Distinctions within degree programs, such as major, minor, honours, concentrations or specialties, co-op, with distinction, etc. should not be considered part of the official program name and should not be capitalized in running text.

How do you write co-op?

Co-operate and co-operative are the preferred Canadian spellings. However, the words are increasingly seen without a hyphen. One co-operates with a person or an organization, while one co-operates in performing an action.

Should co-op be hyphenated?

Without a hyphen, the word co-op, which is short for co-operative organization, turns into coop. That can be confusing to chickens because they don't know if they will have meetings or a safe place to lay eggs. Coop comes from the Old English word cype, "basket" or "cask," with the Latin root cupa, "cask" or "tub."