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3.00 Credits
This final elevated comprehensive reading course is designed to help readers improve comprehension, vocabulary, and reading rate. All instructions and materials are at Pre-GED levels. Materials are structured toward self-pacing with tutorial assistance. Within each semester, the student is frequently assessed to determine progress. At this level posttesting is a final qualifier for the state GED exam.
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3.00 Credits
These course introduces students to the many career opportunities that exist in the world of work. Topics include the nature of work, specific job requirements and the impact of interest and aptitude on successful employment. Upon completion each student will be able to summarize aspects of working including job requirements specific to various fields and the impact of one's aptitude and interest
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the various types of preemployment tests that job seekers may encounter. Topics will include employment aptitude tests, vocational interest inventories, and manual dexterity tests. Upon completion, students should be able to differentiate between aptitude tests, interest inventories, and tests of manual dexterity and be able to explain the reasons for using each type of test.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the various obstacles that the student will encounter during the job-hunting phase. Topics that will be included are how to obtain an application and how to present oneself to the future employer. Upon completion, the student should know how to find a job and how to search the present day market.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the expectations of the employer and the employee. Topics to be discussed include rate of pay, days off, insurance, vacation, job performance, missed days of work, and reliability. Upon completion, the student should know what to expect from his/her employer and what they can expect from the job.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces safety rules of various occupations. Topics include OSHA standards, reasons for job safety programs, and ways of protecting the environment. Upon completion, students should be able to defend the assertions that OSHA standards, job safety programs, and protecting the environment are important factors in every job.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore personal income budgeting. Topics include writing checks, cash versus credit buying, taxes, insurance, and saving. Upon completion, students should be able to describe pertinent features of money management.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces vocabulary specific to various careers. Topics include mechanical, electrical, automotive, structural, pavements, and other career fields' vocabularies. Upon completion, students should demonstrate a familiarity with career vocabulary terms.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a basic introduction to speaking and listening as tools of various occupations. Topics include attending, active listening, barriers to listening, receiver, message, sender, and feedback. Upon completion, students should comprehend that effective speaking and listening enhances job performance.
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3.00 Credits
This course expands skills needed to use dictionaries, catalogs, directories, and indexes. Topics include using dictionaries, catalogs, directories, and indexes as tools for gathering information related to career requirements. Upon completion, students should be able to select reference resources most appropriate to search requirements.
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