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Co-op Work Plan Options
Domestic Students
- Parallel Plan: 16 - 31 hours/week while taking classes
Undergraduates must take 9-12 hours and graduate students 6-9 hours. In summer, Co-op participants may enroll in 3-6 additional credit hours. - Alternate Plan: 32 - 40 hours/week alternating with a semester of no work
During the work semester, students may take 6 class hours in addition to the Co-op course credit. When not working in a Co-op job, students must be enrolled full-time. - Full-time Plan: 32 - 40 hours/week continuously for two or more semesters
Students must take 6 additional credit hours per semester for each semester in Co-op, except during the semester of their graduation and summer semester.
International Students - CPT
UHCL sponsors international students who participate in Curricular Practical Training (CPT) through the Co-op program and handles any paperwork with CPT for Co-op. Employers do not complete any additional paper work or sponsor international students in the Co-op program.
- Part-time: 16 - 20 hours/week
Undergraduates must be enrolled 12 hours and graduate students enrolled in 9 hours. - Full-time: 21 - 40 hours/week
Undergraduates must be enrolled 9 hours and graduate students enrolled in 6 hours. - Summer and Graduating Semesters
Work plans vary in summer and the semester in which the student is graduating.
Date Updated: 24-SEP-2008
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