Co-op Program
The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, 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 the School deems that they have not made satisfactory progress in their academic program.
Students are eligible to participate in the Coop program for one to 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 (January, May or September).
Students undertaking a co-op work term may request a temporary change to part-time status for the terms in which they are enrolled in the co-op program. 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.
Please note that coop 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 a co-op designation on their 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.