Course Outline

CE 100 - Cooperative Education


Spring Semester 2022

Basic Course Information
Courses numbered 1 - 49 are remedial or college preparatory courses which do not apply toward an A. A. Degree and are not intended for transfer. Courses numbered 50-99 apply toward an AA Degree, but are not intended for transfer. Courses numbered 100 and higher apply toward an AA Degree and/or are intended for transfer to a four-year college or university.

D - Credit - Degree Applicable
CE
Cooperative Education
Units and Hours
0.5
6
Grade/Pass/No Pass
Hour Type Units Weekly Hours Semester Hours x 16 Weeks Semester Hours x 18 Weeks
Lecture Category - 0.00 0.00 x 16 Weeks - 0.00 x 18 Weeks - 0.00
Lab Category - 0.50 2.00 x 16 Weeks - 32.00 x 18 Weeks - 36.00
Subtotal -   2.00 x 16 Weeks - 32.00 x 18 Weeks - 36.00
Out of Class Hour -   0.00 x 16 Weeks - 0.00 x 18 Weeks - 0.00
Totals -   2.00 x 16 Weeks - 32.00 x 18 Weeks - 36.00
Hour Type Units Weekly Hours Semester Hours x 16 Weeks Semester Hours x 18 Weeks
Lecture Category - 0.00 0.00 x 16 Weeks - 0.00 x 18 Weeks - 0.00
Lab Category - 6.00 18.50 x 16 Weeks - 296.00 x 18 Weeks - 333.00
Subtotal -   18.50 x 16 Weeks - 296.00 x 18 Weeks - 333.00
Out of Class Hour -   0.00 x 16 Weeks - 0.00 x 18 Weeks - 0.00
Totals -   18.50 x 16 Weeks - 296.00 x 18 Weeks - 333.00
Catalog Description
Supervised on the job training for all occupational students. Course is repeatable not to exceed a total of 16 units.
Student Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Describe skills developed through work experience (technical skills or 21st Century/soft skills) and relate them to specific achievements.
Identify connections between current work experience and future education and career goals.
Specific Course Objectives
Objective
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
  • Identify employment skills that are necessary for successful performance on-the-job.
  • Write work experience objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
  • Perform new job skills or improve existing job skills under actual working conditions.
  • Identify traits of the working environment that the student both likes and does not like for consideration in future employment opportunities.
  • Explain how the work experience aligns or does not align with the student's personal values.
  • Describe how work experience objectives were met by providing specific examples.
Methods of Instruction
Methods of Instruction may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Cooperative Work Experience
Content in Terms of Specific Body of Knowledge

Each semester, a student is required to formulate three specific objectives. These objectives must be written to identify new or expanded job-oriented learning. They will be reviewed and approved by the supervisor/employer and the instructor-coordinator. Objectives should be understandable, challenging, achievable, and measurable.

Assignments

Syllabus which includes sequence sheet of events, requirements of Cooperative Education, manner in which learning objectives are to be determined and written, unit/work hour breakdown, Title V regulations concerning Cooperative Education, Employer's Guide to Cooperation, and other handouts which instructors may use.

Materials at Palomar College and local libraries and at the Cooperative Education offices:

O'Keefe, Sean. 2021. Launch Your Career: How any student can create relationships with professionals and land the jobs and internships they want. Oakland, CA, Berrett-Koehler.

Pollack, Lindsey. 2021. Recalculating: Navigate your career through the changing world of work. New York, NY, HarperCollins.

Williams, Bari A. 2020. Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-opening interviews to jumpstart conversations about identity, privilege, and bias. Emeryville, CA: Rockridge Press.

Covey, Stephen R. 2004. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful lessons in personal change. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster.

Enrollment Application, Student Enrollment Form, Worksheet of Setting Learning Objectives, Monthly Reports giving status of learning objectives, Student Follow-Up Evaluation, and Statement of Cooperation.

Students will read and follow both oral and written instructions. Compose three specific and measurable objectives that are related to their employment.
Students submit monthly reports indicating hours worked and describing progress on three learning objectives identified at the beginning of the semester. The student attends a final interview with a cooperative education instructor to discuss work during the semester.
Methods of Assessment
Evaluation Method
  • Class Participation
  • Class Work
  • Papers
  • Performance
Open Entry/Open Exit
- Not Open Entry/Open Exit
Repeatability
Yes
- d. Cooperative Education
4
16.00
Contact Person
Jarvinen, Jason