SURVEY OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS WITH COOPERATIVE AND INTERNSHIP

OPTIONS IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES

Web sites of Canadian universities offering graduate studies were examined to determine

whether they included either cooperative education or internship opportunities for their students. Table 1 reports the master’s and doctoral programs by university that offered cooperative education, and Table 2 contains the programs with internships by university.

The graduate deans of these universities were then surveyed by email with the request

that they examine the table for their own university for accuracy, and secondly to report the enrollment in 2002-2003 for these programs. The enrollments by program for the small number of universities that replied are shown in Tables 1 and 2. Note that the enrollments for the University of Victoria are for 2001-2002, and both masters and doctoral students are reported in the master’s section. Where students were reported by the institution as full time (FT) or part time (PT) that information is included, otherwise all numbers are for full time students.

It is apparent from these tables that work-integrated learning is relatively rare in

Canadian graduate programs, except for those disciplines which mandate work experience prior to graduation as part of the requirements for membership in the profession. Although the number of responses was quite low, work-integrated programs with optional cooperative work terms or internships attract small numbers of students. Further study is required to ascertain the reasons for these findings.

TABLE 1

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES

1. MASTERS PROGRAMS Universities Programs British Columbia (UBC) Statistics Carleton Electrical & Computing Engineering Public Policy and Administration Concordia Chemistry/Biochemistry Economics Dalhousie Architecture Urban & Rural Planning Guelph Chemistry/Biochemistry Economics Physics Laurentian Freshwater Ecology McMaster Clinical Health Sciences (Health Research Methodology) Economics Business Memorial Computational Science Applied Social Psychology

Ottawa Electrical & Computer Engineering Queen’s Industrial Relations (with LLB) Regina available in many programs Simon Fraser Resource & Environmental Management Business Administration Statistics St. Mary’s Management Applied Science

Toronto Management & Professional Accounting Victoria Anthropology Arts Biology Chemistry Coaching Computer Science/Math Earth & Ocean Science Economics Engineering Geography Mathematics Business Administration Public Administration Sociology Waterloo Biology Chemistry Chemical Engineering Computer Science Economics Electrical & Computer Engineering Management Sciences Combinatorics & Optimization Statistics Biostatistics Mechanical Engineering Public History English Language & Professional Writing English Political Science Physics Sociology Wilfrid Laurier Economics Windsor Business Physics & High Technology

2. DOCTORAL PROGRAMS Concordia Chemistry/Biochemistry

Guelph Chemistry/Biochemistry Physics McMaster Economics

Waterloo Chemistry Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering English Physics Sociology

TABLE 2

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES

3. MASTERS PROGRAMS Universities Programs British Columbia (UBC) Landscape Architecture Asian Pacific Policy Studies Commerce European Studies Archival Studies Library & Information Studies Women’s Studies & Gender Relations Calgary Biotechnology Economics Engineering Carleton Economics History Concordia Education (Child Study0 Educational Technology Dalhousie Electronic Commerce Human Communication Disorders Marine Management Guelph Landscape Architecture Rural Planning & Development Laurentian Sociology McGill Speech-Language Pathology Addiction Psychiatry McMaster Business (Commerce) Chemical Engineering Engineering Physics Memorial Educational Leadership Teaching & Learning

Counselling Psychology Physical Education Social Work

Mount St. Vincent Applied Human Nutrition New Brunswick Business Kinesiology Northern British Columbia Disability Management First Nations Studies International Studies

Ottawa Human Kinetics International Business Administration Law Clinical Psychology Queen’s Policy Studies (Public Administration) Urban & Regional Planning Regina Aboriginal Social Work Saskatchewan Applied Social Psychology

Simon Fraser Gerontology Clinical Psychology Publishing St. Mary’s International Development Studies Business Toronto Clinical Biomedical Engineering Economics (Financial Economics) Environmental Studies Forestry Human Development & Applied Psychology Child Study Mathematical Finance Museum Studies Wood Engineering Waterloo Local Economic Development

Fine Arts (Studio Art) Psychology Western Engineering N Education (Counselling Psychology) Kinesiology Journalism Library Information Service History (Public History) Wilfrid Laurier Divinity Windsor Kinetics (Sport Management) Applied Social Psychology Social Work York Business Mathematics & Statistics

4. DOCTORAL PROGRAMS British Columbia (UBC) Counselling Psychology School Psychology Clinical Psychology

Calgary Psychology Carleton Psychology Concordia Clinical Psychology McGill Clinical Psychology Memorial Social Work

New Brunswick Clinical Psychology Regina Psychology Saskatchewan Clinical Psychology Toronto Education (Theory & Policy Studies) Human Development & Applied Psychology Waterloo Clinical Psychology

Western Clinical Psychology Wilfrid Laurier Ministry (Pastoral Counselling, Marriage & Family Studies) York Computer Science