About Work Experience Education

Work experience education courses are designed to help students develop and improve their workplace competencies while undertaking expanded responsibilities and learning new skills at work. Students learn how to establish and achieve workplace goals and to assess how their goals and behaviors contribute to their development as professionals.

• Students working in jobs related to their major should enroll in Occupational Work Experience Education courses, which are the courses numbered 299 in a variety of career education disciplines and are custom-created, depending upon the student's job and weekly hours. 
• Students who are undecided about their major or who are working in a field unrelated to their major should enroll in the General Work Experience Education course, WKEX 233. 

Both types of work experience education courses help students learn how to achieve the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need for career success. 

Requirements

Students enrolled in any work experience education course are required to do the following:

• Attend two meetings with the instructor and supervisor at the student's work site during the semester.
• Work a minimum of 54 hours per unit, paid or unpaid.
• Develop and meet learning objectives, complete assignments, and document monthly hours worked.

Specific information about work experience education is available from the Career Center on the Oceanside Campus (Building 4700) and its Resources for Students webpage.