West  Virginia State Career Services & Cooperative education

"Expand Your Employability"

To contact us:

WVSU Career Services and

Cooperative Education

 

216 Wallace Hall

PO Box 1000

Institute, WV  25112

 

Phone: 304-766-3250

Fax: 304-766-5195

E-mail: careerserv@wvstateu.edu

Earn college credit, valuable experience and money through Cooperative Education

Academic credit through work experience

Cooperative Education at West Virginia State is an academic program designed to integrate classroom learning with practical experience.  Students may attend classes on a part-time basis concurrently with their work experience or alternate periods of work experience with classroom study. 

There are many ways in which students can benefit from Co-op.  The most obvious benefit is academic.  Co-op students earn credit for their work experience.  The next is financial.  Co-op students are paid a wage.  There are intangible benefits as well which are often the most beneficial.  Co-op students are able to “reality test” the theories they have learned in class, and this often translates into better classroom performance.  Students who Co-op can determine if they’ve made a good career choice before graduation and can make changes if necessary.  There is no way to measure how one’s self-confidence increases and how that impacts on one’s sense of responsibility and judgment. 

Co-op work experience also makes the search for a permanent position easier upon graduation.  A large percentage of West Virginia State’s Co-op students are retained by their employers.  Those who are not retained graduate with both the education and experience employers look for. 

Cooperative Education