@sbjdorlo, your son might only be able to do two co-ops with that major. My son is a Computer Science/Game Design major, and we didn’t find out until he started that it is considered a Creative Industries major and limited to two co-ops. My son started in 2011 and his program is 5 years with no summer classes, but I recently read on the NU Parents’ Board that they’ve changed it for this year’s freshman class to a 4-year program with summer sessions, one 6-month co-op, and one 4-month co-op. My impression is that they just don’t have enough gaming co-ops for these students. My son’s first co-op was a CS job with a financial services company; this semester he’s doing a co-op with a student group that is developing a game, being paid a stipend which basically covers food and transportation. So we are having to pay 6 months rent that we did not anticipate, but ds has a full-tuition NMF scholarship so we’re willing to do it. He’s also working as a tutor on campus a few hours a week. I know that finances are a big consideration for you, so I urge you to try to find out how successful Digital Arts/Game Design students are in finding paid co-ops.