<p>Both Materials and Mining engineering have co-op programs at McGill.</p>
<p>@FreedayFF:</p>
<p>Indeed there are more electrical engineers (don’t know about software) than chemical engineers. I do not see how this means the average pay will be higher. Note that the Job Futures values are average salaries 2 years after graduation, not across all workers in the field: this is a figure that should be very important to a student. It’s unlikely there are managers or other highly paid positions in those stats to skew them. No one will be a manager in engineering 2 years after their bachelor’s.</p>
<p>@RebeccaL:</p>
<p>My opinion is that a co-op program is better than PEY. As I understand it PEY will give you one 12-16 month work term. A co-op program will usually get you three or four 4 month work terms. You will get exposure to more companies, and sooner.</p>
<p>That being said, FreedayFF does have a point. You can manage well without co-op as long as you get internships. However, it helps to be in a structured program that makes life easier for employers. </p>
<p>It is a personal anecdote, but I will add this. Nearly all the people in sci/eng at McGill that I knew (Computer Science, Electrical Eng, Software Eng, Computer Eng.) got jobs at the end of their degrees because they had previous internship experience. None of them were in a formal co-op program, but all worked hard on their own to get work experience.</p>