Prepares students to teach group mat and reformer classes as well as private training sessions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Design original Pilates mat and reformer programs for students of various levels and abilities

🗸 Plan and teach a safe and effective Pilates mat and reformer class

Prepares students to teach group mat classes and mat personal training sessions.

Career Opportunities

Pilates is a fast-growing industry with approximately 8.6 million participants. It is also one of the fastest-growing physical activities in the US currently. Jobs are available in fitness clubs, privately owned studios, wellness centers, spas, schools, community centers, medical facilities, physical therapy clinics, corporate settings, and more

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Design original Pilates mat programs for students of various levels and abilities

🗸 Plan and teach a safe and effective Pilates Mat class

Prepares students to teach the complete Pilates repertoire on the Mat, Reformer, Trapeze Table, Chair, Barrels and Small Apparatus.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Design original Pilates mixed-apparatus programs for students of various levels and abilities

🗸 Teach a safe and effective Pilates mixed-apparatus class

A Certificate in Sports Coaching will provide students with fundamental principles to enhance their coaching knowledge and abilities. The program is designed for all coaches at any level. The certificate can serve to make a coaching candidate more qualified for a position, or if already coaching, enhance one's coaching abilities. The program will serve to expose students to Principles of Coaching, Sports Psychology, First Aid/CPR, and some basic movement activities. The entire certificate can be done online.

Career Opportunities

Sports coaching at the grammar school, recreational, or high school level.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Select a coaching philosophy that is compatible with one's values and beliefs.

🗸 Apply the learned theories and techniques of optimal performance.

🗸 Earn the American Red Cross certification in Adult/ Child/Infant CPR, Adult & Child AED, and Standard first aid.

Pilates is a mind-body method of exercise using a floor mat and a variety of equipment to improve one's strength, flexibility, agility and performance. Pilates increases core strength and teaches body awareness, good posture and efficient movement patterns. The Specialized Pilates Instructor Certificate prepares students to teach at a health club, fitness center, privately owned studio, or as an independent contractor. The program includes instruction in the technique, pedagogy, history and theory behind Pilates. Students procure personal sessions, observation hours, and student teaching hours in each of the program's core courses. In addition, students choose 2-3 elective courses to create an individualized program that suits their career goals.

Career Opportunities

The goal of the Certificate of Achievement in Pilates is to provide training to prepare students for a career in fitness and/or Pilates. The program is also focused on providing continuing education for professionals already working in the fields of fitness, health, kinesiology, physical therapy, sports medicine/athletic training, and massage. Pilates develops students physically as well as academically. The Pilates Certificate program includes instruction in the technique, pedagogy, history and theory behind Pilates. Students procure personal sessions, observation hours, and student teaching hours in each of the program’s core courses. Upon completion of the certificate program, students will be prepared to teach at a health club, fitness center, privately owned studio, or as an independent contractor.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Demonstrate a holistic understanding of particular area(s) of specialization and how it/they can be applied to one's teaching.

🗸 Plan and teach a safe and effective Pilates mixed apparatus class

Students will develop entry-level expertise in the areas of fire suppression, fire prevention, training and administration. Opportunities also exist with private industry safety programs, insurance companies, and fire equipment manufacturing firms.

The Fire Technology field offers enhanced opportunities for employment to students who have completed CSM's program. Through the expertise of the faculty and exposure to professional fire service personnel, students can expect to be trained in the latest theories and techniques of fire technology, firefighting skills, and emergency medical training.

Students who wish to concentrate on meeting the basic requirements for entry-level employment are advised to complete the EMT and Fire Academy courses. Fire agencies in California require completion of this training to meet minimum requirements for employment as a firefighter. However, many agencies are beginning to require an Associate degree for entry-level positions.

Career Opportunities

The Fire Technology program prepares students to meet the high standards necessary in pursuing a career in the fire service as a firefighter, or a member of related fire protection services such as emergency medical technician.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Identify and discuss the concepts and theories related to the fire service including its history and development, fire prevention techniques and fire protection equipment, fire behavior and chemistry, building construction considerations, and firefighter safety.

🗸 Recognize the tools and equipment used in the fire service, and demonstrate their safe and proper use.

🗸 Explain and demonstrate the importance of developing interpersonal and communication skills necessary to function within the fire service and society at large.

🗸 Describe and demonstrate the value and necessity of ethics, integrity, and professionalism in the fire service.

The Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies Certificate of Achievement is an 18-20 unit certificate that introduces students to a critical analysis of Pacific peoples and cultures in the U.S. diaspora and beyond. Privileging the voices of native Pacific Islanders, the interdisciplinary curriculum explores historical and contemporary topics such as colonization, militarization, social movements, and immigration, through the use of academic and community-based scholarship. All required courses are University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU)-transferable and meet College of San Mateo General Education (GE) area requirements. Although the certificate is ideal for those whose careers involve working with native Pacific Islanders and other communities of color such as service providers, health practitioners, law enforcement, researchers, teachers, and other professionals, the primary goal is to encourage students to further their educational aspirations through the completion of an associate's degree and successful transfer to a four-year university.

Career Opportunities

Non-profit organizations, teacher, athletic coach, counselor, social services, law enforcement, public health, marine biology, oceanography, and government.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

- Critically evaluate behavioral, social, and indigenous theories and methodologies used in the study of Pacific Islander communities in relation to their cultural, economic, educational, health, immigration, political, and social conditions.

- Compare and contrast the expression of the ocean aesthetic across Pacific Islander cultural practices including architecture, arts, dance, film, language, literature, music, poetry, sports, and theater.

- Apply critical and analytical skills through problem-solving techniques and study strategies in preparation for educational and career outcomes.

- Demonstrate effective communication through listening, reading, writing, and speaking to strengthen individual, community, and public engagement

- Assess the expression of the ocean across Pacific Islander communities through film, media, digital stories, and cinema in shaping social and cultural issues important to Oceania.

Five-year training program for apprentices to become journeyman electricians through the local union.

Career Opportunities

Apprentices are trained through the union and work throughout the five-year training program, assigned to job sites just as journeyman electricians are through the union hall.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Recognize and apply electrical safety and awareness of electrical hazards

🗸 Recognize, discuss and apply NEC articles to practical wiring applications

🗸 Recognize, discuss and apply the concepts used by an Inside Wireman

🗸 Recognize, discuss and apply the tools, materials and parts used by an Inside Wireman

Drafting is common to all industrial design, manufacturing and construction activities. The drafter interprets the engineer's ideas, presenting them in the language of manufacturing and construction. Recognized as one of the finest Drafting programs in the state, CSM's instructors have recent industry experience and classrooms are equipped with the latest equipment, including computer-aided drafting (CAD) stations.

Career Opportunities

CAD operators use computer-aided programs to create drawings that are used in building or manufacturing. Drafters may be employed in the architectural, aeronautical, industrial design and engineering fields to create drawings that provide technical specifications. A graduate of CSM’s Drafting Technology program may select from several enviable opportunities. The graduate may immediately enter the industry as a draftsperson with the potential to become a designer or may opt to continue their education at a state university for a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology, becoming eligible for technical management positions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Apply and integrate computer technology in the form of 2D and 3D CAD software applications to create drafting drawings, presentation graphics and 3D design image models for project solutions which are skills necessary for entry-level employment in the drafting industry.

🗸 Use engineering organization standards, technical vocabulary and industry conventions of working drawings for mechanical, structural, architectural, and industrial project types.

- Communicate effectively in a professional environment and continue growth in professional knowledge and skills.

Drafting is common to all industrial design, manufacturing and construction activities. The drafter interprets the engineer's ideas, presenting them in the language of manufacturing and construction. Recognized as one of the finest Drafting programs in the state, CSM's instructors have recent industry experience and classrooms are equipped with the latest equipment, including computer-aided drafting (CAD) stations.

Career Opportunities

A graduate of CSM’s Drafting Technology program may select from several enviable opportunities. The graduate may immediately enter the industry as a draftsperson with the potential to become a designer or may opt to continue their education at a state university for a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology, becoming eligible for technical management positions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

🗸 Apply and integrate computer technology in the form of 2D and 3D CAD software applications to create drafting drawings, presentation graphics and 3D design image models for project solutions which are skills necessary for entry-level employment in the drafting industry.

🗸 Use engineering organization standards, technical vocabulary and industry conventions of working drawings for mechanical, structural, architectural and industrial project types.

🗸 Communicate effectively in a professional environment and continue growth in professional knowledge and skills.