Writing a work term report and submitting it on time is a requirement of your Co-op work term. It also prepares you for writing reports--a major part of professional life--and provides you with an example of your work to show to prospective employers.

How to write a work term report?

Please refer to section eight in the Student Handbook for detailed guidelines on writing your work term report.

Confidential or Not?

• Non-confidential report: Submit report to the Co-op office for marking. Reports will not be accepted without a release confirmation by your supervisor which is submitted when he/she completes the evaluation form online.
• Confidential Report: Submit to your supervisor and he/she will be responsible for evaluating your report. The evaluation forms are available online in our database and your supervisor will receive his/her login instruction via email prior to the end of the work term.

Other Report Options:

1. Progress Report
Students working for the same employer for more than one work term have the option to write a progress report. A detailed technical report is required at the end of your 8 months work term.

General guidelines for progress report:

• Short description of the organization and your dept/team
• Description about the project(s) you are working on and how you are pursuing the project (ie. what type of research or work you are undertaking)
• What are the technical goals?
• Progress report on what stage the project(s) is/are at
• What will the final technical report contain?

2. Oral Presentation
Presentation Evaluation form

3. Poster presentation

Sample Reports

For Physical Science Students
Progress Report Sample

For Engineering Physics Students
Work Term Report Sample

For Computer Science Students
Automated UI Testing Technical Report
Blackberry RF Energy
Bioinformatics Technical Report
Translation Memory Migration Process
Test Driven Dev Report

For Life Science Students
Work Term Report Sample