Business Management and Business Accountancy Co-op Education
Overview
Work-integrated learning experiences and Co-operative education plays an integral role in Red River College Polytechnic’s strategic plan and mission to elevate people, industry and community in Manitoba through future-focused polytechnic education, research and partnerships.
A co-operative education program integrates a student’s academic studies with work experience in a related field.
Business Management and Business Accountancy students have their co-op work experience at the end of their programs to enhance their education and contribute to industry partners.
Benefits of Co-operative Education Partnerships
- Filling your short-term staffing needs
- Reducing recruitment and training costs
- Freeing employees for higher priority work
- Offering additional resources for special projects
- Providing productive workers at peak times
- Giving you regular input into industry-responsive College curricula
- Developing internal leadership through supervision, mentorship, and coaching
- Helping to train your workforce
Students in CE Co-operative Education
- All have a previous post-secondary degree or diploma
- Have global work experience
- Possess a variety of technical and interpersonal skills transferable to the workplace
- Are at the end of their program and can be developed to support permanent positions
- Are immediately productive during work term
- Bring enthusiasm and new ideas and approaches
- Are an ideal resource to fill temporary human resource needs during staff leaves or for short-term projects
Participating in Co-operative Education
- Employer/College/student partnership
- Terms integrate academic learning with related, paid work experience
- 16-week work terms (note that this is the ideal situation, however due to the effects of pandemic on your business, co-op work terms can be more flexible to suit your business needs and student schedules)
- Employers commit to professional and personal growth of future industry leaders
- Employer provides supervision, mentorship, and feedback to student
- Employer provides job description outlining expectations of student
- Hours are scheduled to suit employer needs
- Employers participate in a mid-term site visit with the student and College
- Employer provides evaluations of student performance for final assessment
- WIL coordinator available to support student and employer throughout the process
About the Programs
Business Management
- 16-month post-graduate diploma program
- Co-op work term from January to April
Business Accountancy
- 20-month post-graduate diploma program
- Co-op work term from May to August
Get in Touch
Register today to become a recognized Red River College Polytechnic co-op partner.
