<p>Daddio3, the class you are referring to is called Intro to Career Development, <a href=“Getting Started | For Students | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering”>Getting Started | For Students | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering, and is not for credit. As far as I know, for the quarters you are working on coop, you do not have to pay tuition. According to <a href=“Programs Overview | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering”>Programs Overview | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering, you are required to sign up for another for credit course while you’re on coop so that the school can track the number of quarters you work and so you’re still considered a student. The coop quarters are not considered “class credit” in that they do not count towards the 48 courses you need to graduate in engineering and do not affect your GPA. </p>
<p>Also, according to this, <a href=“Programs Overview | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering”>Programs Overview | Engineering Career Development | Northwestern Engineering,
any money you earn while on coop DOES NOT count against your financial aid. </p>
<p>Even though the schedule on MCD’s website shows working six quarters, the coop program only requires 4 quarters, two of which must be back to back. From my experience as an undergraduate, many people who coop take 4 years plus one or two additional quarters instead of the full five years to graduate.</p>