Academic and Career Exploration

Certificate of Achievement
Transfer Preparation Major Code: 01001

The Academic and Career Exploration Certificate provides a structured pathway for students to discover their academic interests and potential career paths. Through a combination of courses, students can explore various fields of study, develop essential job search skills, and gain insights into potential career options. This certificate program equips students with the knowledge and resources needed to make informed major and career decisions.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

  • Student will determine potential academic major options by analyzing and interpreting the outcomes of their personality, interests, skills, and values assessments utilizing the theories of Carl Jung, John Holland, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and similar assessments.
  • Students will describe and apply major concepts and theories of career options in various academic discplines in writing or in other forms of effective presentation.
Required Core: 6 units
ENGL C1000ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING4
or ESL 115A COLLEGE COMPOSITION FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS
PD 100ACAREER PLANNING: CAREER AND MAJOR SELECTION1
PD 100CCAREER PLANNING: JOB SEARCH SKILLS1
List A: Complete 3-6 units3-6
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II
ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II
MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY II
MATHEMATICS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION
COLLEGE ALGEBRA
STRUCTURES AND CONCEPTS IN MATHEMATICS I
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS
APPLIED CALCULUS I
PRE-CALCULUS WITH TRIGONOMETRY
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I
STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
List B: Complete 3-6 units3-6
INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
and PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
FOOD SERVICE SAFETY, SANITATION, AND NUTRITION
ORAL COMMUNICATION
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II
TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING CAREERS
INTRODUCTION TO KINESIOLOGY
FIRE PROTECTION ORGANIZATION
College Learning & Success Across DISCIPLINES
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
LIFELONG SUCCESS
ACADEMIC AND CAREER OPTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Total Units12-18