Path to Independence, Certificate

Program Learning Outcomes

• Career Exploration: Students will identify aspects of various careers that appeal to them by participating in work rotations.
• Employment Readiness: Students will develop skills necessary for employment, by participating in a pre-employment class, three work based learning experiences, and an internship or job experience. 
• Independent Living Skills: Students will acquire essential skills for independent living by taking classes in Financial Literacy, Nutrition and Culinary, Self-Advocacy, and Relationships and Sexuality. 
• 4 Social and Communication skills: Students will enhance their social and communication skills to interact confidently and effectively with peers, instructors, employers, and community members.
• Academic prepardness: Students will enhance their ability to manage deadlines, complete course requirements, and interact with other college students. 
• Academic content: Students will demonstrate their understanding of and engagement with academic content by maintaining a satisfactory grade point average in their credit coursework.

Contact Information

​​​​​​​Randall Owen, PhD
Director, Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Associate Professor, Special Education program

College of Education and Human Development

4090 William J Raggio Building
University of Nevada, Reno
Mail stop: MS 0285

775.784.6385
randallowen@unr.edu

P2I Program Requirement

P2I students must satisfactorily complete all of the P2I program requirements (non-credit bearing). These include one semester of employment rotations and 4 independent living courses (Financial Literacy, Nutrition and Culinary, Self-Advocacy, and Relationships and Sexuality, one per semester).

I. NCED Core Requirements (6 units)

Students must complete both NCED 301 and NCED 302 for the P2I program.

• NCED 301 - P2I Internship or Work Experience (3 units)
• NCED 302 - P2I Capstone (3 units)

II. Art and Humanities Electives (3-12 units)

P2I students must complete three graded credits from Arts & Humanities as part of the program. Additional courses available to undergraduate students may be counted at the discretion of the P2I Academic Coordinator. Additional Arts & Humanities credits may be taken for a grade or audited, at the discretion of each student and the P2I program. Courses listed are exemplars from previous P2I students.

• ART 101 - Drawing I (3 units) CO7
• ART 103A - Visual Foundations: Surface (3 units) CO7
• ART 141 - Introduction to Digital Photography (3 units) CO7
• ART 214 - Introduction to Book Art: Intersection of Art and Design (3 units) CO7
• DAN 115 - Social Dance (1 unit)
• DAN 138 - Modern Dance (Beginning) (1 unit)
• EDU 208 - Characteristics of Students with Mild To Moderate Disabilities (3 units)
• GRI 103 - Power, Identity, and Social Justice (3 units) CO6, CO10
• GRI 201 - Narratives of Identity and Difference (3 units) CO10
• GRI 216 - Thinking Sex and Gender (3 units) CO10
• GRI 230 - Introduction to LGBTQ Studies (3 units) CO10
• GRI 257 - Social Movements of Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO10, CO12
• HIST 208 - World History I (3 units) CO11
• MUSE 101 - Concert Choir (1 unit) CO7
• THTR 100 - Introduction to the Theatre (3 units) CO7
• THTR 105 - Introduction to Acting I (3 units) CO7
• THTR 197 - Introduction to Stage Production (3 units)
• THTR 201 - Costume Design I (3 units)

• Courses that the P21 Academic Coordinator identify is acceptable for the Arts & Humanities core of this program may also be accepted.

III. Science Electives (3-12 units)

P2I students must complete three graded credits from Science as part of the program. Additional courses available to undergraduate students may be counted at the discretion of the P2I Academic Coordinator. Additional Science credits may be taken for a grade or audited, at the discretion of each student and the P2I program. Courses listed are exemplars from previous P2I students.

• AGSC 100 - Elements of Livestock Production (3 units)
• ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 units) CO6
• HDFS 201 - Lifespan Human Development (3 units)
• HDFS 203 - Introduction to Human Development and Family Science (3 units)
• IS 101 - Introduction to Information Systems (3 units)
• KIN 120 - Foundations of Personal Health and Wellness (3 units)
• KIN 286 - Teaching Team Sports (3 units)
• SOC 101 - Principles of Sociology (3 units) CO6

• Courses that the P21 Academic Coordinator identify is acceptable for the Sciences core of this program may also be accepted. 

Total Units (21 units)

21 units