The CSM Certificate of Specialization has been designed for students who plan to enter the field of Real Estate in such areas as sales, brokerage, property management, investments, planning, and additional career paths.

The program prepares students for employment and is stackable with our Real Estate AA Degree program, which qualifies them for the real estate sales and brokers examinations enabling students to enter residential real estate sales and other career paths in Real Estate.

CSM has been a respected Real Estate education college for over half a century and our RE courses are all accepted by the California State Department of Real Estate towards both sales agent and broker licensure requirements.

Career Opportunities

Essentially all real estate agents are employed in real estate offices as salespersons. Some agents secure employment with developers, land-buying corporations, and government agencies. Additional opportunities for those with a background in real estate include appraiser, escrow officer, loan officer, mortgage banker/ broker, and property manager.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Meet the requirements to sit for the California Real Estate License Exam.

🗸 Define the role and responsibilities of a real estate agent in California.

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding of how real estate is acquired, held, used, regulated, taxed, and transferred.

This certificate provides an understanding of the constructs of personality as well as the study of abnormal psychology, mental health, and treatment. This increases understanding of human behavior that may be applied to enhance job skills in a variety of fields as well as to support preparation for future pathways of study at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities supported by this certificate include administrator, community college instructor or academic counselor, drug abuse counselor, employment counselor, human factors specialist, mental health professional, outreach specialist, personnel analyst, personnel management specialist, probation officer, psychiatric aide, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychometrist, research director, social services director, survey designer, student affairs officer, therapist, training officer, and Marriage, Family, Child Counselor.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Identify the key concepts in abnormal psychology, including historical and current perspectives of identifying, assessing, and treating psychological conditions.

🗸 Identify and distinguish key constructs of the personality of self and others, demonstrating an understanding of core theories of personality.

🗸 Demonstrate an understanding of scientific research regarding the development of psychological health and illness in personality.

This Certificate of Specialization provides the foundational skills necessary to enter the music industry. Career opportunities include music producer, recording engineer, songwriter, sound designer, film and video game composer, audio technician, live sound mix engineer, and performing artist.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities include music producer, recording engineer, songwriter, sound designer, film and video game composer, audio technician, live sound mix engineer, and performing artist.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate the basic functions and uses of audio equipment including microphones, mixers, amplifiers, speakers, computer music software and hardware, MIDI synthesizers, drum machines and effects processors.

🗸 Create high-quality digital audio productions.

🗸 Demonstrate entry-level skills and knowledge necessary for selected careers in the music industry

The Electronic Music Program combines the areas of music, electronics and computer science, with a primary emphasis on music. The Electronic Music Certificate is designed for students who intend to start their own electronic music studios where they may record music for videos, films, or individual artists, as well as compose and produce their own music on electronic instruments. Completion of a Certificate in Electronic Music expands career opportunities to include performer, producer, recording engineer, sound designer and sound engineer.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities include performer, producer, recording engineer, and sound engineer.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Compose, produce, record and mix original electronic music pieces using various electronic music technologies and techniques.

🗸 Design original sounds using analog synthesis, digital synthesis and sampling.

🗸 Create and synchronize original sound effects, Foley, music and dialogue to visuals.

🗸 Analyze the compositional elements, production qualities and musical aesthetics of their own works and the works of other electronic musicians, producers and composers.

The Project Management certificate prepares students with the essential skills and education to be a successful project manager and perform skills such as planning, leading, executing and controlling organizational projects, as well as a variety of techniques requiring technology and soft skills.

Career Opportunities

There is a high demand for trained project managers in the Peninsula and surrounding areas in various industries, such as information technology, construction, medical, and more. Project manager's average salary in San Mateo County is $108,000/year, which provides a living wage in this area.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Identify and define project needs.

🗸 Identify, analyze, and resolve project problems.

🗸 Plan project schedules and budgets.

🗸  Manage effectively in a variety of project organizational structures.

🗸 Communicate effectively among various project personnel and stakeholders.

This program provides skills for the student who earns a certificate, as well as a base for those who intend to take the career path for the Associates and beyond. Students will learn about basic management skills and theories and how they are applied in the workplace.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities for those with supervisory and management training should improve dramatically in the years ahead. Employers in virtually every field will be seeking individuals with formal training in organization and management for supervisory, mid-level, and top management positions. Specific management opportunities include department/division manager, human resources manager, first-line supervisor, inventory manager, management consultant, information systems consultant, management trainee, office manager, operations manager, production manager, project manager, shift supervisor, small business owner/manager, and store manager. Some of these careers require an Associates, Bachelor’s, or advanced degree.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Critically analyze business management concepts and principles as applied to a business situation.

🗸 Explain the role of human resources in an organization.

🗸Apply leadership and team-building theories in the workplace.

This program focuses on the fundamentals of human resources management and prepares the student for the Society for Human Resource Management exam.

Career Opportunities

Students completing this certificate will be prepared for entry-level positions such as human resources managers, generalists, assistants, and specialists.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate understanding of the core functions of the Human Resource profession as practiced in a contemporary business setting.

🗸 Identify critical Federal, State, or local laws implemented by the Human Resource team.

🗸 Demonstrate professional business communication skills appropriate for Human Resources personnel

This program provides skills for the student who earns a certificate, as well as a base for those who intend to take the career path for the Associates and beyond. Students will learn about basic management skills and theories and how they are applied in the workplace.

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities for those with supervisory and management training should improve dramatically in the years ahead. Employers in virtually every field will be seeking individuals with formal training in organization and management for supervisory, mid-level, and top management positions. Specific management opportunities include department/division manager, human resources manager, first-line supervisor, inventory manager, management consultant, information systems consultant, management trainee, office manager, operations manager, production manager, project manager, shift supervisor, small business owner/manager, and store manager. Some of these careers require an Associates, Bachelor’s, or advanced degree.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Critically analyze business management concepts and principles as applied to a business situation

🗸 Explain the role of human resources in an organization

🗸 Apply leadership and team-building theories in the workplace

The Yoga Teacher Training - 300 hour certificate (YTT-300) is an advanced study of yoga practice, technique, teaching methodology, anatomy, philosophy and ethics. It is intended for students who are already a Registered Yoga Teacher with 200 hours of training (RYT-200). Students who complete the 300-hour training in addition to completing a Registered Yoga School 200 Hour Training (RYS-200) training AND teach for 100 hours after the completion of the 200-hour training may register to become a Registered Yoga Teacher with 500 hours of training (RYT 500).

The YTT-300 advanced training is designed to build upon and deepen the student's understanding of topics taught in the 200-hour certificate. It prepares students to teach principles and techniques of yoga that are more advanced, detailed, and subtle. This training enables them to teach with greater skill than could reasonably be expected of a RYT-200. Focus is placed upon teaching flow-based yoga, choreographing flow-based yoga sequences, teaching from an anatomically sound point of view, developing a strong personal practice, articulating an educational layer while teaching yoga asana classes, and finding stillness through restorative yoga.

This certificate program is intended to fulfill the requirements of the Yoga Alliance 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Yoga Alliance is a nationally recognized organization that regulates yoga teaching standards. Students who complete their training at CSM may register online with Yoga Alliance upon fulfillment of their certificate.

Career Opportunities

Upon completion of the Yoga Teacher Training 300-hour certificate, graduates will be prepared to teach beginning, intermediate and advanced level yoga classes. Specialization in creative flow-based yoga, anatomically based yoga, restorative yoga, and yoga pedagogy. Graduates will also gain a broad knowledge of teaching theories, yoga philosophy, and anatomical sciences, thus making them coveted employees at yoga studios, health clubs, corporate yoga ventures, and other locations that offer yoga classes.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to: 

🗸 Demonstrate advanced competence in teaching flow-based yoga classes. 

🗸 Demonstrate advanced competence in teaching restorative yoga classes. 

🗸 Demonstrate a deep understanding of human anatomy and kinesiology as it relates to yoga and fitness. 

🗸 Demonstrate the ability to educate students about anatomy and yoga philosophy while teaching a hatha yoga class. 

🗸 Demonstrate the ability to incorporate pedagogical theories into hatha yoga classes. 

🗸 Demonstrate expertise in a yoga topic of their choosing.

The Yoga Certificate program includes instruction in the technique, pedagogy, history, culture and theory involved in Yoga studies and practice. Students will gain observation and student teaching hours by taking the Yoga Pedagogy Lab course.

This certificate program is intended to fulfill the requirements of the Yoga Alliance 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Yoga Alliance is a nationally recognized organization that regulates yoga teaching standards, and students who complete their training at CSM may register online with Yoga Alliance.

The Yoga Teacher Training Certificate enables instructors to teach Level I and Level II Hatha Yoga to groups and individuals.

Career Opportunities

The Yoga Teacher Training - 200 Hour Certificate Program prepares students to teach at a health club, fitness center, or privately owned studio.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Teach a safe and effective yoga class

🗸 Demonstrate a basic understanding of yoga history and culture 3. Demonstrate basic understanding of anatomy as it pertains to yoga