Spring 2016 Syllabus

February 8, 2016 June 6, 2016

Cooperative Education General Education

Peggy Velasco, M.S.

Office Hours: by Appointment only

Administration Building 320A
Email: velascp@lacitycollege.edu
Office: 323-953-4000 Ext. 2583

Mission of the Program

The mission of the Cooperative Work Experience Education and Internship program is to strengthen
student learning by engaging students in enhanced on- the-job learning opportunities and provide
meaningful internships opportunities to students of all majors, enabling students to apply the skills and
knowledge acquired in their academic coursework while adhering to generally accepted business
principles, standards and work ethics.

Student Learning Outcome

1. Students will be able to identify three learning objectives to be accomplished on the job. Objectives should
reflect job related responsibilities.

2. Students will gain realistic work experience that is meaningfully related to the students major or career
goal.

3. Students will acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for successful employment.
4. Student will complete learning objectives as directed by the employer by the end of the semester.
Homework Policy
1. All assignments must be submitted via-email to your instructor. The name of your instructor and
contact information is above your syllabus. Please note, each student is responsible for ensuring all
assignments are successfully submitted to their instructor.
2. Students are required to use and periodically check their college student email account.
3. Every assignment must be scanned in PDF format. Please note the student MUST scan all pages
into one (1) attachment. Assignments will only be accepted in PDF format. Cell phone pictures of
assignments are not acceptable.
4. Reflection papers must follow the rubric to receive full credit.
5. Late assignments will be penalize 20% of the earned grade.
6. Students must keep all original documents with original signatures to create a professional portfolio.
Students are responsible for creating a professional portfolio and will submit it to their instructor at
the end of the semester as their final project.

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7. June 6, 2016 is the last day of class. The professional portfolio must be turned in to instructors
office Administration Building 320A by 4:00pm.
8. *Failure to submit all assignments will affect the class grade you earn.*

Course Portfolio Assignment Schedule

Assignment Due
1.

DUE DATE

10

May 20, 2016

Seminar Conference 2

May 20, 2016

Certificate

10

Extra Credit (Optional)

May 20, 2016

Professional Portfolio

May 30, 2016

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Hard copy must be
submitted to instructor
ROOM 320A

(Due upon
enrollment)
February 19, 2016

5.
6.

Cover letter

March 25, 2016

7.

March 25, 2016

9.

Reflection Paper #1 (Self

Portrait)
Cooperative Education Part II
Objective Supervisor Evaluation
Timesheets

10
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11.

Reflection Paper #2(Closing

Paper)
Student Self Evaluation

May 20, 2016

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Exit Survey

May 20, 2016

Seminar Conference 1

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4.

8.

Possible
Points

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Building 320A
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Certificate

Program Application & Student

Contract
Letter from Employer verifying
employment
Cooperative Education
Addendum Form
Cooperative Education Part I
Objectives
Resume

2.

Submit

Conference Schedule
How to write a professional
Resume
Interviewing Techniques
Email Etiquette in a business
environment

February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016
March 25, 2016

May 20, 2016

May 20, 2016

May 20, 2016

Date
February 19,
2016
March 11,
2016
March 23,
2016

TIME
10:00am 12:00pm
10:00am 12:00pm
6:00pm 8:00pm

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20
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Up-to 20
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Location
Administration Building
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How to Deliver Exceptional

Customer Service
Developing Basic Office
Skills
Job Advancement (What do
you need for the next level?)

April 15, 2016

10:00 12:00pm

April 20, 2016

6:00pm 8:00pm

May 13, 2016

10:00am 12:00pm

Administration Building
320D
Administration Building
320D
Administration Building
320D

Course Portfolio Assignment Description

1. Program Application & Student Contract (Due upon enrollment)
2. Letter from Employer verifying employment:
The student is required to submit a Letter of Employment Verification from the employer
verifying:
1. name of intern,
2. job description,
3. assigned tasks,
4. and number of hours you work per week.
The Letter of Employment Verification, must be printed on company letterhead and must be
signed by your direct supervisor.

3. Cooperative Education Addendum Form

The Addendum Form is a form from the California Department of Labor. The Addendum Form
must be completed by the employer. The student is responsible for providing this form in a
timely manner to the employer to fill out and sign.

4. Cooperative Education Part I Objectives

The purpose of the Objective assignment is to address your career goal and objectives. For
example, you have decided the field in which you will like to study and you are currently
enrolled in an internship program in which you will gain some of the necessary skills to pursue
your career objectives. Your supervisor will evaluate you based on your objectives.
The Objective assignment consists of writing three professional objectives you wish to
accomplish. The assignment must be typed in bullet point form. Think about the professional
objectives you will accomplish while you are at the workplace. For example, what skill do you
want to learn? What skill would you like to improve? An example of a professional objective
could be:
I would like to learn more about professional communications in the workplace.

5. Cooperative Education Part II Objective Supervisor Evaluation

The Objective Supervisor Evaluation is a form in which your supervisor utilizes to evaluate you
(the intern) in a scale from 1-10, based on your work objectives, work attendance, work habits
and overall performance.
6. Timesheets
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completed from the start of the semester until the end of the semester. The student is
responsible for submitting the amount of work hours, depending on the number of units the
student signed up to accomplish.
5-9 hours per week of work
1 unit
experience
10-14
hours per week of work
2 units
experience
15-19
hours per week of work
3 units
experience
20
or more per week of work
4 units
experience

7. Resume
The student will develop a one-page document that provides a brief summary of your
professional work experience. Student must use verbs to reflect accomplishments in the
workplace. At a minimum, your resume should use the following four major components:
1.
2.
3.
4.

contact information,
experience,
education/skills,
and achievements such as academic achievements.

Students are highly encouraged to attend the optional conference: How To Write a
Professional Resume. First impressions count. The first impression a potential employer will
have of you, is going to depend on several factors to include how you present the four major
resume components.
8. Cover Letter
Your cover letter is an introductory document that provides detailed information on why are
you are qualified for and a good match for an internship or employment. Your cover letter
must have the following components:
a heading,
introduction,
body,
and closing statement.
The cover letter allows you to target the job and the employer in a very specific way,
leaving the resume to market your skills, qualities and experience as a part of the bigger
picture. A great cover letter should not just repeat your resume in a shorter form, but
should tell the employer what it is about the job that is attractive to you and why you want
to work for that employer. You will also need to include the unique skills and the qualities
you bring to that job and the company.
You will need to do research on the employer and the job before writing the letter.
You will need to show you have made the effort to learn about their company by
acquiring relevant knowledge before going to the interview, if you are chosen.
The cover letter will need to be written in an engaging style using keywords
applicable to the job.
Additional resource can be found here: www.careeradvice.com.
9. Reflection Paper #1 (Self Portrait)
The student will have the opportunity to reflect on your current life and professional
experience. Think of many roles you play such as: student, employee, parent, spouse,
sibling, and friend. For example:

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How do you see yourself (as a professional) at this point in time?

What has brought you to this point along your educational pathway?
Is this your first experience as a college student?
Are you searching for new career directions?
Where do you see yourself professionally in 18 months?
What do you hope to learn in your internship?
How will your new career or job help you? (Think about the benefits, e.g. increase your
salary, personal satisfaction, flexible schedule, commute, etc.).
Feel free to include a photograph or drawing. (This assignment requires a minimum of 2
FULL pages, double-spaced, 12 Times New Roman, see rubric attached for further
requirements).
10. Reflection Paper #2 (Closing Paper)
This is a refection paper that will allow you to write about your work experience and
milestones. You will use your Objective Assignment and your supervisors Objective
Evaluation to compare and reflect. Consider each of the Learning Objectives and reflect upon.
Did you meet your objectives?
Why was it possible to meet your objectives? If you did not meet your objectives, what
were the barriers you encounter to meet your objectives?
What would you have done differently weather or not you met your objectives? (2)
Please state at least one successful story during your internship. (3) How did the
process of writing down and discussing the objectives assist you in keeping them in
mind while you were working? (4) Reflect about the experience you have acquired,
where do you see yourself in 18 months? (5)
How did the cooperative education experience benefit you?
Would you recommend this class to friends and classmates as a way to explore a
career field?
This assignment requires a minimum of 2 FULL pages, double-spaced, 12 Times
New Roman, see rubric attached for further requirements.
11. Exit Survey
The student has the opportunity to evaluate the Cooperative Education Program. The student
will have the opportunity to provide descriptive feedback about their experience.
12. FINAL Project: Professional Portfolio
The student will have the opportunity to create a professional portfolio using all original
Cooperation Education forms and assignment. The student is responsible to keep all original
forms to create a final project. The Professional portfolio will be graded based on: A)
Organization B) Cleanness C) Presentation and Creativity D) Easy to review E) Extra Credit:
Create a Table of content (Table of content helps organization).
A career portfolio is a visual representation of your abilities, skills, capabilities, knowledge,
qualities - and it represents your potential. Physically, it's a collection of things - tangible
materials - that represent work-related events in your life. Resource: www.uwfox.uwc.edu
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
1. 20 Extra points will be granted to students exceeding the minimum work hours
required.

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2. Students may attend up-to two (2) additional seminar conferences. Students who wish
to participate in additional conferences may earn 10 extra points per seminar
conference.

A
B
C
D

GRADING SCALE
200-190
180-170
160-150
140-130
F
100 and below
Student Expectations
This course requires your full commitment and spirited care. In order to fulfill all
requirements for this course, you are expected to attend your workplace (internship) and
complete all assignments. If you cannot attend the workplace because of unforeseen
circumstances, call and speak to your supervisor in advance or leave a message. Keep in
mind, your attendance is important to make a good impression on your supervisor and to
earn your work hours as part of your final grade.
Students are responsible for dropping a class that they believe they cannot longer attend the
workplace or keep up with the assignments. If the class is not dropped, the student may
receive an F in that class and be responsible for the enrollment fee. Any drops or
exclusions that occur between the end of the 4th week and the end of the 12th week will
result in a W on the students record which will be included in the determination of progress
probation. Drops are not permitted beyond the end of the 12th week. An evaluative grade
(A, B, C, D, F, CR, or NC) will be assigned to students who are enrolled past the
end of the 12th week even if they stop attending class, except in cases of extreme
extenuating circumstances.
It is the responsibility of the students to drop this class if the student does not
have an internship.
Also, please submit your paperwork on-time as late
submission will affect your grade.
Dropping the work experience course and
continuing your internship is against the law and we are mandated to report this
information to the Department of Labor.
Writing and Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of representing somebody elses words or ideas as ones own. The
most extreme forms of plagiarism are the use of a paper written by another person and
obtained from a commercial source or the use of a paper made up of passages copied
word for word without acknowledgement. Paraphrasing an authors ideas or quoting
even limited portions of his or her text without proper citation is an act of plagiarism. It
is not expected that student papers will be bases entirely on original ideas or original
research. Therefore, incorporating the concepts of others may be appropriate with
proper acknowledgement of sources. Your thoughts must be represented in your own
words.

Academic Dishonesty

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Board Rule 98103.28, states Violations of academic integrity of any type by a student
provide grounds for disciplinary action by the instructor or college. Violations of
Academic Integrity include, but are not limited to, the following actions: cheating on an
exam, plagiarism, working together on an assignment, paper or project when the
instructor has specifically students should not do so, submitting the same paper to
more than one instructor, or allowing another individual to assume ones identify for
the purpose of enhancing ones grade.

Spring 2016: February 8, 2016 to June 6, 2016

Registration Starting Dates by Priority Group:
Group 1 November 16
Group 2 November 19
Group 3 December 7
Group 4 December 21
The dates below apply only to regular 16-week classes. For deadlines for short-term or late-start classes, please
contact Admissions and Records Office.

Deadlines:
Last Day to Add Classes:
Last Day to Drop for Refund:
Last Day to Drop without Fee & without a W:
Census Date:
Last Day to Petition to Graduate:
Last Day to File Pass/No Pass:
Last Day to Drop with a W:
Final Examinations:
Graduation Ceremony
Grades Due

Friday, February 19, 2016

Sunday, February 21, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
May 31, 2016 - June 6, 2016
TBD
Monday, June 13, 2016

Holidays/Campus Closed:
Presidents' Holiday Weekend
Cesar Chavez Day
Spring Break
Memorial Day

February 12 - 15, 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016
April 1 - April 8, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2015

Reflection Paper #1 & 2

Rubric

1.

Introduction

(3 points)

___________

Organization of the paper

The paper is well organized

2.

Body of the paper

(4 points)

___________

The paper demonstrates well develop ideas

Attention gather, main idea, transition sentence
Specific details and supportive details
Transition sentence relating to the body of the paragraph

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Ties all paragraphs together

Conclusion relates to the paper

3.

Grammar

(3 points)

___________

Correct grammar:
Spelling and punctuation
2 FULL pages
Double-spaced
12 Times New Roman

Total Points

(10 Points)

___________

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