At Waterloo, you have two great ways to study: co-op or regular.
Whether you opt for co-op, where you'll alternate between study and work terms, or choose a traditional four-year program, studying from September to May with summers off, you'll leave with a world-class education from Canada's most innovative university.
Through self-directed learning and cross-disciplinary collaboration, Knowledge Integration students like Victoria design and build museum exhibits as a way to convey their learnings in a public setting.
Recent Geomatics graduate, Aujas, used co-op to apply what he learned in the classroom to the field. "In co-op, you take skills that we’ve learned – like automation and working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – and apply them in the real world. It’s a really good experience to apply them before you even graduate from university."
Which Environment programs offer co-op?
- Climate and Environmental Change* - regular and co-op
- Environment and Business - co-op only
- Environment, Resources, and Sustainability - regular and co-op
- Geography and Environmental Management - regular and co-op
- Geomatics - regular and co-op
- Planning - co-op only
- Sustainability and Financial Management* - co-op only
What kind of companies will you work for?
The types of jobs you can apply for may vary by program. Past co-op employers of Environment students include:
- Environment Canada
- Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
- Canadian Tire Corporation
- Labatt Breweries
- Microsoft Canada
- Earth Day Canada
- Vancouver International Airport
- The United Nations
- World Wildlife Fund Canada
- The Government of Madagascar
- Ontario Ministry of Transportation
- Statistics Canada
- City of Toronto
- Sun Life Financial
- Stantec
Which Environment programs offer regular programs?
- Climate and Environmental Change* - regular and co-op
- Environment, Resources, and Sustainability - regular and co-op
- Geography and Aviation - regular only
- Geography and Environmental Management - regular and co-op
- Geomatics - regular and co-op
- International Development - regular only
- Knowledge Integration - regular only
* Prospective students are advised that offers of admission to a new program may be made only after the university’s own quality assurance processes have been completed and the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance has approved the program.