The Intermediate Academic English Language Skills Certificate of Competency is a noncredit certificate designed to show that a student has demonstrated proficiency in academic English language skills at an intermediate level by successfully completing ESL353 and ESL354.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO:

🗸 Compose expository essays that clearly support a specific stance by utilizing information in a variety of ways to produce essays with clear relationships between paragraphs.
🗸 Analyze lengthy written academic passages by accurately and clearly writing summary responses that concisely paraphrase the original passage as well as producing clear responses that connect real-world experience with ideas found in the passage.
🗸 Examine academic listening passages for main ideas and specific information used to support them.

This certificate prepares students to design Kitchen and Bath in residential solutions to real design problems. The certificate emphasizes space planning, creative problem-solving, communication skills, knowledge of building materials and construction, furnishings, presentation, and conventional and computer-aided drafting, all under the guidelines of the National Kitchen and Bath Associations (NKBA).

Career Opportunties

The Interior Design Program works closely with NKBA to assure adherence to kitchen and bathroom guidelines and accessibility standards. The COA in Kitchen and Bathroom specifically promotes program development in terms of successful course completion, alternative basic skills and enhanced workforce development. Furthermore, the completion of our course requirements for the COA in Kitchen and Bathroom, will prepare students for the Associate Kitchen & Bath Designer (AKBD) exam, which will facilitate a smooth transition between academia and the workforce. Many of the students studying Interior Design at Chabot College are student members of the NKBA Northern California Chapter. Our program strongly supports our students to attend the monthly NKBA Chapter meetings which foster the development of the Kitchen Bathroom industry network.

Program Learning Outcomes

- Explain in a design statement the creative solution for a kitchen and/or bathroom.

- Apply NKBA guidelines, accessibility, building codes and California Title XIV required for a kitchen and/or bathroom remodel or construction.

- Prepare a complete set of drawings for a kitchen or bathroom using NKBA drafting requirements.

- Select materials, finishes, appliances and cabinetry for a kitchen and/or bathroom 5. Provide a budget brake down for the entire project.

This certificate prepares students to design and focus on residential solutions to real design problems. The certificate emphasizes space planning, creative problem-solving, communication skills, knowledge of building materials and construction, furnishings, presentation, conventional and computer-aided design drafting, and the history of design.

Program Learning Outcomes

- Develop functional interior spaces

- Draw appropriate floor plans

- Demonstrates an understanding of professional practices

The English for Careers Certificate of Competency is a career preparation sequence of noncredit classes designed for English language learning students seeking short-term training that prepares them for entry-level careers in a variety of work fields. This certificate provides students with basic customer service and general workplace language skills.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO:

🗸 Identify and use appropriate vocabulary and expressions needed for a specific job.
🗸 Read and use a variety of workplace texts to complete common tasks.
🗸 Perform typical writing tasks for workplace documentation and career advancement.
🗸 Communicate effectively by considering audience, purpose, and task and using appropriate grammar structures.

Advanced manufacturing uses information, automation, sensing, and networking, and/or cutting edge materials and emerging capabilities enabled by the physical and biological sciences, for example, nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. This program involves both new ways to manufacture existing products and the manufacturing of new products emerging from new advanced technologies. Learn the foundations of advanced manufacturing processes for entry into this growing field.

Career Opportunities

Advanced Manufacturing technicians are in demand in automation/ robotics, automated machining, welding, and emerging manufacturing technologies.

Program Learning Outcomes

- The student will identify and characterize the manufacturing processes of an advanced manufacturing operation.

- The student will demonstrate a fundamental proficiency in preparing 2D and 3D digital drawings and part files for automated manufacturing.

This certificate program will prepare the student for an entry-level position as a medical coder and other medical billing positions. This program focuses on medical coding and billing for outpatient facilities, medical clinics and physician offices. Students will learn medical terminology, pathophysiology, medical legal and ethical aspects, electronic health records (EHR), medical insurance and reimbursement requirements. Students will learn how to accurately assign codes using the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD-10-CM), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) manuals. This program begins every spring and courses are taken in progression-spring, then summer, and then fall.

Career Opportunities

A Health Information Medical Coder is an individual who analyzes medical records and assigns codes to index diagnoses and produces to support clinical care; assists medical research in hospitals, physician’s offices, clinics and other health care facilities; and provides information for reimbursement purposes. Codes are used by institutions for quality assurance activities and case mix management. A Health Information Medical Coder is an important member of the health care team and contributes in varied health care settings, both inpatient and outpatient. Per December 2019 LMI data, there are approximately 3,710 annual openings in the Bay Region and 1,019 annual opening in the East Bay Sub-region. Careers include Medical Records and Health Information Technicians, Medical Secretaries and Data Entry Keyers.

Program Learning Outcomes

- Analyze medical terminology, diseases/disorders, diagnostic modalities, and treatment in medical record documentation to effectively convert written words into Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases (ICD10-CM) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes;

- Evaluate law and ethics as it relates to the business of medicine and the medical coding profession;

- Interpret and apply coding guidelines and requirements to demonstrate correct coding using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases (ICD10-CM) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) manuals;

- Use critical thinking to translate the highest level of specificity when selecting Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes;

- Identify correct billing procedures/processes for medical insurance and third-party reimbursements;

- Identify coding errors and apply appropriate corrections prior to reporting to third-party payers for healthcare services.

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) certificate is designed to train students with GIS software, a widely used technology that creates data-driven graphics in addition to data management, processing and analytics. This software is used in companies in the Bay Area and across the country. The certificate provides career preparation and lifelong learning by offering courses that meet workforce needs. The program provides students with a solid foundation in the use of GIS technology, map layout, 3D modeling, and aerial platforms.

Career Opportunities

GIS is used to acquire, represent, organize, analyze and visualize information in the public and private sectors. With this expanded application comes a broad range of GIS career areas, including (1) Business (Business Analytics, Technology Support, Economic Development) (2) Land Administration (Public Works, Surveying, Urban/Rural Planning) (3) Health and Human Services (Hospitals/ Health Systems, Managed Care, Public health) (4) Intelligence (Remote Sensing, Surveillance, Environmental Monitoring, Military Operations, Disaster Relief and Recovery, Communications) (5) Natural Resources (Agriculture, Archaeology, Climate Change, Forestry, Heritage Sites, Marine and Coastal, Water Resources) (6) Public Safety (Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Wildfire Management) (7) Transportation and Infrastructure (Highways, Logistics, Ports and Maritime, Public Transportation, Railways)

Program Learning Outcomes

- Identify significant spatial relationships and patterns in society including interactions between humans and their natural environment.

- Demonstrate competency in techniques of spatial overlay of themes, design and production of map layouts, graphical presentation of spatially distributed data, and analysis of geocoded database information.

The American English Pronunciation Certificate of Competency is a noncredit certificate designed to improve the clarity of pronunciation for English language learners with an intensive focus on standard American English vowel sounds, basic stress and rhythm patterns, consonant sounds, intonation patterns, and conversational strategies. By building awareness and practicing pronunciation points that are central to clarity in spoken communication, students improve accuracy in pronunciation leading to fluency and confidence in spoken English. May be offered in a distance-learning format.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO:

🗸 Demonstrate ability to pronounce English words, phrases, and sentences with increased native-like production of American English phonological systems.
🗸 Demonstrate improved ability to produce native-like rhythm patterns composed of several phonological rules as found in American English.

The Advanced English Fluency Certificate of Competency is a noncredit certificate that shows that a student has demonstrated mastery in beginning English by successfully completing ESL343 and ESL344, effectively completing the noncredit sequence. Upon achieving this certificate, the student can advance to the academic credit ESL sequence.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO:

🗸 Compose narrative, descriptive and opinion paragraphs that demonstrate clarity of expression, correct paragraph form, and command of basic grammatical structures.
🗸 Demonstrate comprehension of main ideas found in authentic reading passages, both expository and fiction, using complete sentences that show command of basic grammatical structures.
🗸 Demonstrate comprehension of main ideas found in listening passages using complete sentences that show command of basic grammatical structures.

The Advanced Academic English Language Skills Certificate of Competency is a noncredit certificate designed to show that a student has demonstrated mastery in academic English language skills at an advanced level by successfully completing ESL300 and ESL355.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO:

🗸 Compose grammatically accurate, cohesive and coherent essays demonstrating awareness of audience and clarity of intention.
🗸 Evaluate argument structures and consider conclusions based on facts, assumptions, inference, and logic in both oral and written form.
🗸 Evaluate research and argument structure to consider relevance and validity in one's own papers, published works, and speeches.
🗸 Compose articulate oral presentations that clearly communicate position and relevant support with understandable pronunciation and vocabulary choice.