Coop Requirements
NPSIA, in conjunction with Carleton University’s Co-op Office, offers a co-op option to full-time students in the MA program.
NPSIA will host an information session for students in the Fall Term on the Co-op Program. An email will be sent out to students with application details and deadlines each term.
Co-op Eligibility
As per Carleton’s Graduate Studies Calendar, to be eligible for admission to co-op, NPSIA students must:
- have successfully completed by the end of their first term of academic study:
- INAF 5016[0.5] Statistical Analysis for International Affairs
- INAF 5017[0.25] International Policymaking in Canada: Structure and Process
- INAF 5018[0.25] Law and International Affairs
- 5 credit in INAF course of student’s choosing
- have successfully completed by the start-date of the first work term:
- 5 credit in INAF Economics course required for student’s field
- credit in INAF course(s) of student’s choosing
- be registered as a full-time student in each academic term prior to a work term; and,
- be eligible to work in Canada (for off-campus work terms).
NOTE: Students will be prevented from participating in the Co-op Program if they have not made satisfactory progress in their academic program.
Students are eligible to participate in the Coop Program for two work terms. (Note: MA/JD students are eligible to participate for one work term.)
A co-op work term may be undertaken during any of the co-op cycles (Fall, Winter, or Summer).
Students undertaking a co-op work term may request a temporary change to part-time status. This change in status will enable them to take one evening course (0.5 credit) and pay part-time fees. Coop students are not allowed to register in daytime classes. After their co-op work term is completed, students will automatically revert to full-time status.
Please note that Co-op students with funding packages will not receive funding while on part-time status. Their TA funding will resume with the next full-time term of enrolment.
To graduate with the Co-op Program designation on their diplomas and transcripts, students must successfully complete two co-op work terms. These two work terms may be taken successively or can be separated by one or more study terms.