Why do BME students follow a different Co-Op schedule?
Other co-op programs in the College of Engineering alternate one quarter of classroom instruction with one quarter of co-op education. The BME co-op program alternates two quarters of class-room instruction with two-quarters of co-op education. This change was implemented to make our students more attractive to employers outside Cincinnati, and to allow our students to assume more responsibility than they could be assigned in a one-quarter, ten-week assignment. The UC-BME co-op program also delays the start of co-op education for premedical track students so that only five co-op quarters are available. This delay was required because of course scheduling issues and the desire of premedical students to be prepared for MCAT test in their third year.
