PCADE 098 PCAD Service Learning Pathway Exploration (ESL) (5 credits)
Prerequisite Enrollment in the Pierce College Adult Diploma program.
Course Description
Through completing a service project students will gain insight into career pathways and their role in society. Students will investigate expectations of real-world employers. The volunteer experience will be evaluated through career, community, and personal perspectives.
Course Content
A. Career exploration
B. Professionalism
C. Social impact of volunteerism
D. Connection with career professional
E. Participation in service
F. Personal pathway development
Student Outcomes
1. Evaluate values, interests, and strengths to identify or affirm a career pathway.
2. Research job outlooks within a career pathway.
3. Discuss the role the chosen career has in society.
4. Investigate community needs and resources using a variety of information-gathering methods and sources.
5. Identify behavior expectations and soft skills needed when working in a particular career.
6. Participate in a service project related to the chosen career pathway.
7. Reflect on personal impacts of participation in the service activity.
8. Integrate personal learning and volunteer experience into decision-making regarding the chosen career pathway.
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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