Cooperative Education Program

Cooperative Education gives students academic credit for work experience in their major field of study. Co-op provides an exciting hands-on opportunity to apply classroom learning to the real world of work while earning a paycheck.

Co-op lets the student LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE.

Qualifications:

  • Twenty-four (24) college credit hours must be completed
  • A GPA of 2.5 earned in courses offered by the Business Studies Department
  • Credit hours must include the following course prerequisites for each course:

Accounting ACCT280:

  • MGMT100 - Introduction to Business
  • ACCT106 - Principles of Accounting II
  • CISC110 - Intro to Information Systems
  • ACCT130 - Accounting Applications for the Microcomputer

Management/Marketing/Retail MGMT280 or MKTG280

  • MGMT100 - Introduction to Business
                    OR
  • MGMT110 - Small Business Management
  • MKTG100 - Principles of Marketing
  • ACCT103 - Introduction to Accounting
                    OR
  • ACCT105 - Principles of Accounting
  • Any three (3) credit of Business Electives

Hotel Management HRIM280

  • HRIM100 - Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality
  • HRIM120 - Basic Food Preparation and Management
  • Six (6) additional HRIM credits

Office Administration - OADM280

  • OADM140 - Keyboarding
  • OADM105 - Administrative Office Procedures I
                    OR
  • OADM115 - Legal Terminology
                    OR
  • OADM120 - Medical Terminology and Case Histories

Medical Assistant Externship MEDA220

  • MEDA120 - Medical Terminology
  • BIOL115 - Basci Human Anatomy
  • MEDA215 - Medical Administrative Assistant I
  • MEDA216 - Medical Administrative Assistant II
  • MEDA200 - Clinical Procedures I
  • MEDA201 - Clinical Procedures II
  • MEDA203 - Laboratory Procedures
  • MEDA205 - Medical Law and Ethics
  • MEDA275 - Medical Transcription I
  • MEDA297 - Medical Coding

Phlebotomy Externship MEDA230

  • MEDA120 - Medical Terminology
  • BIOL115 - Basci Human Anatomy
  • MEDA203 - Laboratory Procedures
  • MEDA205 - Medical Law and Ethics

Paralegal - LAWS280

To meet the requirements of the American Bar Association, this course has the following qualifications:

  • Successful completion of at least 15 credit hours of Paralegal courses
  • LAWS100 - Introduction to Paralegal Studies (grade C or better)
                    OR
  • LAWS110 - Introduction to Nurse Paralegal Studies (grade C or better)
  • LAWS220 - Legal Research & Writing (grade C or better)

Requirements of Co-op Courses:

  • Work a minimum of 200 hours on-the job.
  • Obtain a satisfactory evaluation from the employer.
  • Meet the minimum course requirements.

MGMT280/MKTG280 and ACCT280

  1. Prepare an in depth typewritten project.
  2. Attend and participate in meeting and seminars arranged by the Co-op Coordinator

HRIM280

  1. Complete a work book/resume work-up.
  2. Attend and participate in meetings arranged by Co-op Coordinator.

OADM280

  1. Attend and participate in meetings arranged by Co-op Coordinator.
  2. Keep a daily journal of activities, experiences, observations, reactions, attendance dates and hours worked.
  3. Submit a typewritten summary and analysis of what has been accomplished as a result of the Co-op experience.

MEDA220 (Requires 120 hours in a medical setting).

  1. Keep a daily journal of activities, experiences, observations, reactions, attendance dates and hours worked.
  2. Submit a typewritten summary and analysis of what has been accomplished as a result of the externship experience.

MEDA220 (Requires 200 hours in a medical setting).

  1. Keep a daily journal of activities, experiences, observations, reactions, attendance dates and hours worked.
  2. Submit a typewritten summary and analysis of what has been accomplished as a result of the externship experience.

LAWS280

  1. Students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at Bucks County Community College before registering into LAWS280 and be registered in the Paralegal Studies Certificate or Degree Program.

Co-op Coordinators:

Accounting - Professor Lori Grady
Email: gradyl@bucks.edu Phone: (215) 968-8230

Management/Marketing - Professor Charles Beem
Email: beemx@bucks.edu Phone: (215) 968-8237

Hotel/Restaurant Management - Professor Earl Arrowood
Email: arrowood@bucks.edu Phone: (215) 968-8241

Office Administration and Medical Assistant Externship - Professor Marynell Zieziula
Email: zieziula@bucks.edu Phone (215) 968-8341

Interested in applying for co-op?

The APPLICATION FORM is available online!