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The
College of Agriculture Professional Experience Program includes internships
(single periods of supervised work experience) and the cooperative
education program (four or more planned periods of supervised work
experience). The program combines education on campus with practical,
career-oriented experience on the job.
Following
are the College of Agriculture Professional Experience Program operating
policies:
- Students must have completed
the freshman year (30 semester credits) and be in good standing to
be eligible.
- A faculty coordinator
will represent each participating department in operating the professional
experience program in conjunction with students and employers. Faculty
coordinators will work as facilitators to aid in establishing professional
training opportunities which are beneficial to both students and employers.
- Entry into the Professional
Experience Program is dependent upon the availability of an employer
who will provide an appropriate work experience to the student. The
faculty coordinator must approve the professional work experience
plan and authorize the student's enrollment in the professional experience
course. Interested students are not guaranteed entry into the program
since employers select students based upon normal interview procedures
and approval of the position must be done by the faculty coordinator.
- Participating departments
will offer a noncredit professional experience course. Students must
register and pay the industrial practice fee for each professional
experience course. A satisfactory summary report for each period of
supervised work experience must be submitted by the student to the
departmental faculty coordinator.
- A professional work experience
plan must be developed and approved by the student, employer supervisor,
and faculty coordinator. Copies of the professional work experience
plan will be distributed to the student, employer supervisor, and
faculty coordinator on or before the tenth working day of the student's
employment.
- Salaries, wages, and
benefits for registered students in the professional experience program
will be provided by the employer. Appropriate health and accident
insurance should be provided by the employer of the student. Students
may elect to enroll in a health and accident insurance program offered
by the University if they are not covered by another program.
- The student, the employer
supervisor, and the faculty coordinator will evaluate each period
of supervised work experience.
- To earn a Cooperative
Education Certificate at graduation, a student must register for and
successfully complete four periods of supervised work experience.
A minimum total of 52 weeks of supervised work experience must be
completed during the four periods.
- Students who successfully
complete an internship (minimum 10 weeks of supervised work experience)
will be awarded an appropriate certificate by the College of Agriculture
upon graduation. Individuals who fulfill the cooperative education
program requirements will be awarded an appropriate certificate by
the Purdue University Board of Trustees upon graduation.
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