Top College USA works with established educational organizations to develop academic programs through UC Santa Barbara Professional and Continuing Education. For the right program, this can give high school students the opportunity to earn UCSB PaCE Continuing Education Units for rigorous academic work.
Developed through UCSB PaCE
You keep your students, faculty, curriculum, community and identity
Integrates what you offer with UCSB PaCE Continuing Education units.
A partnership starts with the program you already have.
We look at the academic work students are completing, including research, mentorship, written work, presentations, and capstone projects, and determine whether that experience could support a UCSB PaCE course.
Your research, mentorship, coursework, conference, or capstone projects
Defined learning objectives, faculty expertise, attendance requirements
Registration, approval, students receive recognition and earn UCSB PaCE Continuing Education Units
The academic component is designed around the work students are already doing.
A research program might connect the course to a final paper and symposium. A leadership program might use a project, presentation, and written reflection. An entrepreneurship program might culminate in a venture proposal and pitch.
Top College USA works with the organization and UCSB PaCE to develop the academic structure, learning objectives, requirements, and course materials needed for review.
Once approved, the UCSB PaCE component becomes part of the organization’s own student experience.
Students who successfully complete the approved course requirements earn UCSB PaCE Continuing Education Units (CEUs).