The Certificate of Completion in Nonprofit Business Administration prepares individuals to work successfully in the various aspects of the Nonprofit business environment. Positions for which this program prepares students include management, finance, fundraising.

The New Media Marketing Certificate of Achievement is designed to prepare students for various marketing, sales, and retail store entry-level or management assistant positions; to assist existing marketing managers and sales professionals in upgrading their skills; and to open new career opportunities within the marketing field. Courses in social media marketing and eCommerce prepare students for related positions that are experiencing increasingly high demand. Upon successful completion of the requirements for this certificate, students will have enough knowledge of marketing to succeed in an entry-level position related to marketing.

This program prepares students for entry-level positions as either operating system or network administrators. The core requirements for the certificate include preparation for industrial coveted CompTIA A+ and Network+ certificates. The restrictive electives allow students to either emphasize networking with Cisco, a worldwide leader in cybersecurity solutions and computers networking, or students can emphasize Microsoft Window’s system administration. Other emphases might be Microsoft Window’s desktop applications or SQL databases.

This tuition-free noncredit certificate is composed of three courses that prepare students for the first three levels of the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert) exams. Microsoft is the worldwide leader in the desktop PC marketplace. These three Microsoft certificates have high value in the IT support marketplace. Students need to complete two of the three MSCE  courses to obtain the certificate. In general, this certificate caters to skills builders, recently out of work IT professionals, individuals unable to afford boot camp bills, or any student looking to enhance a college degree with important 21st-century skills.

The Marketing Certificate of Achievement offers a focus on courses designed to improve student success in the fields of marketing, marketing management, social media marketing and e-commerce. Its goal is to prepare new employees for such positions and to upgrade the skills of employees already holding such positions. Personal selling, retailing, and advertising are restricted electives that may be chosen according to students’ interests. The program is built on a solid foundation of introductory business concepts, business law, and business communications.

The Logistics and Physical Distribution Certificate of Achievement prepares students to manage and coordinate logistical functions in an enterprise, ranging from acquisitions to receiving and handling, through internal allocation of resources to operations units, to the handling and delivery of output. Topics include integrated Supply Chain Management (SCM), demand planning, logistics, transportation and distribution systems, supply management, warehousing, inventory management, order fulfillment, and customer service.

Among the jobs supported by this program are assistants, clerks, supervisors, and managers of acquisitions and purchasing, inventory control, storage and handling, just-in-time manufacturing and distribution, logistics planning, shipping and delivery, transportation, quality control, resource estimation and allocation, and budgeting.

The IT Help Desk Specialist Certificate of Completion is a tuition-free noncredit certificate which allows individuals to begin training in the high employment potential field of Help Desk IT (Information Technology). This certificate is also of value to all 21st-century workers, especially individuals wishing to complement current skills with modern-day cloud and data visualization applications. The certificate includes required courses on developing keyboarding skills. The certificate includes options to take advanced courses like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerBI (Business Intelligence/Data Analytics) and Data Visualization (Tableau). Furthermore, valuable cloud solutions such as Outlook, SharePoint and Teams also have course options. A cloud solution provides universal access to data anywhere, and applications that can act on data using any intelligent device, PC/Mac, tablet, or smartphone.

The Human Resource Management Occupational Skills Award is designed to increase the ability to succeed in an emerging and evolving work environment. The curriculum assists students’ understanding of the scope of human resources management and the requirements for success. Completion of this award in Human Resource Management enhances the opportunity for entry employment as well as advancement in a career. Potential areas of employment include management assistants and specialists in compensation, recruitment, benefits, training and development, staffing, strategic HR management, risk management, labor relations, and others. 

Examples of job titles include management assistants and specialists in recruitment; recruitment and retention specialist; staffing specialist; trainer; employee development specialist; leadership development specialist; organizational development (OD) specialist; compensation and administrative services specialist; benefits analyst; compensation specialist; performance management specialist; employee advocate; and labor relations specialist; safety officer; risk management specialist; and OSHA specialist. This award is designed to lead to the more advanced awards of Certificate of Achievement and AS degree in Human Resources through completion of the stackable awards of Business Education Core and Business Education Foundations certificates.

The Human Resources Certificate of Achievement prepares students for careers in human resource management in a rapidly changing world of business. Potential areas of employment include compensation, recruitment, benefits, training and development, staffing, strategic HR management, risk management, labor relations, and others. Examples of job titles include talent manager or officer; recruiter; recruitment and retention specialist; staffing specialist; trainer; employee development specialist; leadership development specialist; organizational development (OD) specialist; compensation and administrative services specialist; benefits analyst; compensation specialist; performance management specialist; employee advocate; and labor relations specialist; safety officer; risk management specialist; and OSHA specialist.

This certificate, offered by the Department of Dance, provides the training necessary for self-employment or entry level employment within in any organization that focuses on mind-body therapies. These holistic methods focus on the interrelationship between the various anatomical systems and the energetic self, eastern and western medicine, or mind/body/spirit connections. Employment factors are variable based upon criteria that is both objective and subjective in nature. There is work within several different fields. Some job titles upon completion of the certificate could include yoga instructor, wellness specialist, physical therapy assistant, or occupational assistant. In addition, this certificate satisfies the curriculum required for pre-training course within the level 1 certification process for GYROKINESIS® teacher trainings. The program focuses on developing a practical knowledge of anatomy, methodologies of various body therapies, the science behind the methods, how to assess individual needs and goals, and how to modify and adapt techniques to meets these needs and goals. A major emphasis is on injury care and prevention, how to increase or decrease the challenge based upon an individual’s abilities and limitations, and how to implement an evolving specialized program that is designed to empower the client and enhance the quality of their life.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate how to create and/or adapt training techniques based upon an individual’s abilities and limitations.