This certificate will provide you with the information and skills necessary to move toward a positive quality of life: meaningful employment, valued identity, social support, and purpose. You will engage in self-inventories, social-emotional development, and practical applications necessary for employment, including money management and social connections. You will explore strategies for decision-making, time management, and conflict resolution.
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Fall Semester, First Year
10Units Total
CALS 162
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3 Units
Modes of Expression
CALS 162
Units3
This course is designed to increase awareness and competency towards effectively conveying and receiving information within a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on using one's strengths and preferences to positively convey and receive information, while developing new skills and insights towards the process and factors that may facilitate rewarding communication. Subjects covered are receptive and expressive language, self-awareness, creative expression, verbal and nonverbal communication, conflict management, electronic transmissions, relational interactions, emotional impact and disclosures. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course includes the introduction and practice of college study skills and techniques to enhance student success. The emphasis of this course will be on self-assessment for the student who has educational limitations or challenges, as well as information dissemination. Topics to be discussed will include study skills, community, awareness of personal challenges including disability, personal goals, the college experience, and career exploration. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course is designed as a career development and planning option for students who have experienced barriers/limitations in education. The content of the course is designed to assist students in exploring and selecting optimal occupation and workplace settings. Students will receive instruction in goal setting, decision making, and problem solving related to the planning and development of educational and career plans. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course is constructed specifically for those students who desire direct applications of reading and writing skills for employment and daily life. Instruction will include word attack strategies, work-related language development, basic writing conventions, sentence writing, paragraph writing, critical thinking opportunities, and interpretive comprehension. Materials will be tailored to student's individual skill level. This course may be repeated in compliance with Title 5 regulations. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course provides instruction in personal, interpersonal, and life skills for students with disabilities or other life challenges. The aim of this course is to prepare students to tackle the rights as well as the responsibilities of adulthood and to assist individuals to achieve an interdependent balance that is essential in order to enjoy a meaningful quality of life. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course provides students with the skills for understanding and making choices about their personal health, exercise, and nutrition. Participants will gain awareness, competence, and confidence in understanding their personal health and then develop strategies towards actively managing personal health. Examination of choices that promote health and wellness, as well as potential barriers to health, will be examined. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
This course is designed to provide students with the information and decision-making tools needed for developing and implementing a personal financial plan that considers current and future financial obligations. Topics include long term savings, establishing credit, and needs versus wants spending. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
Limitation on Enrollment: Financial aid students must maintain concurrent enrollment in seven (7) units which include worksite learning units. Students not receiving financial aid do not need to enroll in other courses in order to participate in Worksite Learning Classes.
General Worksite Learning allows the student to gain on-the-job experience through employment/volunteerism at an approved job site acquired by the student. A faculty member supervises Worksite Learning to ensure that the work experience is of educational value. Worksite Learning stresses good work habits and meeting of competencies through actual on the job performance. A student may earn up to 16 units through repeating this course since course content varies and skills are enhanced by supervised repetition and practice. A maximum of 6 units may be earned in a single semester.
This course is designed to increase awareness of and competency in the employability skills that are essential in today's workplace environments. In this course students will continue to identify, develop, and reinforce workforce skills including critical soft skills demanded by employers. Throughout the course students will work in teams and examine and practice communication and soft skills. This course will improve the student's knowledge, work habits, and character traits necessary for today's workforce. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
Please see a counselor to discuss options for meeting general education requirements for transfer to California State Universities (CSU) and/or University of California (UC) campuses, as well as any specific additional courses that may be required by your chosen institution of transfer.
*Alternative Courses: Please see a Shasta College counselor for alternative course options. You can also view the following to find other courses to meet degree/certificate requirements:
