Participating Majors and Eligibility Requirements
Students are eligible to apply for Cooperative Education if they meet the following minimum requirements:
| International Studies |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours and completion of at least six credit hours of upper-level courses in major, INTS 2301, 2302, ECON 2321, Foreign Language 2312 |
| Political Science |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours and completion of at least one upper-level course in major and POLS 1310 |
| Psychology |
2.5 GPA |
30 credit hours and completion of or enrollment in PSYC 2340 or 2310, completion of PSYC 2300 and six upper-level credit hours in Psychology |
| Professional & Technical Writing |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours and completion of RHET 3316 or 3326 (passing with a grade of B or better) |
| Sociology and Anthropology |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Accounting |
3.0 GPA |
60 credit hours and completion or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 3311 |
| Economics and Finance |
2.5 GPA |
90 credit hours and completion of at least nine credit hours of upper-level courses in major (Business Finance is not considered an upper-level course in major for Co-op eligibility) |
| Management |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Marketing and Advertising |
2.5 GPA |
90 credit hours and completion of at least nine credit hours of upper-level Marketing or Advertising courses |
| International Business |
2.5 GPA |
90 hours and at least nine hours of upperlevel Marketing or Advertising courses or nine hours of upperlevel Finance or Economics courses. |
| Criminal Justice |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Journalism |
2.5 GPA |
Broadcast Journalism Option: 60 hours and completion of JOUR 2350, JOUR 3365, and RTVF 2300
Public Relations Option: 60 hours and completion of ADVT 3300 and JOUR 4380
News-Editorial Option: 60 hours and completion of JOUR 2350 and JOUR 3320.
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| Radio, T.V., and Film |
2.5 GPA |
90 credit hours |
| Speech Communication |
2.5 GPA |
3.0 GPA in major and completion of fifteen credit hours in Speech Communication courses |
| Computer Science |
2.75 GPA |
60 credit hours and completion of CPSC 3375 or 3385 |
| Construction Management |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Engineering Technology |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Information Science |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Systems Engineering |
2.5 GPA |
completion of at least 60 total credit hours with an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher, and completion of 20 or more credit hours of Systems Engineering courses with a GPA of 2.5 or higher |
| Biology |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Environmental Health Sciences |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Earth Science |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Health Sciences |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Physics |
2.5 GPA |
60 credit hours |
| Applied Science |
3.0 GPA |
full time attendance for one semester in the Applied Science program with a 3.0 GPA or better and the approval of the major professor and the graduate coordinator |
| Computer Science |
3.0 GPA |
completion of Graduate Core |
| Earth Science |
3.0 GPA |
consent of Department chair |
| Integrated Science |
3.0 GPA |
consent of program director |
| Professional & Technical Writing |
2.75 GPA |
recommendation of Departmental Cooperative Education Coordinator |
UALR Office of Cooperative Education
Ross Hall 417
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
501/569-3584
501/569-3588 (Fax)
