Co-op Fees

The co-op fee is assessed to recover a portion of the overall costs of maintaining Laurier's co-operative education programs and promoting the programs to employers.

On average, Arts co-op and Science co-op students receive lower salaries and work fewer weeks each term than Business and Economics co-op students. They complete fewer work terms than students in other undergraduate co-op programs and are expected to participate to a greater extent in the job search process. For these reasons, they are charged lower fees.

The co-op fee is not an employment fee and you must pay it regardless of whether you obtain an approved work term position. Once you have confirmed your admission to co-op, you are registered in co-op and are responsible for co-op fees. All co-op students at Laurier pay a two-term fee before their first work term. For the Waterloo campus, fees are payable through Service Laurier Waterloo at 202 Regina Street. For the Brantford campus, fees are payable through Service Laurier Brantford in Grand River Hall.

Each May, the university reviews the fees. When the university increases the fee, the increase first appears in your bill for the fall term.

All co-op fees are:

Payable at Service Laurier by the fee due date found on your invoice.
Charged an interest penalty of 1.25% on your outstanding balance after the fee due date
Assessed on a monthly basis.
Outlined in the academic calendar under "Fees."
Subject to Board of Governors' approval and may change without notice.
Reviewed annually, with modifications applied to fall term fees.

If you might withdraw from co-op, see the Refunds and Fee Appeals section to learn whether you are eligible for any refund.

Fees by Program

Applied Water Science

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the winter term fee is due at the beginning of January of second year. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between two weeks after the deadline of acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, prior to the beginning of the academic term.
For fourth year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, prior to the beginning of the academic term.
For fourth year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, prior to the beginning of the academic term.

Arts and Science

The fee is currently assessed at $364.96 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For second year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, prior to the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, prior to the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, prior to the beginning of the academic term.

Business, Economics, Business and Computing, Business and Financial Math: Sequence One

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For second year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, before the beginning of the academic term. (BBA students on an eight-month work term from May through December will be billed the fall work term fee in July; payment is due in August.)
For third year, the spring term fee will normally be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, BBA sequence One students who are seeking approval to vary their third work term to January instead of September, their spring term fee will also be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.

Business: Sequence Two

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For second year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the academic term.
For third year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the academic term. (BBA students on an eight-month work term from September through April will be billed the winter work term fee in November; payment is due in December.)
For fourth year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, before the academic term. (BBA students on an eight-month work term from May through December will be billed the fall work term fee in July; payment is due in August.)

Business and Mathematics (UW), Business and Computing Double Degree UW)

The fee is currently charged at $763.87 on a per academic term basis, unless otherwise indicated, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the total fee for this academic year ($1527.74) will be billed Sept 11, 2020 with a due date of Oct 1, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between September 27 and November 6 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, before the beginning of the academic term.
Subsequent fees are dependent on the sequencing of the third and fourth work term.

Business Technology Management

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For second year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the spring term 2020 fee will normally be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the spring term 2021 fee will normally be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.

Computer Science

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the winter term fee is due at the beginning of January of second year. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between two weeks after the deadline for acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the spring term fee will normally be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
For fourth year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, before the beginning of the academic term.

Data Science

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For second year, the winter term fee is due at the beginning of January of second year. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between two weeks after the deadline for acceptance of the co-op admission offer and two weeks following that date will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the spring term fee will normally be billed in March and due in April, before the beginning of the academic term.
For third year, the winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.
For fourth year, the fall term fee will normally be billed in July and due in August, before the beginning of the academic term.

Master of Arts in Business Economics, Master of Applied Computing and Master of Arts in Communication Studies

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
The fall term fee is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
The winter term fee will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.

Master of Business Administration and Master of Finance

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For the fall term, a two-term fee of $1527.74 will be billed August 21 and due September 10.
For the spring term, a one-term fee of $763.87 will be billed in March and due in April, before the academic term.

Professional Experience Program (PEP)

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For third year, the fall term fee ($763.87) is due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the winter two-term fee of $1527.74 will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.

User Experience Design

The fee is currently assessed at $763.87 per academic term, as of July 1, 2020.
For third year, the fall term fee ($763.87) will be due no later than November 2, 2020. You are advised to review the refund schedule below. Students who withdraw between October 19 and November 9, 2019 will be assessed 55% of the term fee even if they have not yet paid the co-op fee.
For third year, the winter two-term fee ($1527.74) will normally be billed in November and due in December, before the beginning of the academic term.