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Cooperative Education and Internship Participation
Spring 2016
Prepared by:
Amanda Long
Assistant Director of Experiential Education
2/11/2016
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary page 3
Trending Data for Spring Internship/Co-op Participation (2013 – 2016) page 4
Spring 2016 Internship and Co-op Enrollment by College page 5
Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016) page 6-7
Spring Co-op Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016) page 8
Spring Internship Enrollment by Major (2014 – 2016) page 9-10
Report Information page 11-12
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Executive Summary
Career Services strives to maintain accurate data and reporting on internship and co-op
participation throughout the academic year. Reporting is captured at multiple intervals, including
after each registration period (in enrollment reports like this) and at the completion of each academic
year to provide a summary of participation throughout the university and a summary of internship
and co-op enrollment for each participating academic department.
We are proud to process the majority of students participating in internships and co-ops as
part of an academic course. This Spring 2016 semester saw the highest percentage of students in
recent years coming directly through the Career Services Center (at 77.3% of the total enrollment).
This is also the first semester in recent history to see internship and co-op enrollment increases from
the previous year in each of the participating colleges.
As Career Services continues to navigate the consolidation of Kennesaw State University and
Southern Polytechnic State University, we also hope to gather more historical data related to the
traditional (alternating) co-op program which was an integral part of Career Services at Southern
Polytechnic. This program carries a strong legacy of participation from the technical, engineering,
and science-based majors currently housed on the Marietta campus. This is also the only program
identified in this report to include majors from multiple colleges.
Recognizing that the terms “internship” and “co-op” may carry different meanings
throughout the university, Career Services has endeavored to define these terms for the purpose of
this report. These definitions, along with explanations of our data collection and reporting processes,
can be found in the “Report Information” section at the end of this report.
With the continued support of university faculty, staff, and administrators, Career Services
looks forward to continuing to build a robust internship and co-op program which supports the
professional endeavors of Kennesaw State University students.
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Trending Data for Spring Internship/Co-op Participation (2013 – 2016)
For the Spring 2016 semester, 984 students enrolled in an internship or co-op related academic course
as part of their participation in an internship or co-op experience. Since 2014, Spring internship/co-op
enrollment has plateaued with relatively stable numbers. These enrollment numbers include both
students processed through Career Services and those considered outliers.
The number of internship and co-op students processed through Career Services has slightly
increased during this period, with Career Services processing 77.3% of all Spring 2016 internship and
co-op course enrollments.
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SPRING 2013 SPRING 2014 SPRING 2015 SPRING 2016
Spring Internship/Co-op Course Enrollment
726
992
982
984
557
742
713
761
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
SPRING 2013
SPRING 2014
SPRING 2015
SPRING 2016
Processed by Career Services and Total Enrollment
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College of the
Arts
3%
College of
Business
35%
College of
Computing &
Software
Engineering
1%
College of
Health and
Human
Services
17%
College of
Humanities
and Social
Sciences
30%
College of
Science and
Mathematics
2% Other
12%
Percentage by College
Spring 2016 Internship and Co-op Enrollment by College
College 2015 Enrollment 2016 Enrollment Percentage Change
College of the Arts 17 20 +17.6%
Coles College of Business 255 263 +3.1 %
College of Computing & Software
Engineering 6 7 +16.7%
Wellstar College of Health & Human
Services 128 133 +3.9%
College of Humanities & Social
Sciences 226 229 +1.3%
College of Science & Mathematics 12 19 +58.3%
Other* (Marietta Campus Co-ops) 68 90 +32.4%
The Coles College of Business continues to have the highest number of internship/co-op enrollments,
making up 35% of the total enrollment. This semester, each college individually saw an increase in
student internship/co-op enrollment.
*The “Other” category designates students enrolled in the CO-OP 2000 course, which consists of students from
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multiple academic programs spanning multiple colleges on the Marietta campus.
Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major
1 2
12
1 3 4 3
6
1 3
6
1
8
1 4
Art Art History Dance Music Theatre &
Performance
College of the Arts Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
5 6
2 1
4
7
0 1
3
1
5
8
3 2
1
Biology Chemistry Mathematics Statistics (UG) Statistics (GR)
College of Science and Mathematics
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
6
3 3 3 3 4
Computer Science (UG) Computer Science (GR)
College of Computing & Software Engineering
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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Spring Internship and Co-op Enrollment by Major
61
6
44
7 12 3
71
40
83
5
33
6 6 1
67 54
90
4
31 15 13
0
64
46
Accounting Economics Finance Information
Security
Information
Systems
(UG)
Information
Systems
(GR)
Management Marketing
Coles College of Business Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
33
82
32 17
80
31 20
98
15
Exercise Science Human Services Sport Management
College of Health & Human Services Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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Spring Co-op Enrollment by Major*
2 11
53 54
3 1 7 4 7
0 9
19 18
44
2 10
44 51
4 0 11
2 6 0
12 16 23
45
0 6
46
59
7 1 5 1 4 8 11
22
3
56
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
2
1
0 0 0 0 0 0
1
0 0 0 0 0 0
College of Science and
Mathematics
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
10
2
15
6
1
19
11
3
20
Criminal
Justice
Political
Science
Sociology
College of Humanities and
Social Sciences
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
19
5
13
3 7
1
34
20 14
3 8
3 1 1
31 25
17
2
14
6 2 0
36
27
Accounting Economics Finance Information
Security
Information
Systems
(UG)
Information
Systems
(GR)
Management Marketing
Coles College of Business
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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*Colleges and majors not included on this page do not typically offer a co-op option.
Spring Internship Enrollment by Major
1
7 5
22
1 3 5 1
29
2
13
1
Marietta Campus Spring 2016 Co-op Enrollment (by major)
1 2
12
1 3 4 3
6
1 3
6
1
8
1 4
Art Art History Dance Music Theatre &
Performance
College of the Arts Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
3
5
2 1
4
7
0 1
2 1
5
8
3 2
1
Biology Chemistry Mathematics Statistics (UG) Statistics (GR)
College of Science and Mathematics
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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Spring Internship Enrollment by Major*
6
3 3 3 3 4
Computer Science (UG) Computer Science (GR)
College of Computing & Software
Engineering
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
42
1
31
4 5 2
37
20
69
2
25
3 5 0
36 29
73
2
17 9 11
0
28 19
Accounting Economics Finance Information
Security
Information
Systems
(UG)
Information
Systems
(GR)
Management Marketing
Coles College of Business Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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Report Information
Definitions
In this report, internships and cooperative education experiences (co-ops) are identified using the
below definitions.
Co-op – an academically relevant, hands-on experience in which a student completes multiples
semesters of work in a major-related position with an employer in the student’s chosen field.
Co-ops are typically paid positions and are open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate
level students.
Internship – an academically relevant, hands-on experience in which a student completes a
single semester of work in a major-related position with an employer in the student’s chosen
field. Internships may be paid or unpaid positions and are open to juniors, seniors, and
graduate level students.
Data Collection
33
82
32 17
80
31 20
98
15
Exercise Science Human Services Sport Management
College of Health & Human Services Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
2 11
53 44
3 1 7 4 7
0 7
19
3
29
2 10
44 45
4 0
11 2
6 0
11 16
4
26
0 6
46 48
7 1
5 1 4
8 11 19
3
36
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016
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Each semester, the Career Services Center collects data related to student participation in internships
and co-ops as part of an academic course. Career Services verifies participation by comparing the
data collected directly from students at the time of registration with records in the Banner Student
Information System.
Due to limitations on data collection, only students who complete internships and co-ops as part of
an academic course are included in the data within this report. The report does not include:
Data on students completing internships and co-ops during the identified semester who are
not registered for an associated academic course. The courses that are counted towards the
registration numbers for this report must be specifically identified as an internship,
cooperative study, or similar course or must contain specific mention of one of these two
experiences within the course description).
Data on students completing another type of experiential education (such as a practicum, field
experience, clinical, etc.) that is not identified as either an internship or co-op in the course title
or description.
Registration and Processing
For the purpose of this report, Career Services makes a distinction between internship and co-op
students who are processed directly through the Career Services Center and those processed
externally by their respective academic departments (identified in the report as “outliers”). Students
are considered to be “processed through Career Services” if at least one of the following has occurred:
The student has completed and submitted an approved application through a Career Services
process (such as our Experiential Education Online Application System or our OwlLink Career
Management System)
A Career Services staff member has been directly involved in the review and/or approval of
the student for internship or co-op course credit
A faculty member has submitted documentation of approved internship and co-op students to
Career Services for data collection and record keeping. Documentation should include specific
details of the student’s internship or co-op experience (i.e., internship/co-op site and
supervisor information, hours of work per week, pay rate, etc.).