<p>Would an engineering co-op be beneficial in the aerospace industry if it is going to take the student 6 years to graduate? The reason it will take 6 years is because at his schools class schedule. They only offer some classes during the fall and spring semester. Which would make the student wait a whole year until the class he needs to graduate is offered, which in ultimately delays other classes that rely on the course before as a preq.. The co-op does offer advantages like and a good salary while in college and employment after graduation but 6 years is a long time to get a degree. Please Help????</p>
<p>Which college does this?
I have never heard of an undergrad engineering program that is not designed to be completed in 4 years. Sure, some people fall behind and take 5 years, occasionally 6, but most students do it in 4 years. Is it just him, or does most people actually take 6 years at this school?</p>
<p>If it actually takes 6 years, I would just do an internship over the summers, rather than a co-op. Internship experiences could be just as rewarding as those from co-ops.</p>
<p>The program is designed to be completed in 4 years but they only offer some upperlevel class to be taken during the fall semester or spring semester. Example:
Jr Fall semester
CVEN 3100 Fluid Mechanics 3
CVEN 3120 Mechanics of Materials 3
CVEN 3121 Mechanics of Materials Lab 1
ENGR 3200 Introduction to Design 3
ENGR 3300 Materials Science 2
ENGR 3400 Numerical Analysis 3
MEEN 3511 Measure. & Instrument. Lab 1<br>
These classes are only offered during the fall semster so if the student coop during this time when the spring comes around he will not be able to take these classes because they will not be offered. Also he won’t be able to take his spring classes because they rely on the preq of the fall classes.</p>
<p>ahh. i see. I’m sorry, I misunderstood you. Usually at my school, people who do co-ops are those who came in with AP credits and took 19+ credits/semester, which puts them a semester or two ahead of the others by their junior year. </p>
<p>If a co-op will delay his graduation by two years, I wouldn’t recommend it.</p>
<p>I did a co-op for 1 winter. I returned to “co-op” for the same company the next two summers. I decided to stretch things to graduating after 5 full years, although I probably could have done it in 4.5 (8 semesters.)</p>
<p>I’m in a large program (EE) so I never really had trouble taking the classes I needed since most of them are offered every semester. Stretching out my graduation date was totally worth it. I was well-compensated by my co-op employer and had all kinds of great experience that led to a ton of interviews and full-time offers this past fall. Co-op life was lucrative and low-stress. I actually wish I would have did one more co-op rotation during the school year so that I could have shored up my bank account a little bit more prior to starting real life in a few months.</p>