The Perils of Cooperative Engineering Programs

Cooperative Engineering programs are designed to allow a public university system to better serve the people of the state.Many prospective students are "place-bound" in the sense that they cannot move and attend the main campus that offers an engineering program, either because they have a good job, or family commitments, or because they cannot afford the housing costs associated with moving.In a Cooperative Engineering program, the "Main Campus" forms a cooperative agreement with the "Host Campus" which allows students to take engineering courses at the Host Campus, and complete their degree without moving to the Main Campus.The academics of the Cooperative Engineering Programs are straightforward.The degree earned is from the Main Campus, and the Main Campus organizes and is responsible for teaching the engineering courses that are offered on the Host Campus site.The non-engineering courses are offered by the Host Campus.From an academic viewpoint it is similar to a transfer program, except that the students do