LEGISLATIVE BRIEF
CREATING CAREER-READY GRADUATES With a focus on San Antonio and South Texas, UTSA is driving innovation and workforce development through classroom-to-career opportunities and collaborative partnerships — and preparing students with the knowledge and leadership skills they’ll need to take on life-changing careers and positively impact our community.
Classroom to Career Initiative Learning is not limited just to the classroom. UTSA prepares students to apply their classroom learning in the real world by providing specific experiences – internships in industry or at non-profit service organizations, undergraduate research in laboratories and clinical settings, study abroad and more. Known as experiential learning, this approach deepens students’ learning and enables career exploration before graduation. Whether learning in the workplace or in the laboratory, or through community service or study away, these handson experiences allow students to apply their classroom learning in career-specific contexts. Additionally, through experiential learning, students gain marketable skills, such as leadership, collaborative teaming and communication, that prepare them for career success and to be the trailblazers of tomorrow. UTSA aims by 2028 to have 75% of students take part in hands-on learning opportunities by the time they graduate. UTSA also is making sure students are job ready — no matter their degree — by introducing microcredentials directly into degree program or coursework. For example, the Coursera Google Project Management Certificate Program, which is provided free to students in select humanities courses, trains students to manage projects using traditional and agile methods, and to communicate strategically. As an Adobe Creative Campus, UTSA emphasizes digital technology literacy through the use of Creative Cloud tools to ensure all students are well prepared in the modern workforce.
TOP UTSA DEGREE AREAS 1. Health and Life Sciences 2. Cybersecurity and Computer Science 3. Management
For More Information Jason Hassay UTSA Government Relations o: 210.458.5102 m: 512.413.9598 jason.hassay@utsa.edu Albert Carrisalez UTSA Government Relations o: 210.458.5138 m: 210.452.7557 albert.carrisalez@utsa.edu Updated October 18, 2024