Cooperative Education

Calendar > Five Year Cycle

Northeastern University is very different from "traditional" colleges/universities. As a co-op school, we have arranged our academic calendar around three six-month-long co-op periods, so that students will graduate with a typical 4-year college education plus a year and a half of practical work experience. This is how it works for the majority of CCIS students:

Five Year Academic/Co-op Pattern

• Freshman Year

	Fall	Spring	Sm1
	Class	Class	Vac

• Sophomore Year (Class splits into two divisions)

Sm2	Fall	Spring	Sm1
Vac	Class	Co-op
		Class	Vac

• Middle Year

Sm2	Fall	Spring	Sm1
Vac	Class	Co-op
Co-op	Co-op	Class	Class

• Junior Year

Sm2	Fall	Spring	Sm1
Class	Class	Co-op
Co-op	Co-op	Class	Class

• Senior Year

Sm2	Fall	Spring
Class	Class	Class
Co-op	Co-op	Class

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