MESA - Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement
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MESA Center at CCSF
At MESA, our mission is to ensure students have access to mentoring, experiences, networks, and other resources they need to earn degrees in calculus-based STEM fields and pursue careers in STEM. We focus on supporting economically disadvantaged students who are majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, and assist with transferring to four-year institutions.
MESA at CCSF
The overarching goal of the MESA program at CCSF is to recruit, retain, and successfully transfer economically and educationally disadvantaged students majoring in calculus-based STEM disciplines to four-year institutions. Our approach is a student-centered model, where knowledge and information are personalized and contextualized, and strategies are explored for students to optimize their learning.
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MESA Director Dr. Moore's philosophy: "Empower yourself to empower others."
All scholars that join MESA at CCSF are interviewed and vetted for this philosophy.
Our primary objectives at MESA include:
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Build a foundation for success through the development of contextualized and personalized pathways into, and through, STEM
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Provide research-based experiences for students that foster scientific inquiry, critical thinking and presentation skills
2025 Transfer Celebration
Program Offerings
- Academic Advising
- STEM Conferences & Field Trips
- Science-Related Career Advising
- Summer Research Opportunities & Internships- Academic Excellence Workshops
Weekly specialized and facilitated study groups that provide scholars
with opportunities to work on additional problems in their STEM courses
- Personal Empowerment Workshops
Monthly workshops designed to provide strategies, techniques,
and tools to master information, manage one's emotions,
and create balance while navigating your academic journeyLearning Objectives
Identify their unique approach to problem-solving,
investigate their process to obtain a desired outcome,
and refine their problem-solving strategy to optimize results
Acquire techniques and strategies to improve their time management,
expand their ability to manage anxieties, and develop a personal plan for self-care
Explore the motivational factors that drive them to succeed,
develop frameworks to leverage these factors when they face obstacles,
and increase their emotional resilience
Cultivate a dynamic support system that addresses their immediate and future needs;
utilizing all resources available to them (faculty, family, friends, etc)
Create an educational plan that reflects their current aptitude and attitude.
Educational plans are adjusted each semester as a student's self-efficacy develops,
and focus on preparing the student to transfer to a four-year institutionConnect with us
Dr. Frederick Moore, Director
fmoore@ccsf.edu
Science 142
Mon-Thu, 9:30am-4:30pm -
Available courses
The following lessons contain reading and instructional material, as well as learning videos, that will help you define and achieve your goals. The lessons use material from the OS2 Project Curriculum and have been customized to support students in CCSF's MESA program who are planning to transfer to a four-year university.
Examples and copies of previous exams from universities and colleges to help you study and prepare for your classes.
Pictures and videos from the Graduation Celebration held every Spring for MESA students transferring to universities.