The Yoga Teacher Skills Certificate prepares students to meet the requirements for Yoga Alliance to become a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. This comprehensive and wisdom-based program uses anatomy and physiology as well as English and Sanskrit terminology to provide students with both a broad background and practical experience in the essential elements of yoga. Completion of the program prepares students for employment in health clubs, spas, yoga studios, hospitals, and the health industry as well as for self-employment as yoga instructors. This certificate requires 9 units.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Identify and determine safe practices related to yoga postures.

🗸 Demonstrate, describe and teach basic hatha yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation.

🗸 Identify and describe anatomy and kinesiology principles in relation to basic hatha yoga postures.

The Drone Journalism Certificate is designed to provide a sound base for students interested in drone journalism, and could lead to employment in a communications field that needs experience with drone photography and reporting. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.  This certificate requires a total of 18-20 units.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Demonstrate ability to pilot and land a drone aircraft safely.

🗸 Compose a series of publishable photographs from a drone.

🗸 Explain the legal use of drones in today's society.

The Drone Business and Entrepreneurship Certificate is designed to prepare students with key considerations for starting and managing a drone business. Students will earn their commercial drone pilot's license and be guided through solid business planning. Upon program completion, students will have their professional license, a business plan, and the skills necessary to seek funding in order to start or expand a business. This certificate requires 12-15 units. A grade of C is or better required in each course taken.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes

🗸 Create a basic business plan for a small drone business.

🗸 Develop marketing strategy for a small drone business.

🗸 Identify the five different types of airspace defined by the FAA.

The Dressmaking-Alterations Certificate prepares students for entry-level employment as a professional in the fields of dressmaker, garment construction, fit and alterations specialist. These courses will prepare the student to be able to alter and fit different body types related to clothing. The program requires the student to complete 35 units of required courses.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Demonstrate appropriate alterations and fitting techniques to solve fitting issues/problems in clothing.

🗸 Assess and apply skills to alter and fit a commercial sewing pattern to a customer's body measurements.

🗸 Create an individual muslin fitting garment by using pattern blocks to analyze the fit on a customer.

The Digital/In-Plant Graphics Certificate (formerly Quick Print/In-Plant Graphics Certificate) is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to operate a digital press and an offset duplicator, and the skills needed for employment in the commercial printing field. This certificate requires a total of 26-31 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course.

Program Student Learning Outcome:

🗸 Create a multi-color digital printing sample produced at industry standards using a digital printing system.

The Digital Publication Certificate (formerly Desktop Publishing Certificate) is designed to teach publication design using page layout software and personal computers, and to build a portfolio representative of the student's design and technical proficiency. This certificate positions a student to seek and obtain employment in the fields of Advertisement, Graphic Design, and Commercial Printing. This certificate requires a total of 26-29 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Apply the terminology of computer graphics to communications within the field of digital media.

🗸 Demonstrate basic use of computer graphics software and hardware.

🗸 Devise solutions to gain an understanding of computer technology vital to web designers.

🗸 Develop digital artwork that clearly illustrates the student’s solutions.

🗸 Evaluate digital media tools for their suitability to different areas of visual communications.

🗸 Create a new document incorporating text and images, using page layout software.

The Digital Marketing Certificate is designed for students who intend to seek immediate employment in the field of digital marketing and/or business, and those presently employed in digital marketing but seeking advancement. Digital marketers are in high demand, but it is a crowded field. This program helps you to differentiate yourself with multi-platform fluency and real-world experience with the most important tools and platforms. This unique program ensures you learn exactly the skills you’ll need to succeed. Graduates of this program may be employed in a number of jobs and career areas such as social media manager, advertising specialist, digital marketer, and digital marketing specialist. This program may be complemented by also enrolling in BUS 295 F (Business Internship). A grade of C or better is required in each course taken. This certificate requires a total of 18-20 units.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Utilize a working vocabulary of digital marketing terminology.

🗸 Create a basic digital marketing plan for a small business.

The Dietary Manager Certificate is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge, skills, and experience in nutrition, food safety and sanitation, foodservice management, and operations management. The required courses prepare students for positions as dietary managers of foodservice operations in healthcare settings, such as nursing homes, long-term care facilities, senior living communities, and hospitals. This certificate requires a total of 16 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Develop and implement evidence-based plans to provide quality nutrition care.

🗸 Apply supervisory skills for the effective operation of a food service department in accordance with organizational standards and state/federal regulations.

🗸 Maintain proper food safety and sanitation practices for the delivery of quality, nutritious meals.

The Dance Teaching Certificate is designed to prepare the student to teach creative movement at a variety of locations, such as community centers and private dance studios. The Dance Teaching Skills Certificate requires 17 units of which 14 units are in required courses and the remaining 3 units are chosen from restricted electives.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Demonstrate the ability to teach creative movement in the style of ballet, modern, jazz as well as ethnic dance forms.


🗸 Demonstrate acquired dance training and practical skills to qualify for work in community centers, private dance studios, and other venues.


🗸 Create choreographed beginning dance sequences in the style of ballet, modern and jazz dance.


The Cyber Security Technician Certificate is designed to prepare students who intend to pursue employment in entry-level cyber-security/forensics positions. The program provides the foundation skills to analyze cyber-security threats from a variety of perspectives at the enterprise and national levels. This certificate requires 13 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of cybersecurity to identify computing vulnerabilities and provide security solutions.

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of cybersecurity to evaluate the computer network and information security needs of an organization.