Department of Engineering - Coop Program Student Benefits
Coop Program Student Benefits
Students participating in the Cooperative Education Program receive the following benefits:

- Opportunity to enhance education by applying classroom knowledge to practical work experience and by applying practical knowledge to classroom theory.
- Opportunity to explore individual abilities in a coop work environment, thus increasing the ability to make knowledgeable decisions on a future career.
- Opportunity to meet and work with management, labor and future colleagues.
- Opportunity to expand knowledge of the various facets of their discipline and their roles in industry.
- Opportunity to gain insight into how industry functions in its home community and in its various markets.
- Opportunity to earn an excellent salary.
- Opportunity to demonstrate capabilities to a potential permanent employer.
- Opportunity to be an experienced engineer or technician at the point of graduation because of the co-op work experience.

For further information please contact:
Cooperative Education Program
Department of Engineering
McNeese State University
Box 91735
Lake Charles, LA 70609
(337) 475-5857
Fax (337) 475-5237
coop@mcneese.edu