WATERLOO COLLEGE AND ASSOCIATE FACULTIES why Waterloo ? Aerial photograph of the new Seagram Stadium adjoining the Waterloo College and Associate Faculties campus In Canada, the Co-operative Plan in higher education is unique at Waterloo College and Associate Faculties. Here, professional engineering courses are offered on a co-operative basis leading to degrees in five branches of engineering : mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, and engineering physics. Although the first in Canada, Waterloo's Co-operative Plan has its parallels in the United States. There, "co-operative education" dates back to 1906 and currently is offered at more than fifty institutions, among them Cornell University, Northwestern University, Antioch College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Why has Waterloo College and As- Associate Faculties undertaken to in- introduce "co-operative education" in Canada ? The answer, of course, lies in the newness of the Associate Faculties -- of which Engineering is the first to be established. In formulating its curriculum, the Faculty of Engineering examined and evaluated engineering courses at universities across Canada. By comparison, the Waterloo program -- in operation since last July -- shows substantially more emphasis on humanistic and basic scientific disciplines -- regarded as increasingly essential by educators everywhere. The next in this series of personal reports will discuss the educational philosophies in evidence at Waterloo College and Associate Faculties, together with a brief historical sketch. Additional copies of this and other publications of Waterloo College and Associate Faculties are available upon request to: WATERLOO COLLEGE AND ASSOCIATE FACULTIES WATERLOO, ONTARIO