About the Professional Development Program

Program objectives

• To enhance the overall work-integrated learning experience of co-op students by providing engaging and relevant online courses to improve students' employability and workplace productivity
• To promote the integration of what is learned at work with what is learned during academic terms through critical reflection
• To enable peer learning and foster a sense of community among co-op students

Professional Development (WatPD) program threads

Through the use of examples, resources and assigned work, there are a number of common threads woven through the various Professional Development (PD) courses. These threads are as follows:

• Critical Reflection
• Professionalism
• Technology
• Continuous Learning
• Diversity
• Ethics
• Collaboration

Academic Integrity and WatPD

WatPD fully supports, in principle and in practice, Waterloo's statement on Academic Integrity.

In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.

For information and/or questions about Academic Integrity, please see the Office of Academic Integrity website.