interoffice memorandum

PROGRAM AND COURSES CHANGE FORMS FOR DOCUMENT: ENCS-3 VERSION: 4PROGRAM CHANGE: Section 71.40.3Proposed [X] Undergraduate or [ ] Graduate Curriculum changesCalendar for academic year: 2005/2006Implementation Month/year: January 2005Faculty/School:Engineering and Computer ScienceDepartment:Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringProgram:Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringDegree:BEng and BCompScCalendar Section/Graduate Page Number:71.40.3Type of Change:[X] Editorial[ ] New Program[ ] Requirements [ ] Regulations [ ] Program DeletionPresent Text (from 2004/2005) calendarProposed Text71.40.3 The Co-operative FormatDirectorRAMIN SEDAGHATI, Assistant ProfessorStudents entering the program leading to the BEng degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering may requestpermission to undertake their studies in the co-op format by following the application procedure specified in §24.Academic content is identical to that of the regular program, but seven study terms are interspersed with four Workterms. Students in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering will normally complete between 14 and 20.25 credits in eachstudy term to obtain the required 120 credits for a BEng (Mechanical) and 120 credits for a BEng (Industrial).Students are supervised personally and must meet the requirements specified in §71.10.8 in order to continue theirstudies in the co-op format.Liaison between the student, the employers and the Institute for Co-operative Education is provided by theMechanical and Industrial Engineering co-op committee, which includes the student's advisers.Please refer to §24 for the schedule of study and work terms and the full description of admission requirements.Rationale: This material is essentially the same for all programs and is informational in nature rather than regulatory and this information will be given in the Faculty's co-op webpage.Resource Implications: N/A11D4