WE-186 and WE-189 Registration
Thank you for your interest in College of the Canyons Work Experience Education (WEE) program!
Students participating in the WEE program register in a WE-186 or WE-189 course to earn credit for their internship or job. Students are required to fulfill a number of academic assignments, as well as, a required number of hours in the workplace, while earning college credit.
Be sure you fully understand "Important Policies" before registering in any WE course.
* Students must complete all paperwork and enroll in the course before the one-time WE class meeting takes place. Refer the schedule of classes for exact dates/times classes meet.*
The Internships/Cooperative Work Experience courses are governed by California Education code, Title 5; students unable to meet one or more of the department policies may be administratively dropped.
- Internships staff will verify employment using information provided on the WE Course Application.
- Attendance on the first day of class is mandatory.
- Students employer must agree to allow the student to use their workplace to execute a class assignment via a workplace project.
- Students employer/supervisor must agree to meet with the CWE faculty to establish the students workplace project.
- Students are required to complete work hours before the section ends.
- Students must submit timesheet(s) electronically to Canvas by the date indicated in the course syllabus.
- Students must secure an internship or job with an employer either through our job & internship database, Jobspeaker or another source. Students without a secured internship or job will not be permitted to enroll.
- If you are not a current student at College of the Canyons, submit an Admission Application online.
- Complete the Work Experience Online Orientation and required forms available at the end of the video. Allow yourself approximately 10 minutes.
- Complete the WE Course Application. If this is a remote internship or job, provide the companies physical address.
- Students participating in an unpaid internship must complete a Workers Compensation Pre-Designation of Physician form. Unpaid interns should contact the Internship Office to request a copy of the Workers Compensation form: internships@canyons.edu.
- Once the steps above are complete, the Internship office will adjust student records to grant permission to register for a WE-186 or WE-189 section. Students may register for class on or after their Admissions and Records assigned registration date and time, through their MyCanyons account (this is separate from Jobspeaker).
