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Co-ops at La Salle University

"This was the best decision I made for my education. No class or single instructor has ever given me an assignment that equals actual on the job training."
-Accounting major

SET YOURSELF APART FROM THE CROWD
"When you are talking about a co-op, you're talking about concrete and practical experience. The co-op experience is one where you're actually going to experience what's going on in Corporate America. You've been there, and now you have one up on others competing for that entry-level position."
-Senior Consultant, Cigna Corporation

A co-op gives employers a reason to give you a second look. Employers need to know that you can handle responsibility, respond well to stress, learn quickly and work hard. A co-op position is one of the best ways to prove these skills to an employer
Co-ops are full-time (or part-time) paid positions that allow you to get academic credit while receiving valuable work experience. Each work period lasts from 3 to 6 months and you will receive 3 credits towards your degree for each work period.

MAKE MONEY WHILE EARNING CREDIT
Co-ops allow you to:
- Earn money to help pay for your college expenses
- Gain valuable experience that will help you enhance your opportunities for postgraduate employment
- Possibly receive a full time offer prior to graduation
- Receive academic credit towards your degree
- Learn more about the "real" work world outside the classroom
- Reinforce or redefine your career goals by working in a position related to your major and/or occupational interests
- Develop the maturity, confidence and experience necessary to secure full-time employment

"I believe that choosing a co-op at La Salle was the best decision I have made in my short business career. I have received a position and starting salary that would not have been offered to me if it were not for my professional experience."
- Finance major

PAST CO-OP STUDENTS TELL IT BEST
"An excellent experience!"
-Marketing major

"It is one of the best career moves and the best experience you can get out of college."
-HRM major

".,.Besides the technical training, the experience of interacting with co-workers in a professional environment is surely challenging. The student learns how to deal with and adapt to different and sometimes conflicting personality types. On the whole, the co-op assignment was a helpful experience."
-Biology major

" I learned more in this co-op than in 3 years of classes, and also was allowed to show what I could do."
-Accounting major

CO-OPs FOR EVERYONE
Academic departments eligible for Cooperative Education

ARTS AND SCIENCES
Biology - Chemistry - Communication - Computer Science - Criminal Justice - Digital Arts and Multimedia Design - Economics - English - Fine Arts - Foreign Languages - Geology - History - Information Technology - Integrated Science, Business, and Technology (ISBT) - Mathematics - Philosophy - Political Science - Psychology - Sociology

BUSINESS
Accounting - Finance - Management Information Systems - Marketing -

Organizational Management - Risk Management and Insurance (minor)
The following is a partial list of employers who have hired La Salle co-op students in the past:
- Big 4 CPA Firms
- Enterprise
- IBM
- Independence Blue Cross
- Janssen Pharmaceutica
- Merck and Co.
- McNeil Consumer Healthcare
- Sherwin Williams
- Towers Perrin
- WCAU-TV
- plus many other local and national companies

Come to the the Career Services Center now to learn more about our co-op program

Application forms must be submitted by mid-term of the semester prior to the expected co-op work period. Come in today to begin your search for the best opportunities available.
To be eligible for a co-op, you must be a full-time day division student and have completed your sophomore year. In order to receive credit, you must register for the appropriate co-op course. Before starting the work assignment, students must contact their faculty co-op advisor and discuss the academic requirements for the co-op.

For more information about doing a co-op, make an appointment with a
the Career Services Center Counselor

the Career Services Center
Visit-409 Administration Center
Call-215.951.1075
emai-l snyder@lasalle.edu