The Certificate of Proficiency in Motor Skill program is designed to prepare students to plan, implement, and manage proper motor skills for various activities and professions. Coursework will make students proficient at fine and gross motor control and motor coordination and to be able to plan their motor actions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Comprehend and apply the fundamental principles of physical conditioning including cardiovascular, muscular and flexibility training.

🗸 Apply fundamental level skills in game situations.

Career Opportunities

Motor skills are the mechanics of motor development and are about the body’s ability to control body movements. A good grasp of control of your motor skills is needed in every job. This certificate will be a demonstration of our student's abilities to work in the athletic field as assistants, paraprofessionals, PE teachers aids, gym support staff and will give employers in non-athletic fields the confidence that our students are competent and coordinated movers.

The Certificate of Achievement in Spanish Language and Culture will empower students in the Spanish language and the Hispanic/Latinx history and experience in Spain, Latin America, and the US. It will help them to use it in different instances and get jobs that require a high knowledge of Spanish. Many universities and colleges require knowledge of (an)other language than English. The Spanish courses taken in this certificate of achievement are articulated and transferable to the UC and USC systems. Courses fulfill 4-year college language requirements prepare students to major or minor in Spanish language and literature. Students may also work in legal, medical, or educational institutions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate oral competence in the Spanish Language: correctly apply grammar and use an advanced level of vocabulary in the Spanish language.

🗸 Demonstrate written competence in the Spanish Language: correctly apply grammar and use an advanced level of vocabulary in the Spanish language.

🗸 Describe, analyze, and interpret literary, historical, and cultural texts, films, documentaries, and videos to better understand the identity of Latinx peoples in and outside United States

Career Opportunities

Students who get this certificate will be able to work in educational and/or medical institutions. They may also follow the courses to get an English-Spanish Interpreter and translator. Many businesses and services in California require bilingual speakers to serve the enormous clientele of Spanish speakers; that includes department stores, hospitals, clinics, restaurants, telephone companies, travel agencies, etc.

The Certificate of Achievement in Spanish for Bilingual / Heritage Students will empower them in their own language and help them to use it in different instances and get jobs that require a high knowledge of Spanish. This certificate will allow students to follow their studies in careers such as Bilingual Counselor, Bilingual teacher, Education, Medical Interpretation and Translation, Legal Interpretation and Translation, Journalism, or to fulfill some requirements to obtain a major or minor in Spanish language and literature in a 4-year college.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate oral competence in the Spanish Language: correctly apply grammar and use an advanced level of vocabulary in the Spanish language.

🗸 Demonstrate written competence in the Spanish Language: correctly apply grammar and use an advanced level of vocabulary in the Spanish language.

🗸 Describe. analyze and interpret literary, historical ,and cultural texts, films, documentaries, and videos to better understand the identity of Latinx peoples in and outside United States

Career Opportunities

Major of Minor in Spanish at a 4-year college. Medical Interpretation and Translation Legal Interpretation and Translation Bilingual counseling careers and jobs.

The classes in this program work to a professional level. They build an expanded awareness of light and its properties with a full variety of sources such as available light, strobe and continuous electronic appliances, adjunctive equipment and set building in the Studio and on location, their selected application to a highly complex state, and the business skills and methods needed to work at a professional level.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Model professional and ethical behavior while communicating with clients, management, and team members.

🗸 Demonstrate technical problem-solving skills to determine the best solutions to creative challenges.

🗸 Demonstrate technical proficiency and application of photographic skills.

Career Opportunities

This program prepares for employment in commercial, industrial, technical, art and scientific photographic fields. Professional lighting classes emphasize the digital process prevalent in the industry.

The Photo Foundations Certificate of Achievement is designed to instruct students in the principles of digital capture of composition Natural, Available, Continuous, and Strobe light and its development. It will develop principles pf composition and aesthetics. It will provide opportunity to create and capture lighting schemes for skill achievement and portfolio development.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Model professional and ethical behavior while communicating with clients, management, and team members.

🗸 Demonstrate technical problem-solving skills to determine the best solutions to creative challenges.

🗸 Demonstrate technical proficiency and application of photographic skills.

Career Opportunities

Event, Portraiture, small set product photography, Art Copy Work Photographic foundations degree requirements. Photographic foundations degree requirements

Merritt College offers both an on-campus and an off-campus EMT Basic Training Program. EMT certification is a requirement for ambulance personnel, a prerequisite for paramedic training, and a requirement for some fire department entry exams. This course is conducted according to California State Regulations (Prehospital Emergency Medical Services) and is approved for EMT certification by the Alameda County EMS Agency. The program’s instructors are approved by the State Fire Marshal. The courses have minimum attendance requirements, a final skills exam, and an 80 percent passing score on the final written exam. There is a $25.00 fee for the Fire Marshal.

There is a growing need for trained paralegals who know substantive law and administrative procedures required by the law and the court systems. The paralegal performs various legal tasks under the supervision of attorneys, including conducting legal research and drafting legal documents. Paralegals provide staff support for attorneys in a law office or in a legal setting. Many of these tasks are done by attorneys; however, under the law, they could be provided by paralegals under the supervision of an attorney.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

This program leads to career opportunities as a paralegal. Related Jobs Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Medical assistants are healthcare providers who typically work in a physician’s office, hospital or residential care facility. They perform a variety of clinical and administrative tasks including administering medications, recording medical information, preparing medical instruments, collecting specimens, and running the front desk.

Merritt College’s Medical Assisting program provides a balanced clinical and administrative curriculum, delivered through comprehensive lectures and laboratory courses, as well as clinical experiences in local community health care facilities.

Medical assistants are healthcare providers who typically work in a physician’s office, hospital or residential care facility. They perform a variety of clinical and administrative tasks including administering medications, recording medical information, preparing medical instruments, collecting specimens, and running the front desk.

Merritt College’s Medical Assisting program provides a balanced clinical and administrative curriculum, delivered through comprehensive lectures and laboratory courses, as well as clinical experiences in local community health care facilities.

The Music Certificate of Achievement provides a foundation in music theory, music skills (musicianship), solo performance, and ensemble performance. These fundamental skills promote success in music careers and artistic endeavors. After completing this program, students will be able to play concerts, compose music, participate in recording sessions, or continue with their studies towards an associate degree.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

🗸 Synthesize performance skills, theory, and music history into an informed performance of music.

🗸 Demonstrate musicianship skills

🗸 Apply basic music theory to music works and performances.