Your degree plan is a very important component of the Co-op program. Your degree plan is essentially a plan for the next five years, showing when you will be in school, what classes you will be taking while in school, and when you will go on Co-op assignment. The degree plan is designed to help you plan ahead so that you can stay on track academically. In writing up this plan, you will need to look at when classes are offered in your major and how you will be able to fit them in while still completing the rotating Co-op assignment schedule. The degree plan will be the most time-consuming component of your packet. Yet, it will be the one item you will be glad you completed, because you will refer to it until you graduate.
Because putting together your degree plan can be very time consuming and confusing, our office offers you assistance with this though our Co-op Ambassadors. Our ambassadors, having had to put their own degree plans together, are more than willing to help by sitting down with you and helping you figure out your plan or by simply answering your questions. You can get in contact with our ambassadors by contacting our office by phone at (865) 974-5323 and setting up an appointment to meet with one of them.
A degree plan template is available for download by logging into Interfase and selecting the “Resource Library” link on the left side of the page.
After you fill out your degree plan, YOU MUST GET YOUR DEGREE PLAN SIGNED BY YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR PRIOR TO TURNING IT INTO OUR OFFICE. Without a signed copy, your degree plan is null and void to our office. Once you have your signed copy of your degree plan, you can then turn it into our office in 161 Zeanah Engineering Complex.