The Landscape Design/Management Certificate prepares a student for entry level positions in the landscape design or landscape maintenance industry. The hands-on classes also provide the skills necessary for self -employment in the landscape design or landscape management industry. The Landscape Design/Management Certificate Program requires completion of 30-35 units of which 6 units are in required courses. An additional 24-29 units must be completed from four categories as restricted electives. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.

Program Student Learning Outcome:

🗸 Apply horticultural concepts to real-world problems and solutions.
 

A graduate student may earn a Reading Certificate (issued by CCTC) by completing the courses listed below. This certificate authorizes the holder to assess student reading and provide reading instruction in response to those assessments. Reading Certificate holders are also authorized to develop, implement, and adapt the reading content curriculum and assist classroom teachers in these areas. Holders of the Reading Certificate may perform the above services at one or more school sites at the grade levels authorized by their prerequisite teaching credential. Enrollment in the Master's program is not required provided that the following admission requirements are met.

A graduate student may earn a Certificate in Mathematics Education by completing the following courses. Enrollment in the Master's program is not required provided that admission requirements are met, including having a teaching credential or being enrolled in a credential program.

A graduate student may earn a certificate in Educational Technology by completing four 3-unit courses. These courses provide the competencies needed by teachers, trainers, or curriculum specialists to integrate technology into the curriculum, scaffold its inclusion in instruction, and disseminate that knowledge via appropriate staff-development needs.

Minimum Grade Requirement
Minimum required GPA: 3.0 for all courses in the certificate program. 

The Journalism Certificate Program will provide students with sufficient background for reporting, writing and production jobs on community newspapers and weekly publications. The Certificate requires a total of 30 units of which 24 units are in required courses. An additional 6 units must be completed from the restricted electives listed below. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Construct a well-researched factual news story suitable for publication.

🗸 Evaluate and assess written articles for compliance to Associated Press style and proper grammar.


🗸 Identify Associated Press style in writing 90 percent of the time.

🗸 Identify libel or slander in a print or broadcast story.

The Certificate in Play Therapy is a 10-unit graduate-level certificate program designed to prepare candidates to meet the eligibility requirements for credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) or School-Based Registered Play Therapist (SB-RPT) through the Association for Play Therapy. The program includes advanced coursework in play therapy, including play therapy history, play therapy seminal and historically significant theories, play therapy skills and methods, play therapy special topics, and play therapy cultural and social diversity topics. All coursework includes experiential components so that students may further practice and develop their play therapy skills. Enrolled students will also receive play therapy supervision from a credentialed Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S).

The program is offered in a hybrid format with a blend of in-person coursework and options for in-person or online supervision. 

The Freelancer certificate is designed to give all students, but especially non-business majors, a boot camp understanding of business as applied to a freelance independent contractor. It is designed for new grads who want to freelance to start their careers, full-time workers who want to freelance to earn extra money or transition to a new career, laid-off workers, workers leaving full-time jobs, parents who want to freelance for a flexible schedule, people who want turn their hobbies into profitable freelance ventures, and seniors who freelance to supplement their incomes. In the classes students learn how to plan and get started, personal and people skills, different business trades and industries, networking and opportunities, how to get and develop customers, where to get money, how to get paid, and how to launch a new freelance business. Classes are short one-unit classes. The goal of the certificate is to teach, as quickly as possible, just what someone needs to know to survive in business as a freelancer.

Learning Outcome(s):

🗸 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic requirements to successfully start and run a small business as well as the ability to apply planning methods to business and entrepreneurial situations

The Certificate in Maker Education program engages students in a 12 credit program designed to develop critical knowledge of making, the maker movement, and Maker Education. We will examine the ideas and practices associated with educational reforms that emphasize making as an ethos of interest driven do-it-yourself (DIY) learning and culture. Students will investigate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with 21st century skill development in makerspaces as formal and informal learning environments, and the development of “maker culture” in local, national, and international communities. 

The certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to give students a thorough understanding of the process of entrepreneurship. It is designed for those who have thought about starting their own ventures, as well as for those new to business. Students learn to develop and commercialize ideas for new ventures. Small business owners learn to develop resources to be more profitable and sustainable. Classes are practical and hands-on. They provide real-world exposure to cutting-edge innovation and entrepreneurship.

Learning Outcome(s):

🗸 Start their own businesses either as entrepreneurs or freelance independent contractors

This program prepares students for employment as a MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DRAFTER or DESIGNER. Mechanical drafters use MCAD (mechanical computer-aided drafting/design) software to create solid models and then detailed technical drawings of machinery or mechanical devices designed by engineers. The program focuses on training students on industry-standard MCAD software that is used heavily in the mechanical, aerospace, automotive, industrial, & biomedical engineering fields. Students learn to use the parametric nature of MCAD software to produce changeable models incorporating “design intent” and to produce drawings that conform to industry standards. The skills learned are applicable to drafters, designers, engineering technicians, and engineers in these fields.

Employment is primarily in the private manufacturing industries such as aerospace, biomedical, industrial, and many other manufacturing industries. This program also develops essential job skills for ENGINEERS. Many university engineering programs may not include these job skill courses as part of their curriculum. Other courses in this program may transfer to the university.

Learning Outcome(s):

🗸 apply rules of orthographic projection to create multi-view drawings

🗸 produce industry-standard models and technical drawings

🗸 effectively use 3D solid modeling CAD software