The O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training program allows students to work in a workplace during their undergraduate studies.
The aims of the O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training Program are defined as:
a) To familiarize students with workplaces related to their undergraduate programs,
b) To provide students with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and experience related to their undergraduate programs through practical application, reinforcing the knowledge and experience they have gained during their studies,
c) To shorten the adaptation period to post-graduation working life by enabling students to use and apply the theoretical knowledge they have acquired,
d) To enable students to become familiar with the responsibilities, relationships, organizational and production processes, and new technologies in the workplaces where they will work as required by O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training, and to instill habits of working harmoniously and communicating well with personnel and customers.
DURATION AND SUCCESS CRITERIA OF THE O’COOP COOPERATIVE LEARNING - WORKPLACE TRAINING MODEL:
For Engineering Departments:
Students participate in workplace activities related to their undergraduate program, starting with the summer term after the 6th semester. They gain practical skills and knowledge during their studies.
The O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training period begins in the summer term after the 6th semester and continues through the 7th and 8th semesters and, if necessary, in subsequent semesters and summer terms. This ensures that students continuously participate in the O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training program.
International students are entitled to receive an O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training certificate upon completing the required work hours. Students in this department must complete and successfully pass O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training to be eligible for the certificate.
Students must complete workplace training without interruption within each semester.
Students:
They can apply to this program if they wish. They must submit their application to the O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training Faculty/School Coordinator within the specified time frame, and their inclusion in the program is approved by the board of directors.
Students accepted into the program also register their participation electronically. Students complete their cooperative training during the summer and/or academic semester.
For the Departments of the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences and the Gastronomy Department of the School of Applied Sciences:
This program aims to provide students with practical skills based on the knowledge during their studies by enabling them to participate in activities related to their undergraduate program in workplaces during the second half of their final year (8th semester).
Students:
They can apply to this program if they wish. They must submit their application to the O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training Faculty/School Coordinator within the specified time frame, and their inclusion in the program is approved by the board of directors.
Students enrolled in the program also register their enrollment electronically. To be eligible for the O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training certificate in this department, students must complete and successfully pass the full-time O’COOP Cooperative Learning - Workplace Training. Students complete their cooperative training during the academic term.
