# Work Experience, General (WEG) courses

College of the Desert · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/courses/weg/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### WEG 095A — Work Experience, General

- **Units:** 1-5
- **Hours:** Lab Hours: 270
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/college-of-the-desert/schedule/fall-2026/weg.md)
- Repeatable: Yes
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This work experience course of supervised employment provides students the opportunity to connect academics to applied experiential learning in the workplace. It assists students in developing transferable employability skills, career awareness, learning industry culture, competencies and norms, and developing professional networks that support career mobility. To enroll, students must have a job or internship placement in a part-time or full-time capacity. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to five (1-5) units per semester based on the student's ability to meet the hours required per unit enrolled. Students must work 54 hours per unit earned. This General Work Experience course is available to students whose job or internship placement is not directly related to his/her educational or occupational goal.

### WEG 395A — General Work Experience

- **Units:** 0
- **Hours:** Noncredit Hours: 54
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: Yes
- Grading: Pass/No Pass
- Degree Applicable: NONC

This non-credit work experience course of supervised employment provides students the opportunity to connect academics to applied experiential learning in the workplace. It assists students in developing transferable employability skills, career awareness, learning industry culture, competencies and norms, and developing professional networks that support career mobility. To enroll, students must have a job or internship placement in a part-time or full-time capacity and participate in a minimum of 54 hours during the semester. This General Work Experience course is available to students whose job or internship placement is not directly related to his/her educational or occupational goal.