Work Experience: On-Campus

General work experience course with supervised employment at an on-campus learning station related to the student's educational or occupational goal. The focus of the course varies according to the CCSF department in which the student works. One unit of credit is earned for 54 hours of unpaid or paid work.

Work Experience: Off-Campus

Work experience education course designed for students who may not yet have selected a specific occupational goal but who are presently employed off campus. Through supervised employment, students can increase their workplace success by undertaking new or expanded responsibilities at their jobs and acquiring improved work habits and career-related skills. One unit of credit is earned for 54 hours of unpaid or paid work.

Our Stories

This course focuses on historical and contemporary methods of individual and collective storytelling. Through study and critical analysis of texts and oral histories, the course offers a framework to examine larger social contexts and appreciate diverse ways of being human. The course offers some production skills in the form of practice with documentation skills, creating story structure, formatting, copyediting, production, strategic and creative storytelling, and multimedia design.

Design Thinking

Design thinking is an iterative process of discovery, ideation, and experimentation to gain insight and produce innovative experiences, processes, and products. This course will introduce design thinking models and processes through historical and contemporary practice. Hands-on exercises will provide practice with design thinking activities for visual artists, designers, engineers, makers, and others.