CCB 010 - CCB Orientation

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: Yes

Lecture Hours: 33
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: A learner-focused course designed to orient students to the College and Career Bridge/High School Completion program and other resources and services; to appraise students’ current abilities, characteristics, backgrounds, and interests; and to help students set long-term and short-term goals and create a plan of action to meet those goals.

Prerequisite: None.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Establish personal and educational goals.
Identify challenges and barriers to success and develop a plan to mitigate them.
Understand college programs and services that are available to the student.
Identify an educational baseline established by standardized tests.

Course Contents

Orientation to the program, its resources, and services.
Appraisal of current student abilities, characteristics, learning styles, and readiness to learn.
Student’s personal, educational, and employment background and interests.
Student’s skill gaps, learning deficiencies, and difficulties.
Barrier identification with strategies, recommendations, and interventions for improvement.
Student’s long-term and short-term goals and identification of the skills needed to reach those goals.
A plan of action for the student to achieve the goals (personal learning/action plan).

Instructional Units: 3