Co-op and Careers

Management engineering is a co-operative education program that provides exciting opportunities for our students to gain hands-on professional experience to complement their academic studies.

A wide spectrum of employment opportunities exists for those in management engineering, including roles such as business analyst, data scientist, product manager, consultant, software developer, and more.  

Work/study sequencing 

Participation in co-op is mandatory for management engineering students. Students must successfully complete five co-op terms to graduate; however, six co-op terms are scheduled. The work/study sequence is as follows:

Year

1

2

3

4

5

Term*

F W S F W S F W S F W S F W

Progress**

1A 1B CT 1 2A CT 2 2B CT 3 3A CT 4 3B CT 5 4A CT 6 4B

* F = Fall (September - December), W = Winter (January - April), S = Spring (May - August)

** A and B indicate the first and second semester of each year. For example, 2B is the second term of the second year. CT stands for "co-op term".

Management engineering students must submit a work term report at the beginning of 3A, 3B, and 4A. Detailed instructions can be found at MSCI 391/392/492 Work Term Reports (PDF). Each 0.125 unit course contributes to the term average, making it worth 1/4 of a 0.50 unit course.