Engineering Co-op

All of our programs are “co-op optional”, meaning they can be completed either as co-op degrees or not, at the discretion of the student. However, about 90 – 95% of all students choose the co-op route. If they do co-op, it requires 3 separate 4-month work term placements, which adds one calendar year to their program. The co-op placements all begin after students leave Acadia. Chemical, Environmental, Materials and Mechanical engineers do their first work term before beginning their studies at Dal, all others do at least one academic term at Dal before going out on their first placement. The remaining placements are sequenced differently between programs, but seem to alternate i.e. one school term, then one work term, etc. until the requirements are completed. There is a placement office at Dal that coordinates the program.

Normal program length in engineering without co-op is either 8 or 9 academic terms, which requires 4 or 4 ½ calendar years to complete. The number of academic terms varies according to the particular program chosen. The first four academic terms of any program can be completed at Acadia. This leaves 4 or 5 academic terms to complete at Dal, depending on the program. That will typically require 2 or 2 ½ years of study at Dal without co-op, 3 - 3 ½ years with.

CONTACT US

Engineering Main Office

Carnegie Bldg 216

engineering@acadiau.ca