People ask college students all the time: What are you majoring in and what do you want to do with your degree?
Through the University of Cincinnati’s cooperative education program, the university works to make sure that answer is cemented when students have their degree in hand.
For example, when fifth-year design student Hatsue Andrews graduates in April 2023, they are confident of a career path in photography. (Hatsue prefers to go by their first name and uses she/they pronouns interchangeably.) That’s because in addition to coursework, she and other communication design students at UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) are required to participate in a year of co-op experiences to help them combine their education with their passion. Students can choose to apply to co-op positions from a large roster of businesses that DAAP has partnerships with, or students can seek out their own co-op experiences with businesses that would like to participate in cooperative education.
