TRANS 090 - Transition’s Capstone/Portfolio

5 credits

Prerequisites
Appropriate CASAS scores and instructor recommendation.

This course is designed to prepare students for a transition to postsecondary education as they approach achieving their high school completion goal. It will enhance a student’s reading, writing, math, speaking and listening, information literacy and employability knowledge with contextualized course content that emphasizes how to make a successful transition to a college pathway or employability. Students will demonstrate competency and readiness to transition through a variety of measures including portfolio examples collected throughout their coursework.

Course Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will:

Demonstrate literal and inferential reading/listening skills for comprehension and vocabulary development:

Use critical thinking skills to research and analyze career options
Have knowledge of college and community resources and be able to connect resources to their pathway
Have a portfolio of work to demonstrate English competency

Communicate clearly and effectively:

Demonstrate the ability to create and revise materials commonly needed to obtain employment or move forward to postsecondary education
Be able to communicate clearly their career goals and articulate the path to goal achievement

Demonstrate skills in mathematical reasoning and application:

Develop a funding plan for college and demonstrate the money management skills important to being a college student
Will have demonstrated math competency

Apply technology to enhance learning:

Be able to use technology to find and evaluate information
Have all necessary steps completed to taking classes along their career pathway

Note
This course does not meet any degree requirements.