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Areas of Study Career and Life Success

Life Success Certificate

Certificate | SC Program: CL.3416

The Life Success Certificate is a holistic collection of competencies that enable students to form constructive, life-enhancing connections through an understanding of themselves and their networks. The program is designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for students to be healthy individuals. This curriculum is designed to provide an integrated educational option for students preparing for adulthood. This is a locally approved certificate. Upon satisfactory completion of the listed requirements and application for completion of the certificate to Admissions and Records, the student will receive a certificate of completion. This certificate program is not approved through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office; therefore, completion of the certificate will not be listed on the student’s transcript.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student should be able to:

  1. Students will know how to recognize and access relevant community and governmental resources.
  2. Students will be able to identify opportunities to engage in community and social activities.
  3. Students will be able to navigate interpersonal issues and employ appropriate problem-solving strategies.
  4. Students will demonstrate mastery of arithmetic skills presented in real life money matters.

Choose your path

Map your education by viewing the program map for the degree or certificate you’re interested in earning below. Meet with a counselor to create your official comprehensive education plan.

A program map shows all the required and recommended courses you need to graduate and a suggested order in which you should take them. The suggested sequence of courses is based on enrollment and includes all major and general education courses required for the degree.

Fall Semester, First Year

6 Units Total
CALS 160
3
Money Matters
CALS 160
Units 3
This course is designed to provide students with the information and decision-making tools needed for developing and implementing a personal financial plan that considers current and future financial obligations. Topics include long term savings, establishing credit, and needs versus wants spending. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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CALS 162
3
Modes of Expression
CALS 162
Units 3
This course is designed to increase awareness and competency towards effectively conveying and receiving information within a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on using one's strengths and preferences to positively convey and receive information, while developing new skills and insights towards the process and factors that may facilitate rewarding communication. Subjects covered are receptive and expressive language, self-awareness, creative expression, verbal and nonverbal communication, conflict management, electronic transmissions, relational interactions, emotional impact and disclosures. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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Spring Semester, First Year

6 Units Total
CALS 155
3
Human Awareness and Relational Skills
CALS 155
Units 3
This course provides instruction in personal, interpersonal, and life skills for students with disabilities or other life challenges. The aim of this course is to prepare students to tackle the rights as well as the responsibilities of adulthood and to assist individuals to achieve an interdependent balance that is essential in order to enjoy a meaningful quality of life. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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CALS 163
3
Health Matters
CALS 163
Units 3
This course provides students with the skills for understanding and making choices about their personal health, exercise, and nutrition. Participants will gain awareness, competence, and confidence in understanding their personal health and then develop strategies towards actively managing personal health. Examination of choices that promote health and wellness, as well as potential barriers to health, will be examined. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
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12

Total Units

Please see a counselor to discuss options for meeting general education requirements for transfer to California State Universities (CSU) and/or University of California (UC) campuses, as well as any specific additional courses that may be required by your chosen institution of transfer.

*Alternative Courses: Please see a Shasta College counselor for alternative course options. You can also view the following to find other courses to meet degree/certificate requirements:

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