<p>As said before, without co-op, you need to do undergraduate research or specific work-ish programs (typically done by education majors that teach in nearby schools). For grad school, obviously undergraduate research would be very important.</p>
<p>Add to that the fact that EVERY person going to grad school has good grades and some research, whereas very few have awesome job experiences makes work experience a very hot commodity for applications. Co-ops are in no way associated with business-like subjects. In fact, co-ops may be even more important for other majors. Imagine graduating with an english degree and no experience… You are unemployable. An english degree with co-ops means you have plenty of opportunity for work.</p>
<p>Although personally I feel like if you don’t even know what you want to study, you shouldn’t make a decision based on studying something for two to six years, over four years from now.</p>