Honours Psychology Co-op students (including 'BA Honours Arts', 'Arts and Business' and 'BSc Psychology') are valued by co-op employers/mentors and are performing a wide variety of tasks in numerous sectors.
Examples of sectors for co-op positions
- boards of education
- business and manufacturing
- camps for children
- family and children's services
- federal and provincial government
- hospitals and treatment/health facilities
- nonprofit and charitable organizations
- police and probation services
- recreational services
- services for people with special needs e.g., camps, residential facilities, community assistance programs
- technological enterprises
- universities and colleges
- etc.
Examples of tasks performed by co-op students on work terms
- administration e.g., planning, coordinating, organizing, facilitating, problem solving, information gathering
- assistance for people with special needs e.g., physical, social, or educational support
- communication e.g., responding to inquiries verbally or in writing, preparing and giving presentations
- computer support e.g., software development, software testing, use of computer software packages for web page design, database management, word processing, statistical analysis, graphs, etc.
- customer or public relations
- human resource activities e.g., recruitment, interviewing, selection, training, policy review
- management/supervision
- marketing e.g., advertising, promotion, marketing analysis
- program analysis
- quality control
- research e.g., research design, data collection, data analysis, report writing
- sales
- teaching/tutoring e.g., English or computer skills
- writing/editing e.g., technical writing, report writing, preparing brochures and/or newsletters
- etc.
Co-op supervisors/mentors are able to assign increased responsibilities to co-op students as they progress through school terms and work terms because of their growing knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Psychology Majors develop distinctive marketable skills
Sample of first work term positions
- Community Support Worker
- Data Analyst
- Education Deployment Specialist/Event Planner
- Engineering Coordinator
- English Learning Assistant
- English Tutor
- General Business/Operations Coordinator
- Genetic Counselling Assistant
- Guidance /At-Risk Support Assistant
- Guidance/Careers Support Assistant
- Inclusion Counsellor
- Junior Analyst
- Outdoor Education Programmer
- Program Advisor
- Rehabilitation and Mental Health Assistant
- Research Assistant
- Science Marketing and Recruitment Associate
- Summer Camp Counsellor
- Technology Lab Assistant
- Usability Research Assistant
- User Experience Researcher
- Vocational/Residential Assistant
Sample of fourth work term positions
- Academic Support and Technical Lab Assistant
- Computer Programmer and Web Page Design Assistant
- Counsellor/Support Worker
- Customer Care Assistant
- Design Research - Media and Entertainment
- Lab Co-ordinator
- Marketing – Innovation Intern
- Product Designer
- Project Delivery Officer - Financial Services
- Project Manager
- Recruitment Assistant
- Research Assistant
- Research Coordinator
- Strategic Planning Intern
- Talent Acquisition Assistant
- Teaching/Program Assistant
- Technical Analyst
- Technical Writer
- Tourism Marketing Assistant
- Tutoring and Learning Centre Coordinator/Tutor
- Usability Analyst
- Vocational/Residential Assistant