{"id":30,"date":"2026-05-25T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:53:35","slug":"co-op-option","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/co-op-option\/","title":{"rendered":"IPIS Co-op"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Co-op\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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\n Co-op admission timeframes\n <\/p>\n

\n – Early September (first work term begins in January)
– Early January (first work term begins in May)
– Early May (first work term begins in September)\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Apply for co-op via the Carleton Co-op Office<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible for admission to Co-op, students must:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  1. be enrolled in the Master of Infrastructure Protection and International Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. have successfully completed, by the end of their first term of academic study, at least 1.5 credits toward the M.IPIS<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. have successfully completed, by the start-date of the first work term, a total of 3.0 credits toward the M.IPIS<\/strong>; 1.5 of which must be core compulsory credits<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. be registered as a full-time student in each academic term prior to a work term;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. be eligible to work in Canada (for off-campus work terms)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    IPIS 5913 [0.0] Co-operative Work Term is in addition to the 5.0 credits required for the IPIS program<\/strong> – Two (2) co-op terms must be successfully completed before the student is eligible to receive a co-op designation on their academic transcript. For details on requirements and regulations, please see section 14.0 (Co-operative Education Policy) of the Graduate Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Work terms are four months in duration, and students who are successful in obtaining a placement can typically find work in either government or the private sector. Information and procedures can be obtained from the Carleton University Co-op Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    To be eligible for admission to Co-op, students must: IPIS 5913 [0.0] Co-operative Work Term is in addition to the 5.0 credits required for the IPIS program – Two (2) co-op terms must be successfully completed before the student is eligible to receive a co-op designation on their academic transcript. For details on requirements and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ipis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}