Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Idaho (UI), both land-grant institutions closely located (8 miles apart) on the WA/ID border, have a rich history in cooperative education. The WSU/UI cooperative course agreement allows students at either institution to enroll in designated courses at the other institution.
Graduate students may be advised to take a UI cooperative course(s) for their program of study. WSU graduate students may use UI cooperative courses taken while a graduate student—both graduate (500) level and undergraduate (300/400) level—on their Program of Study. Such credit would be considered transfer credit; up to half of the graded credit on the student’s program of study may be transfer credit.
If the student earns a grade of “B” or better in the UI cooperative course, the course credits will be listed on the WSU student’s transcript as transfer credit from the UI cooperative program. Cooperative courses taken pass/fail will not transfer. UI cooperative course grades/grade points are NOT averaged into the student’s WSU GPA. Enrollment in UI cooperative courses follow the UI academic deadlines, as well as UI academic procedures and regulations (UI grades A, B, C, D, F; they do not have +/- grades).
Application, Enrollment, Tuition
Application and enrollment procedures, and cooperative course offerings, are provided here. Once you are admitted at UI and registered for a course, you may continue to enroll for additional cooperative courses in future terms by logging on to the UI Vandal Web System. If you don’t register for a course in the same term you are accepted, you will have to reapply for admission.
WSU students will continue to pay all registration fees and tuition to WSU (and tuition waiver is applicable, for students receiving a tuition waiver). However, there will be a $35.00 per credit charge for UI online web courses (special course fee). There may also be special course fees (lab fees, tech fees etc.) not covered by WSU tuition. These fees will be charged to your UI Vandal account; please check your UI Vandal account for these charges and pay them directly. Statements are not mailed. These fees are the student’s responsibility.
Once registered for the UI cooperative course, a temporary placeholder (UI_COOP 900) will appear in your myWSU Student Center. This will remain until the end of the term. Graduate students who require full-time enrollment for assistantship, tuition waiver, or F1-J1 status need to ensure they have a minimum of 10 WSU credits, in addition to the UI_COOP 900 temporary placeholder.
At the end of the term, the UI will send a transcript to WSU to record the transfer credit in myWSU, at which time the placeholder status will change to ‘dropped’.
If you have questions or encounter difficulties in the process, please contact your WSU Academic Coordinator: