Welcome to Work Experience Education!
Work Experience Education is a course where students can earn between 1-4 college units for their job, internship, or volunteer experience. You do not attend a class, your job is the class!
Work Experience Education questions? Please contact Work Experience Program Coordinator, Cynthia Perez-Nicholas at cperez@losmedanos.edu
STEPS TO APPLY:
1. Fill out the Work Experience Application: SU/FA 2026 Now Open!
2. Attend required online orientation (see schedule below)
3. Enroll in Work Experience course (see list below) Please Be Sure to Select the Number of Units Upon Registration - see unit calculation below)
WORK EXPERIENCE COURSE LIST:
170 - WORK EXPERIENCE EDUCATION (General):
For ALL working students.
Course offered: WRKX-170 (formerly known as WRKX-160)
170 - OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE (Discipline Specific):
For students whose current job/volunteer work relates to their academic and/or career
goal.
Courses offered: ADJUS-170, ART-170, AUTO-170, BUS-170, CHDEV-170, COMSC-170, EMS-170, ETEC-170, FIRE-170, JOURN-170, KNICA-170, MANGT-170, PTEC-170, RA-170, WELD-170
180 - OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP (Discipline Specific):
For students working in a paid/unpaid internship that relates to their academic and/or
career goal.
Courses offered: ADJUS-180, ART-180, AUTO-180, BUS-180, CHDEV-180, COMSC-180, WRKX-180, EMS-180, ETEC-180, FIRE-180, JOURN-180, KNICA-180, MANGT-180, PTEC-180, RA-180, WELD-180
WRKX Course List:
2026 Summer WRKX Courses
2026 Fall WRKX Courses
| Location | Term | Subject | No. | Section | Start Date | End Date | Instructor |
| LMC | 2026FA | ART | 170 | 0820 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | L. Snow |
| LMC | 2026FA | ART | 170 | 0844 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | J. Schall |
| LMC | 2026FA | ART | 180 | 0845 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | J. Schall |
| LMC | 2026FA | BUS | 170 | 0846 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | I. Sukhu |
| LMC | 2026FA | CHDEV | 170 | 0847 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | E. Blinderman |
| LMC | 2026FA | CHDEV | 180 | 0851 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | A. Fantuzzi |
| LMC | 2026FA | EMS | 170 | 0856 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | S. St Onge |
| LMC | 2026FA | FIRE | 170 | 0857 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | K. Rose |
| LMC | 2026FA | PTEC | 170 | 0860 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | M. Kean |
| LMC | 2026FA | WRKX | 170 | 0873 | 9/14/2026 | 12/11/2026 | C. Perez-Nicholas |
| LMC | 2026FA | WRKX | 170 | 0874 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | D. Garcia |
| LMC | 2026FA | WRKX | 170 | 0880 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | S. Ramirez-Godinez |
| LMC | 2026FA | WRKX | 170 | 0881 | 8/24/2026 | 12/11/2026 | E. Padilla |
WORK EXPERIENCE ORIENTATION SCHEDULE:
UNIT/HOUR CONVERSION CHARTS:
SUMMER - 8 WEEK TERM
| Units | Average Hours Worked Per Week | Total Hours Worked in Term |
| 1 | 7 | 54 |
| 2 | 14 | 108 |
| 3 | 20 | 162 |
| 4 | 27 | 216 |
FALL/SPRING - 16 WEEK TERM
| Units | Average Hours Worked Per Week | Total Hours Worked in Term |
| 1 | 3 | 54 |
| 2 | 7 | 108 |
| 3 | 10 | 162 |
| 4 | 13 | 216 |
Students may earn up to 12 units of electives units that may be transferable to CSU (Please see your counselor for further information).
Note: Please Be Sure to Select the Number of Units Upon Registration - see unit calculation above)