Mechanical Engineering Co-Op Application

Guidelines

Per the ME course catalog, students may substitute three credit hours of cooperative education credits for one ME Elective course. To do so, students must be enrolled in ME 3990. ME 3990 is a 1 credit hour course which can be repeated to gain the necessary 3 credit hours to count as an ME elective. Three credits must be completed to count towards the graduation requirements for the ME degree. Summer I and II semesters combine to equal 1 credit hour – students must be employed for the whole summer and will only enroll in ME 3990 for either summer I or summer II. Students cannot enroll in ME 3990 for both summer semesters. To be eligible for enrollment in ME 3990 students must fulfil all of the following:

Be employed full time (at least 30 hours a week).
Be taking no more than one additional course at WMU or any other university or college.
Receive permission from the co-op director to enroll in the course prior to the beginning of the semester the co-op is to start.

Application process

In order to receive permission from the co-op director, students must complete a co-op application that includes:

Mechanical Engineering Co-Op form
Complete job description
Offer letter that clearly states the dates of the offered internship

Applications must be completed at least two weeks before the start of the semester in which the co-op is to take place. To receive credit for ME 3990, students must ask their supervisor complete a Mechanical Engineering Employer Co-Op Survey and a report by the student detailing their work experience and how it relates to the courses taken at WMU.

Co-op application

Your name (required)

First

Last

WIN (required)

Your nine-digit WMU Identification Number.

Your WMU email address (required)

WMU email address only

Semester and year of your co-op (required)

Employer Information

Company Name (required)

Company address

Address (required)

Address 2

City/Town (required)

State/Province (required)

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Supervisor name (required)

Supervisor's title (required)

Supervisor's email address (required)

Your co-op position information

Position title (required)

Start date (required)

End date (required)

Pay rate (required)

Work hours per week (required)

Offer letter

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx.

I agree to the requirements of the mechanical engineering co-op. (required)

Co-op requirements

Student: MAE Co-Op requires that students are employed full time (at least 30 hrs/week) and be taking no more than one additional course during the co-op semester. At the completion of semester, the ME Employer Co-Op Survey must be completed by the Co-Op Supervisor and a formal, written report completed by the student detailing their work experience and how it relates to the coursework must be turned in to the WMU ME Co-Op Director. ME 3990 is a 1 credit hour course that is repeatable. Upon completion of a third co-op, students may use ME 3990 as a mechanical engineering elective. By signing I indicate that I understand the above requirements.

Requirements:

Student: MAE Co-Op requires that students are employed full time (at least 30 hrs/week) and be taking no more than one additional course during the co-op semester. At the completion of semester, the ME Employer Co-Op Survey must be completed by the Co-Op Supervisor and a formal, written report completed by the student detailing their work experience and how it relates to the coursework must be turned in to the WMU ME Co-Op Director. ME 3990 is a 1 credit hour course that is repeatable. Upon completion of the third co-op students may use ME 3990 as an ME elective. By signing I indicate that I understand the above requirements.