STU 210PT - Pima Transition

2 Contact Hours, 2 Credits
2 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Capstone experience for several degree programs and addresses the transition for students to a Pima Community College bachelor’s degree program. Includes a focus on exploration of the process for students in their final semester of an associate’s degree and how their overall College experience and learning affects their future education, everyday life, and lifelong learning. Also includes development of a transition plan that supports individual academic and career goals, financial aid, and completion of the program application and registration process for a bachelor’s degree program at Pima.

Recommendation: Consult with a Pima bachelor’s degree program academic advisor prior to enrolling in this course. It is recommended that students have completed 45 credits prior to enrolling.
Information: This course is for students who intend to complete a bachelor’s degree at Pima Community College.

Course Learning Outcomes

Create plans for a successful transition to a bachelor’s degree program at Pima and the next stages of career and professional development experiences, including success skills and learning processes for undertaking upper-division academic coursework and experiential and/or field-specific engagements.
Utilize community, college, career, and research skills and resources to foster self-efficacy and success as a learner and professional for acquiring advanced content and applied expertise in this transition.
Complete established program transition and enrollment procedures, consulting associated advising and program personnel as needed.
Develop related financial, information, and digital literacies, as well as career field-specific global proficiencies, to further prepare overall academic and professional competencies for transition.
Demonstrate a comprehensive application of College learning outcomes and transferability to education, professional, and personal endeavors in context of a chosen career.

Outline:

Planning for Successful Transition
1. Define academic and career goals
2. Academic and career fit with indicated bachelor’s degree program at Pima
3. Academic progress at PCC, transition process timeline, program personnel
4. Expanded career research
5. Professional standards and environment
6. Time management/productivity for the transition student
7. Learning and behavior change strategies (recapitulation and enhancement)
8. Resume, networking/social media sites, interviewing, and e-portfolios for professional transition needs
Community, College, Career, and Research Skills and Resources
1. Community skills and resources
  1. Informational interviewing
  2. Professional and community organizations, leaders, and mentoring
2. College skills and resources
  1. Academic success counseling services
  2. Program advisor services
  3. Prior Student Success Course (STU) outcomes review
  4. E-Portfolios, Learning Artifacts
  5. Learning Centers/Tutoring/Library
  6. Bachelor’s degree program contacts
3. Career skills and resources
  1. Career counseling services/guidance information
  2. Informational interviewing
  3. Pre-professional programs
  4. Local, state, and national organizations and regulatory bodies
  5. Transferable skills assessment, volunteer experience options
4. Research skills and resources
  1. Critical thinking skills/application
  2. Methods of scholarly research
  3. Evaluation of sources, citation usage
  4. Technology tools and considerations
Pima Transition Enrollment Procedures
1. Program application process and steps
  1. Bachelor’s degree entrance requirements
  2. Program policies and deadlines
  3. Other records for career-specific mandates (e.g., licensing/certification, oversight boards, etc.)
2. Access program personnel for assistance
  1. Academic records evaluations
  2. Application for other services and resources (e.g., Access and Disability Services, financial aid, scholarships, etc.)
  3. Bachelor’s degree program-specific advising
Develop Financial, Learning, and Digital Literacies and Career Field-Specific Global Proficiencies
1. Financial Literacy
  1. Planning for program and early-career expenses
  2. Budgeting
  3. Financial aid eligibility, employment, scholarships
2. Learning Literacy
  1. Growth mind-set and self-efficacy
  2. Learning how to learn
  3. Learning responsibility
3. Digital Literacy
  1. Technology tools, usage, performance level
  2. Technology implementations, ethics, considerations for career field
4. Field-Specific Global Proficiencies
  1. Future planning for designated career transition (mentoring, placement, networking strategies)
  2. Career requirements,certification or licensure requirements, ethical or legal codes/procedures
College Learning Outcomes
1. Application in everyday life
2. Application in future education and profession
  1. Professional expectations, research and critical thinking skills
3. Successful strategies for being a lifelong learner
  1. Learning and behavioral success strategies with career alignment