This program provides students with the skills and knowledge required to obtain an entry-level position as a technician in the automotive service and repair industry.

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

🗸 Perform routine maintenance on a modern vehicle at the professional level.

🗸 Perform basic service and repairs on modern automotive braking systems.

🗸 Perform basic service and repairs on modern automotive steering and suspension systems.

🗸 Develop professional work habits that promote a safe, productive and environmentally conscious work environment.

🗸 Identify professional habits and apply these to promote themselves and the quality of their work.

The Athletic Coaching Certificate of Achievement is designed to prepare students to become certified athletic coaches in the recreational and competitive sports industry. Students completing the certificate will be more qualified to coach inter-scholastically, within sport organizations, and in private business. A final interview will conclude completion of the certificate. Courses focus on coaching methodology, coaching diverse athlete populations, sports psychology, sports medicine, and advanced skill knowledge.

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

- Formulate a full season plan of practice for the diverse athletes in their respective sport.

- Interpret the rules and regulation of student’s sport of choice.

The Associate Teacher Certificate is designed to prepare students to become effective teachers for young children between 0 and 5 years of age, and meets entry-level professional requirements for employment in some licensed early childhood programs. The Associate Teacher Certificate also fulfills the coursework requirements to be an Associate Teacher in the California Child Development Permit Matrix.

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

🗸 Understand and apply knowledge of child development theories and principles, encompassing children’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development that recognizes various contexts that influence children as individuals and plan for all children’s developmental needs from both an individualized and group perspective.

🗸 Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of teaching and learning through curriculum for young children, including dual-language learners and children with special needs.

The Sculpture program focuses on both conceptual and technical elements within the arena of 3-Dimensional Arts. The Certificate of Achievement provides hands-on experience with traditional and non-traditional mediums. The core classes provide foundational principles of the fundamentals of sculptural art as well as technical training for emerging fabrication methods.

Learning Outcomes

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

🗸 Operate studio and workshop equipment and use sculptural materials in a safe and appropriate manner.
🗸 Identify and evaluate sculptural techniques and styles.
🗸 Assess aspects of sculptural form as they relate to individual and cultural expression.

The Photography program prepares students for the field and/or provides continuing education and personal enrichment opportunities. The program is committed to a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to a variety of expressive means.

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

🗸 Control and manipulate light, depth of field, and motion.

🗸 Create prints from film or digital sources and control print contrast, tonal range, and color.

🗸 Articulate the meaning of photographs and learn how meaning is visually communicated.

🗸 Create a cohesive body of exhibition quality work that collectively explores an idea or concept and be able to explain the significance of subject, form, presentation, and meaning.

🗸 Analyze and interpret human thought, achievement, and expression relevant to such branches of knowledge as philosophy, literature, and/or the fine and performing arts, and to communicate the results.

The Certificate of Achievement in Art History is a comprehensive program that promotes an understanding of art across cultures and geographic boundaries. Students are taught to apply fundamental art and art historical terminology to analyze works, and to develop an appreciation of process, in order to articulate the historical, social, and aesthetic functions of art.

This certificate gives students a grounding in horticulture with a focus on trees and tree care. The student will be prepared for the Certified Arborist exam administered by the International Society of Arboriculture.

Learning Outcomes:

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

🗸 Identify and name 80-100 tree species and cultivars and discuss placement and care in landscape settings.

🗸 Describe and practice correct pruning techniques in young and established trees.

🗸 Apply basic botanical and horticultural knowledge to the cultivation and care of trees in the landscape or nursery setting.

🗸 Pass the Certified Arborist exam administered by the International Society of Arboriculture.

The Certificate of Achievement in Art and Technology offers students the opportunity to learn and practice art and design-based technology skills used in a variety of industries for purposes such as personal expression, concept development, industrial/product design, and small-scale production of artwork for personal expression and/or rapid prototyping.

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

🗸 Solve visual problems by planning, researching and fabricating appropriate solutions.

🗸 Convey and express quantitative and qualitative information by utilizing a combination of technology-based tools (software, scanners and printing devices) and traditional 2-D and 3-D art media.

The Theatre Arts program allows you to gain skills sharpening your mind, body, and voice. The department offers a range of classes for those just getting started in performance and seeking general theatre appreciation all the way to more advanced specialized classes in physical theatre, mastering styles, or specific technical theatre study in stage craft, costumes, lighting, and sound. We currently offer AA degrees in technical theatre as well as performance, with specialized tracks in acting and musical theatre.

The Certificate of Achievement in American Sign Language (ASL) promotes fluency in ASL and an understanding of ASL culture. This is an eighteen unit program of study of a second language and its culture that prepares students to interact appropriately with Deaf persons in a variety of settings, including education, retail, medicine, entertainment, and community services. The program assists students who are seeking careers in a wide variety of fields that value multilingualism and multiculturalism, and/or cater specifically to Deaf consumers. The Certificate of Achievement establishes ASL linguistic and cultural fluency as a foundation for further studies in ASL, linguistics, ASL interpreting, or Deaf Studies.\

Program Learning Outcomes:

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

- Communicate in American Sign Language at an intermediate-high level as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

- Critically examine and comprehend the culture, values and practices of Deaf Americans.