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Work Experience


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Title V of the California Education Code permits the college to extend the classroom beyond the campus to the workplace.  Through the Work Experience program students are provided with an opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining hands-on experience in their career related field under the guidance of industry professionals.  Employers establish a cooperative relationship with the college, providing an opportunity to influence vocational education and address industry training needs.  The instructor and the worksite supervisor act as “co-educators” to help the student define and achieve measurable learning objectives. 

Mt. SAC currently offers Work Experience in the following:

Program Areas
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Arts & Entertainment
  • Animation & Gaming
  • Audio Arts
  • Film & TV
  • Fine Arts
  • Graphic Design
  • Journalism
  • Photography
  • Radio & Broadcasting
  • Technical Theater

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Business
  • Accounting (including Finance)
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Business Management (including Human Resources)
  • Child Development
  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Security
  • Culinary Arts
  • Family & Consumer Sciences
  • Fashion Merchandising & Retail
  • Hospitality & Restaurant Management
  • Interior Design
  • Marketing Management
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Paralegal 
  • Web Programming
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Kinesiology, Athletics, & Dance
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Coaching
  • Fitness Specialist
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Technology & Health
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Administration of Justice
  • Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Architecture
  • Electronics
  • Fire Technology
  • Industrial Design Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Mental Health
  • Nursing
  • Welding
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Natural Sciences
  • Agriculture
  • Animal Science
  • Cannabis Operations
  • Histotechnology
  • Horticulture
  • Veterinary Technician

Students enrolled in Work Experience may earn one unit of academic credit for every 60 unpaid or 75 paid hours of work per term, earning 1 to 4 units per term. 

Minimum Hours Required
Units of Enrollment Non-Paid Paid
1 60 Hours  75 Hours
2 120 Hours 150 Hours
3 180 Hours 225 Hours
4 240 Hours 300 Hours


A combined maximum of sixteen units of Work Experience may be earned during a student’s academic career.

Work Experience courses align with the term:

  • Fall/Spring Semester = 16 weeks
  • Winter/Summer Semester = 6 weeks
  • Not all courses may be offered every term

 

 

Our Team

Name Title Program Area Email
Rachael Brown      Experential Learning   Coordinator rbrown44@mtsac.edu
Debra Bautista Career Specialist Arts & Entertainment dbautista@mtsac.edu
Dawn Finley Career Specialist Business dfinley@mtsac.edu
Kamilia Adem  Career Specialist Natural Sciences kadem@mtsac.edu
Lisa Winston Career Specialist Technology & Health lwinston3@mtsac.edu