After competing units in Work Experience, a student will be able to:

• Demonstrate personal and professional standards for responsibility, honesty, and decision-making;
• Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills;
• Set and manage priorities;
• Employ technology to enhance educational and career opportunities;
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills in various settings;
• Demonstrate flexibility and be adaptive to changing demands;
• Apply academic skills and concepts to the workplace.

Cooperative Work Experience

Cooperative work experience courses include general work experience courses and occupational work experience courses. General work experience education is supervised employment intended to assist students in acquiring desirable work habits, attitudes, and career awareness. The work experience does not need to be related to the student’s specific educational goals. In contrast, occupational work experience education is supervised employment where on-the-job learning relates to the student’s specific educational or occupational goals. Student must not exceed the limit of 16 semester units of general and occupational work experience combined.

Repeatability guidelines and unit limits: Cooperative work experience courses are not designated as repeatable. However, students may petition to repeat occupational work experience courses to the Office of Admissions and Records. The Office of Admissions and Records may grant the request if the following conditions are met:

• the student has not exceeded the limit of 16 semester units of general and occupational work experience combined,
• the district only offers one course in a given occupational work experience field,
• the one course offered is not offered as a variable unit open-entry/open-exit course,
• the student does not exceed the maximum of eight units earned in one enrollment period in occupational work experience education.

In addition to not exceeding the limit of 16 semester units of general and occupational work experience combined, a maximum of six units m ay be earned during one enrollment period in general work experience education, students are not allowed to repeat general work experience courses. However, if the student received a substandard grade in a general work experience course, the student may be permitted to enroll again in the same course to alleviate that grade.

Occupational Experience Education

Occupational Experience Education offers qualified students working and learning in jobs relating to their career and educational goals, the opportunity to earn college credit. One of the benefits of this program is the community and college interaction, which involves employers, students, and faculty in a positive educational effort. Each student participating in Cooperative Work Experience Education is assigned to a faculty-advisor who meets with the student and his/her employer to discuss, define, develop and write measurable learning objectives in developing short- and long-range career goals. Cooperative Work Experience Education units satisfy a portion of the requirements for a 2-year degree and are transferable to most of the state colleges. The college offers the following Occupational Work Experience Education courses: ADMJ 043, BUSN 090B, CHST 035A, CTRP 044, ELED 020A, FDAT 084, HTCH 054A, INTD 090A, INTD 090B, INTD 090C, PARA 029B, PMGT 020B, WRKX 303.

GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION: General work experience education is supervised employment intended to assist students in acquiring desirable work habits, attitudes, and career awareness. The college offers the following General Work Experience course: WRKX 302G