By Gloria Cortes
Volunteer State Community College’s Work Based Learning (WBL) academic program gives eligible students the opportunity to earn work experience and college credit simultaneously through a course.
“Work Based Learning is an academic program that allows the student to gain work experience directly related to his/her academic major and/or vocational choice. Students work off campus and have the opportunity to apply classroom learning to practical work situations and learn work-related skills,” according to https://www.volstate.edu/work-based-learning.
Students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA, 2.5 program GPA and 70 percent of their degree completed in order to be eligible for the program, but there can be an appeal if they are close to meeting the requirements depending on their situation.