PVCC students have the opportunity to engage in meaningful learning experiences through co-curricular programs. Co-curricular learning experiences enhance learning and provide opportunities for further exploration, critical thinking, application of academic concepts, personal development, leadership, and/or well-being. Co-curricular learning experiences complement students’ curricular work and promote positive connections among their peers and with faculty, student service specialists, program directors, and/or other college professionals. Students may exercise greater levels of self-direction and freedom since they may choose which co-curricular activities to engage in and to what extent they are involved.
*The HLC defines cocurricular as “Learning activities, programs and experiences that reinforce the institution’s mission and complement the formal curriculum.”
To help measure achievement of student learning outcomes, learning facilitators are encouraged to use the Template for Assessment for Cocurricular Learning and the GEA Rubric packet to create a customized tool for designing and assessing cocurricular learning experiences.