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TRENTU.CA / School of Business / The Experience / The Undergraduate Experience / Placements, Internships and Co-ops - School of Business / Co-op Students

Co-op Students

Bachelor of Business Administration Co-ops  

Work terms 

  • Three non-credit co-op work terms.  
  • Students should be prepared to relocate for work terms.  
  • Work terms are normally available in Ontario or Canada.  
  • After each work terms, students must submit a report including employer’s performance evaluation. 
  • Students do not pay tuition during each work term, but students are responsible to pay non-refundable co-op fees plus ancillary fees and levies.  
  • Every effort is made by the School of Business to find suitable work term employers for students enrolled in the co-op, but the School cannot guarantee a work term opportunity for every student.   
  • The hiring process is competitive and dependent upon many factors including market conditions and the academic performance of a student.  
  • Co-op students secure positions through successful participation in the interview process. 
  • Co-op students can use the postings provide by the School or Business and/or their own job search activities. 

Schedule Bachelor of Business Administration – Business Co-op 

Course Selection Business Co-op

Schedule Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting Co-op 

Course Selection Accounting Co-op

Continuation in the Program 

  • To remain students must successfully complete the required work term preparation course COOP 2000H. 
  • Students must maintain a minimum 75% cumulative average on their Trent courses in the 8 study terms. 
  • Students must receive satisfactory evaluations during each of their work terms.  
  • Students who deviate from the normal co-op schedule may require additional time to complete their degrees, as all courses are not offered in every term.  
  • Co-op students are discouraged from taking a course at Trent or on Letter of Permission while on a work term.  
  • Students who are unable to obtain a suitable co-op employer in an upcoming work term are expected to continue with their academic program on a full-time basis.  
  • A missed work term can be made up.  
  • Withdrawal from the co-op program will not normally be approved while a student is on a work term. 
  • In the event that a co-op student is unable to complete three work terms yet otherwise fulfils all degree requirements, the student will be awarded an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree. 

Schedule Bachelor of Business Administration – Business Co-op 

  Fall Winter Summer
Year 1 Study Term 1 Study Term 2 Study Term 3
Year 2 Study Term 4 Work Term 1 Study Term 5
Year 3 Study Term 6 Work Term 2 Work Term 3
Year 4 Study Term 7 Study Term 8  
  • It is preferred that work term 2 and work term 3 are with the same employer. 

Course Selection 

YEAR 1 FALL STUDY 1 

ADMN-1000H – Contemporary Issues in Management 

ADMN-1221H – Financial Accounting  

ECON-1010H – Introduction to Microeconomics 

0.5 credit course from the Approved Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR) List 

elective (students in Human Resources are encouraged to pick up COIS 1010H Digital World) 

elective

YEAR 1 WINTER STUDY 2 

ADMN-2010H – Management Skills 

ADMN-2100H – Introduction to Marketing 

ADMN-2220H – Organizational Behaviour 

ECON-1020H – Introduction to Macroeconomics 

elective (students in Human Resources are encouraged to pick up COIS 1620H Information Systems)

YEAR 1 SUMMER STUDY 3 

ADMN-2230H - Human Resource Management. 

COOP 2000H – Co-op Work Term Preparation Course 

0.5 credit course from the Approved Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR) List 

elective 

elective 

YEAR 2 FALL STUDY 4 

ADMN-ECON – 2200H – Introduction to Statistics  

ADMN-3021H – Managerial Accounting  

ADMN-2510H - Organizational Theory 

ADMN course elective at the 3000 level 

elective 

YEAR 2 WINTER WORK TERM 1 - Coming soon

See the School of Business Academic Advisor for assistance planning and scheduling your courses including the remaining terms. 

Schedule Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting Co-op 

  Fall Winter Summer
Year 1 Study Term 1 Study Term 2 No courses
Year 2 Study Term 3 Study Term 4 Study Term 5
Year 3 Study Term 6 Work Term 1 Work Term 2
Year 4 Study Term 7 Work Term 3 Study Term 8
  • It is preferred that work term 1 and work term 2 are with the same employer. 

Course Selection 

YEAR 1 FALL STUDY 1 

ADMN-1000H – Contemporary Issues in Management 

ADMN-1221H – Financial Accounting  

ECON-1010H – Introduction to Microeconomics 

COIS-1010H – Digital World 

Elective

YEAR 1 WINTER STUDY 2 

ADMN-2010H – Management Skills 

ECON-1020H – Introduction to Macroeconomics 

ADMN-3021H – Managerial Accounting  

COIS-1620H – Information Systems 

0.5 credit course from the Approved Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR) List 

YEAR 1 SUMMER – NO COURSES 

YEAR 2 FALL STUDY 3 

ADMN-ECON – 2200H – Introduction to Statistics  

ADMN-2220H – Organizational Behaviour 

ADMN-2230H - Human Resource Management. 

ADMN-3121H – Intermediate Management Accounting 

elective 

YEAR 2 WINTER STUDY 4 

ADMN-2100H – Introduction to Marketing 

ADMN-ECON-2250H - Introduction to Mathematics for Economics and Management 

ADMN-2510H - Organizational Theory 

ADMN-3200H – Financial Management 

Elective

YEAR 3 SUMMER STUDY 5 - Coming soon

See the School of Business Academic Advisor for assistance planning and scheduling your courses including the remaining terms. 

 

For more information email deborahearle@trentu.ca  

 

 

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