Welcome to the Home Page for the Cooperative Education Program at Gulf Coast Community College.  This is your one-stop shopping information source on cooperative education, or "co-op," at GCCC.

Co-op is a college program that integrates classroom studies with productive, almost always paid, real-life work experience in a related field.   Students get the best of both worlds -- a high quality academic degree and an impressive resumé of practical work experience.  They even receive college credit for their co-op work experience that is reflected on their college transcript and is transferable to a major university.  Employers find motivated, well-prepared students who excel as student employees and as future hires after graduation.

Why You Should Read Further!

Students, employers, and colleges that offer co-op get a distinct edge on the competition.  These three groups are partners in a successful academic program which is more relevant than ever in building the high performance workforce of the twenty-first century.  And, you can find co-op in hundreds of colleges at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels, which puts Gulf Coast Community College in some elite company.

You may contact the Gulf Coast Community College Cooperative Education Webmaster at (850) 872-3874, or via e-mail by clicking on the Contact Us! button at the top of this page.  We gratefully acknowledge the support received from the National Commission on Cooperative Education, Northeastern University and GCCC's radio station WKGC-FM.