Recruitment Cycles and Student Availability

• All co-op programs start in year 3, meaning students have completed at least 5 academic semesters before their first work term.
• Students apply to enter co-op in the second semester of year 2, after completing an 8-week career course, “Skills for Career Success in Science”, which is open to all science students.
• In year 3, all co-op students \also complete another 8-week professionalism course, "Advanced Job Search Skills for Science Co-op Students", before their first work term.

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Table: Work-Study Sequence, by Co-op Program:

Co-op Program	Third Year			Fourth Year			Fifth Year
§  Actuarial & Financial Mathematics §  Biochemistry §  Biology & Pharmacology §  Chemical Biology §  Chemistry §  Sustainable Chemistry §  Earth & Environmental Sciences §  Environmental Sciences §  Geography & Environmental Sciences §  Life Sciences §  Mathematics & Statistics §  Medical Physics §  Molecular Biology & Genetics §  Physics	Fall	Winter	Summer	Fall	Winter	Summer	Fall	Winter
	Academic Term	Work Term	Work Term	Academic Term	Academic Term	Work Term	Work Term	Academic Term
Biology & Pharmacology	Academic Term	Academic Term	Work Term	Work Term	Academic Term	Work Term	Senior Thesis	Academic Term

 

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Co-op Recruitment Cycles:

Cycle	Co-op Position Starts	Student Availability
Winter	January	4 or 8 months
Spring	May	4 or 8 months
Fall	September	4 months

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Recruitment Dates:

For more information, or to post your position please contact hiresci@mcmaster.ca