Work Experience Education

Catalog description

LIMITATION ON ENROLLMENT: To participate in work experience education, students must have a paid or unpaid job or internship and have the approval of a work supervisor and the instructor supervising the work experience in the specific subject area. PRIOR TO ENROLLING: Students must also attend a scheduled orientation or meet individually with the supervising instructor for an individual orientation. Work Experience Education is supervised employment designed to provide students with a realistic learning experience through work. The ultimate goal is to teach students those skills and attitudes that will equip them to function and adapt as an employee in a variety of situations and jobs. ​​​​​​​Work Experience Education is supervised employment extending classroom-based occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station related to the student’s educational major or occupational goal. Credit may be accrued at the rate of half a unit to three units per semester. Students may earn up to a total of fourteen (14) semester credit hours. (CSU, AVC) (R3)