All new co-op students must register for SCIE 201/501: Introduction to professional practice through UVic online course registration.

• SCIE 201/501 runs in the Winter Session (September – April) and is taken in addition to your regular course load. It consists of in-person classes and an interview clinic.
• SCIE 201/501 is a non-credit course and the workload is not the same as an academic, for-credit course.
• Seats in SCIE 201/501 are limited. Make sure to register as soon as you can to guarantee that you can participate on days and times that work with your schedule. Note that this is a year-long course so be sure to add both the fall and spring term sections to your timetable.
  
• All students are required to complete SCIE 201/501 before their first work term.
• There is no fee for SCIE201/501.

Graduate students

After you register for SCIE201/501, complete the Science Co-op Application Form in Learning in Motion. Learning in Motion (LIM), or “the portal” for short, is the platform used by the co-op office to track your co-op journey.

1. Go to learninginmotion.uvic.ca and login as a student, using your UVic netlink ID and password.
2. Select “Co-op” from the menu on the left side and then click on the “Apply to a Program” button in the top right. 
3. Select your program (or intended program) from the list of options and complete the form.