This program is designed for students seeking employment in entry-level human resource management positions including assistant human resource manager, recruiter, training and development coordinator, and payroll clerk. The program includes skills development in areas such as business communication, organizational behavior, team dynamics, payroll accounting, and business law.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Describe fundamental responsibilities of a human resource manager including human resource planning, recruiting, hiring, onboarding and training, evaluating, and separation.

✓ Practice written and verbal communication skills utilized in business.

✓ Summarize legal considerations associated with human resource management.

✓ Describe methods utilized for determining employee compensation.

✓  Practice basic payroll accounting.

This program builds upon the Business Fundamentals Certificate of Achievement as a stackable-certificate pathway to prepare students for careers in business administration and management. The curriculum provides a variety of business and organizational management courses to develop knowledge and skills needed in the business work environment, particularly as students seek promotion into managerial positions.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Describe fundamental business disciplines and processes including marketing, human resource management, supply chain management, and accounting.

✓ Demonstrate fundamental business skills including business communication, networking, and team work.

✓ Prepare business presentations, reports, and correspondence.

✓ Evaluate methods used to foster business ethics in the workplace.

✓ Analyze approaches to develop a strong, positive organizational culture.

This certificate combines Automotive Safety (G002N) and Automotive Tire and Wheel Service (G004N) to prepare you for a career in the Automotive field as a tire and wheel specialist. Upon completion you will be able to safely install aftermarket and factory wheel and tires, and repair tire punctures in passenger and light truck tires.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Perform conversions between various units of automotive measurements based on manufacturers specifications.

✓ Demonstrate safe lifting practices outlined by manufacturer’s service information.

✓ Demonstrate proper execution of tire and wheel maintenance. Including routine service and repairs.

✓ Analyze vehicle concerns and demonstrate proper written record keeping practices (repair order documentation).

his certificate combines Automotive Safety (G002N) and Automotive Lube Technician (G003N) to prepare you to enter the automotive field as an Automotive Lube Technician Specialist. Upon completion of this program, you will be able to safely maintain and change most automotive fluids and perform a comprehensive vehicle inspection which meets industry standards.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Perform conversions between various units of automotive measurements based on manufacturers specifications.

✓ Demonstrate safe lifting practices outlined by manufacturer’s service information.

✓ Demonstrate proper execution of maintenance service procedures within industry specified labor times.

✓ Analyze vehicle concerns and demonstrate proper written record keeping practices (repair order documentation).

The Certificate of Achievement in Gender and Queer Studies focuses on exploring the ideas and theories on gender, sexual identities, and social justice while examining the diverse experiences of transgender people and other diverse gender and sexual identities in various cultures and communities across historical eras. The intersection of gender and sexuality with race and ethnicity, social class, language and disability will be emphasized.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Describe key theories and concepts related to gender, sexual identities, and social justice.

✓ Apply theories of intersectionality to assess how gender and sexuality interrelates with race, ethnicity, social class, language, and disability in a variety of social factors and contexts.

✓ Analyze societal norms and approaches to creating and maintaining interlocking structures of power and inequality, as it relates to gender and sexuality.

Applicants who hold a current California Vocational Nurse license (LVN) may qualify for the California Registered Nurse State Licensure Examination without the completion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program. LVNs may elect to complete a non-degree program consisting of 30 units in nursing and related science courses. A Certificate of Achievement is awarded at the completion of the program.

Program Level Learning Outcomes

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

✓ Patient-centered care/Safety/Quality Improvement
Provide safe, quality, patient-centered care for individuals and families across the health-illness continuum in a variety of settings to promote positive patient outcomes.

✓ Evidence-based practice/Nursing judgment
Utilize current knowledge from research and other credible sources to make nursing clinical judgments and provide patient care within a family and community context.

✓ Teamwork/Collaboration and Informatics/Technology
Utilize information technology in collaboration with nursing and healthcare teams to facilitate communication and coordinate patient care.

✓ Professional Identity
Demonstrate professional behavior and adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards.

The Marketing certificate programs are designed to train those individuals whose career paths involve the creative techniques of both oral and written sales presentations, advertising, and marketing. Courses emphasize the tools used by marketers, the environmental forces affecting the marketing process, sales communication skills, the promotion, marketing research, and advertising planning and strategy. All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

Program Outcomes

✓ Function effectively in a multitude of first-entry marketing positions using the skills, tools and principles they have acquired.

✓ Communicate effectively and persuasively in personal, organizational, and selling environments.

✓ Effectively apply and utilize their acquired knowledge of the principles of marketing to market and/or promote a business, product, or service.

The Marketing certificate programs are designed to train those individuals whose career paths involve the creative techniques of both oral and written sales presentations, advertising, and marketing. Courses emphasize the tools used by marketers, the environmental forces affecting the marketing process, sales communication skills, the major components of modern advertising and promotion, marketing research, and advertising planning and strategy. All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

Program Outcomes

✓ Function effectively in a multitude of first-entry marketing positions using the skills, tools and principles they have acquired.

✓ Communicate effectively and persuasively in personal, organizational, and selling environments.

✓ Effectively apply and utilize their acquired knowledge of the principles of marketing to market and/or promote a business, product, or service.

This Certificate of Specialization certifies mastery of skills necessary for Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) Level I.

Program Outcomes

✓ Acquire the necessary skills training for proficiency in taking a welding qualification test for certification which may be required for employment.

✓ Improve or develop additional proficiencies required for professional growth or advancement in their current employment.

This Certificate of Specialization certifies mastery of skills necessary for Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Levels I, II, III, IV or V.

Program Outcomes

✓ Acquire the necessary skills training for proficiency in taking a welding qualification test for certification which may be required for employment.

✓ Improve or develop additional proficiencies required for professional growth or advancement in their current employment.