better.
•    Student should have completed a minimum of 40 credits in the major with a major cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better.
•    In order to earn credit, the student must be working on a specified and approved project. Initially, a one-page or so description of the project and an application form appropriately filled must be submitted for approval to the Undergraduate Director. Additionally, the student must have a faculty advisor as well as an industrial advisor who will supervise the student. At the end of the project, a technical report must be written, and a copy of it must be submitted to the Undergraduate Director as well as to the industrial advisor who together decide whether the student is to receive a passing grade or not.
•    The six-credit Co-Op Internship would replace two technical electives.