Cooperative Work Experience Education is a cooperative program which combines relevant work experience with related instruction and enables students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to enter and/or progress in a chosen occupation.
Employee/Student
- Relates education to real work.
- Provides opportunity for job improvement.
- Increases potential to advance.
- Opens the way to continued higher education possibilities.
Employers
- Improves employer/employee communications through objective evaluations.
- Assists with the development of goals through learning objectives.
- Assists in training of personnel.
College/Community
- Promotes better relations between college/community.
- Broadens college curriculum.
- Helps meet training needs in the community.
There are two types of cooperative work experience: general and occupational (Title 5 Section 55252).
General Work Experience Education is supervised employment which is intended to assist students in acquiring desirable work habits, attitudes and career awareness. This type of work experience does not need to be directly related to the student’s educational goals.
Students can earn up to four units of General Work Experience per semester and up to six units overall.
Interested students should enroll in WKEXP 97 – General Work Experience and select 1, 2, 3, or 4 units of credit. The course may be taken repeatedly until the six-unit maximum is reached.
Occupational Work Experience
Occupational Work Experience Education is supervised employment extending classroom based occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station relating to the student’s educational or occupational goal.
Occupational Work Experience Requirements:
Course: AT97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Peter Northrop
Location: Madrone 1
Phone: 209-588-5159
Email: northropp@yosemite.edu
Course: BUSAD97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Randy Barton
Location: Buckeye 2
Phone: 209-588-5217
Email: bartonr@yosemite.edu
Course: CHILD97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Adrienne Seegers
Location: Laurel 114
Phone: 209-588-5275
Email: seegersa@yosemite.edu
Course: EMS97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Michael Keegan
Location: Oak 8
Phone: 209-588-5186
Email: keeganm@yosemite.edu
Course: FIRE97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Shane Warner
Location: Public Safety Ctr 126
Phone: 209-588-5308
Email: warners@yosemite.edu
Course: FNR97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Tom Hofstra
Location: Sugar Pine 124
Phone: 209-588-5155
Email: hofstrat@yosemite.edu
Course: HPMGT97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Don Dickinson
Location: Juniper 3
Phone: 209-588-5135
Email: dickinsond@yosemite.edu
Course: WT97
Units: 1,2,3,4
Faculty Advisor: Jesse Ray
Location: Mahogany
Phone: 209-588-5365
Email: rayj@yosemite.edu
Columbia College Cooperative Work Experience Student Handbook
Cooperative Work Experience Application/Training Agreement
Cooperative Work Experience Student Contract
Cooperative Work Experience Learning Objectives
Cooperative Work Experience Time Summary Report
Cooperative Work Experience Record of Employer Visitation
Cooperative Work Experience Mid-Semester Evaluation
Cooperative Work Experience Final Semester Evaluation
Cooperative Work Experience Final Assignment
| Course Units | Paid Work |
|---|---|
| 1 Unit | 54 hours/semester |
| 2 Units | 108 hours/semester |
| 3 Units | 162 hours/semester |
| 4 Units | 216 hours/semester |
A total of 12 units of cooperative work experience may be transferred to the state university system as electives.
