Students in the Co-op option are required to pay an administrative fee for each work term. These nonrefundable fees are set by the University. Co-op students are also responsible for tuition and incidental fees related to their study terms and costs related to any Trent courses taken while completing a work term.Every effort is made by the department to find suitable work term placements for students enrolled in the Co-op option, but the department cannot guarantee a work term opportunity for every student. The placement process is competitive and dependent upon market conditions as well as the academic performance, skills, motivation, maturity, attitude and potential of a student as well as their Co-op interview process and/or their own job search activities. The software engineer works as part of a team to design, implement, test, maintain, and document software solutions. Because these solutions are typically large and complex, the software engineer must deal on several levels of abstraction and draw on sound methodologies and practices to produce software that is correct, robust, maintainable, and extensible. The software engineer, therefore, bridges the gap between the requirements of a client and the software solution to meet those requirements. He or she must have not only technical skills but also interpersonal skills to work within the dynamics of a group. The capstone of the Specialization in Software Engineering is a full-year team project (COIS 4000Y) that exercises all phases of software development on a real-world application.