The Dental Assisting program is a full-time day program to which students are admitted in August of each year. The curriculum is approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and leads to an Associate of Science Degree in Dental Assisting. After successful completion of the curriculum the student is eligible to take the National Board Examination and upon passing becomes a Certified Dental Assistant. This evidence of competence is recognized throughout the United States. In addition, graduates will be able to apply for and take the Dental Board of California examination for state licensure as Registered Dental Assistants. In addition to normal student expenses (for textbooks, etc.), the Dental Assisting Program requires an expenditure of approximately $2,000.00 during the one-year program for uniforms and special supplies. Applicants are encouraged to check with the Financial Aid Office for possible assistance before entering the program if this creates a hardship.

The program is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. The Commission on Dental Accreditation can be contacted at 312-440-4653 or at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

✔ incorporate and apply professional, ethical, legal, and regulatory concepts to oral health care services, community projects, and professional activities.

✔ integrate and apply health literacy and culturally competent communication skills to oral health care services, academic endeavors, community projects, and professional activities.

✔ apply critical thinking and self-assessment skills to enhance learning, research, patient care, and professional growth.

✔ adapt knowledge of the practice of dentistry to the demonstration of clinical dental assisting skills.

✔ exhibit knowledge necessary for successful completion of the California Registered Dental Assistant's Examination and the National Certified Dental Assistant's Examination.

This degree provides academic coursework based on a Deaf-centered framework that encourages students to embrace an empowered collaboration with Deaf people. It provides an introductory overview of the Deaf community and American Sign Language in a cultural context, with the psychosocial dynamics of people working in the Deaf community. It also emphasizes the development of skills related to paraprofessional services, in an individual or group setting, in an educational or social services agency that serves Deaf clients.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

✔ compare and contrast characteristics that impact a Deaf person’s life in the following areas: the world of work, education, family, language, and social development.

✔ demonstrate the ability to carry on American Sign Language conversation consistent with the ability of a 4th-semester second language learner with a Deaf individual or groups of Deaf people.

✔ apply entry-level positions working with the Deaf community.

✔ demonstrate knowledge of characteristics related to personal growth and adjustment in various populations within and outside of the Deaf community.

✔ apply skills in working with various Deaf participants within and outside of the Deaf community.

✔ demonstrate skills in working with school-age Deaf children in an educational setting.

✔ compare and differentiate the Deaf individual to individuals of diverse populations when comparing human development.

✔ demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community as an anti-audist ally.

✔ demonstrate the ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf-culture setting.

The course of study meets guidelines implemented by the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. It is designed to train students to become a licensed professional within the cosmetology industry. Students will receive a certificate of completion and have an option to earn an Associate of Science Degree. The program requires a minimum 1000 hours (2 semesters) of training and the completion of program required operational credits. Students will receive a Proof of Training to take the BBC written Exam to become a licensed cosmetology professional. Training includes the implementation of health and safety, disinfecting, sanitation and sterilization. Included are subjects in science as they relate to the field. Areas of study include, chemistry, bacteriology, micro-biology, hair structure, electricity, salon business, effective communication, professional development, customer relations, hair styling, thermal styling, hair cutting, hair coloring, permanent waving, chemical relaxing, various facial procedures, manicure, pedicure techniques, current trends, and state board rules and regulations.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

✔ apply technical knowledge and practical skills relating to the salon workplace.

✔ utilize specialized learning and mastery connecting to the California State Board Exam.

✔ analyze situations in the salon workplace by applying experience, knowledge, and communication skills in customer relations, professionalism, salon business, and management.

✔ measure salon readiness through acquired skills and evaluation.

✔ formulate, demonstrate, and complete tasks needed to apply to the field of cosmetology.

✔ incorporate and build on practical skills and the quality of their valuable work using the functional textbook study guide rubric self-assessment scale, available per chapter lesson.

✔ complete all practical and operational requirements and hours to take the California State Board Cosmetology Exam.

✔ extend and build on their theological knowledge and the quality of the foundation relating to their practical work using the textbook study guide Rubik's self-assessment scale.

✔ identify operational, technical sequential skills needed to be successful in the salon workplace and to pass the California State Board Written Exam.

✔ define California State Board Rules and Regulations, sanitation, disinfection, client protection, health, and safety as it pertains to the salon workplace and the California State Board Written Exam.

✔ complete all theory/lecture requirements and hours to take the California State Board Cosmetology Written Exam.

✔ apply science related subjects to the technical and practical skills learned.
 

Web Developers are proficient at creating Web site structure and interactivity. The Web Developer degree requires students to design, code, and modify websites from layout to function, in accordance to a client’s specification. Students will work with a variety of tools, environments, and applications to learn and practice website programming, scripting languages, and interacting with databases.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Manage a multi-level Web site hosted on a Web server.

🗸 Utilize multiple programs simultaneously in order to develop Web sites.

🗸 Recommend Web scripting language, current markup language or Web authoring software, and cascading style sheets to develop complex Web sites that are uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to a Web server.

🗸 Research and implement current, valid World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards including technical recommendations for markup languages, and other recommendations as they are introduced.

🗸 Plan a structured approach to Web site development that identifies the information dissemination needs of a client and organizes the content effectively and efficiently in order to communicate to an identified audience; then develop and implement an appropriate Web solution.

🗸 Utilize client-side scripting in order to manipulate interactive objects like navigation bars, forms, rollovers, other event handling, and the control of windows, frames, and/or layers.

🗸 Develop Web solutions that include form validation and processing, server-side programming, and database-driven Web development.

🗸 Demonstrate proficiency in the process of Web project management on a real-world Web site including design specification, research, production, modification, time estimation, and presentation.

🗸 Write code in a currently used Web scripting language.

Career Information

This Web Developer Degree prepares students to become Web Developer, Webmaster, Systems Analyst, Web Systems Analyst, IT Analyst, ICT Analyst, Web Database Administrator, Back-end Developer, and Web Programmer.

CRC's programs in CIS include study in computer programming, information systems security, computer networking, management information systems, and computer applications. A wide range of degree and certificate programs is available to meet the needs of transfer students who plan to complete a four-year degree as well as career/technical students who plan to enter the workforce. Several programs are designed to promote a career ladder from certificate to associate degree to university transfer. Other programs are designed to upgrade the skill set of working IT professionals. All program options are designed with advice from business and industry representatives and conform to industry standards. For more information, refer to specific information about each program on the following pages. Transfer students should see a counselor to develop an educational plan based on the specific requirements of the transfer institution.

This degree is designed to meet CSU Sacramento's lower-division coursework for a BS in Business Administration with a Management Information Systems concentration.

Note to Transfer Students:

If you are interested in transferring to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor’s degree in this major, it is critical that you meet with a CRC counselor to select and plan the courses for your major. Schools vary widely in terms of the required preparation. The courses that CRC requires for an Associate’s degree in this major may be different from the requirements needed for the Bachelor’s degree.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Apply fundamental information and communication technology concepts in various types of organizational settings (PSLO #01).

🗸 Organize data sets by using spreadsheet application software in various types of organizational settings (PSLO #02).

🗸 Apply fundamental accounting concepts and principles to decision-making processes in various organizational settings (PSLO #03).

🗸 Apply fundamental economics concepts and principles to decision-making processes in various organizational settings (PSLO #04).

🗸 Apply fundamental legal concepts and principles to decision-making processes in various organizational settings (PSLO #05).

🗸 Use statistical and mathematical methods to support decision-making processes in various organizational settings (PSLO #6).

Career Information

Applications Software Specialist; Business Operations Manager

This degree allows students to acquire basic core Information Technology competencies that will prepare them for a career in Computer Networking, Cybersecurity, and related fields.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 PSLO #1: Apply fundamental knowledge of computing and the current use of technology techniques, skills, and tools necessary for the computing practice.

🗸 PSLO #2: Evaluate and solve business problems with technology solutions using qualitative and quantitative information.

🗸 PSLO #3: Assess user needs in the selection, creation, evaluation and administration of computer-based information systems.

🗸 PSLO #4: Demonstrate appreciation of the Information Technology career field and the need to be lifelong learners.

Career Information

The Associate's degree in Information Technology prepares students to either enter the workforce as an entry-level computer or network support technician or pursue a bachelor's degree in managing information systems. Several CSUs currently offer baccalaureate IT or CT programs, as do several private universities.

This program prepares IT professionals to apply knowledge and experience in risk management and digital forensics to safeguard infrastructure and secure data through continuity planning and disaster recovery operations. Courses deliver proven methods for information security using software analysis techniques, cloud management, and networking strategies to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber-attacks. This program also provides preparation for several nationally recognized, high-demand certifications in the field of Cybersecurity.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Design and produce business information systems solutions incorporating current Information Technology, trends, security, and best practices (PSLO 1).

🗸 Execute Linux system commands from either a keyboard or a shell script using correct command syntax (PSLO 2).

🗸 Analyze and implement security concepts and security policies (PSLO 3).

🗸 Analyze common threats to and vulnerabilities of computer systems and networks (PSLO 4).

🗸 Implement and manage Cisco secure networks (PSLO 5).

🗸 Implement network perimeter defense (PSLO 6).

Career Information

Some career opportunities associated with this degree include: security analyst, network systems security administrator, security policy analyst, information technology specialist (State of California) and more.

This program provides a foundation in algorithm development, programming techniques, data structures, and structured problem solving.

This A.S. Degree would be appropriate for a student planning to transfer to the California State University (CSU) or the University of California (UC) to major in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

It is critical that transfer students regularly meet with a CRC counselor and the CRC programming faculty to select specific CRC courses that match university degree requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Redefine a complex problem into a sequential set of parts that can be translated into the language of programming logic.

🗸 Design, write, test, and debug computer programs in a structured language, a low-level language, and an object-oriented language.

🗸 Incorporate foundational data management concepts such as data structures within computer programs.

The role of communication in the workplace today has grown in importance, and workplace communication competencies are increasingly in demand. The number one skill identified by employers is the ability to communicate clearly in both oral and written form. The number two skill identified by employers as necessary is the ability to work effectively as a member of a team. A competitive workplace requires employees to exercise competence in interview skills, professional presentations, written communication, group problem solving, intercultural interactions, conflict management, and analytical reasoning. This transferable degree gives students a foundation that can be used in any career path, increasing one's preparation for employment and transferability to a university.

HIGHLIGHTS

*Transfer requirements simultaneously met while pursuing degree

*Many of the courses required for this degree can also be used to fulfill transfer general education requirements for the CSU system.

*Our courses are interdisciplinary in nature. Communication Studies offers students an opportunity to explore coursework in oral communication, critical thinking, social sciences, multicultural studies, and living skills.

*Students will find this background helpful and applicable to their everyday pursuits. Students intending to transfer to a university will have a solid base of courses that will interface with further, focused study in a major. For those wishing to pursue a university degree in the field of communication, degrees can be earned with emphasis in the following areas:

🗸 Mass Media Studies

🗸 Broadcast Electronic Communication Arts

🗸 Organizational Communication

🗸 Intercultural Communication

🗸 Visual Communication

🗸 Rhetoric

🗸 Group Communication

🗸 Interpersonal Communication

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Design and relate messages clearly for effective and appropriate oral communication (PSLO-1).

🗸 Apply effective listening skills to comprehend spoken messages, analyze information critically and consider multiple perspectives (PSLO-2).

🗸 Compose ideas clearly in effective, appropriate and well-organized written messages (PSLO-3).

🗸 Analyze and formulate critical thinking within the evidence and reasoning of spoken and written messages (PSLO-4).

🗸 Assess individual responsibility within one's ability to influence ethical, effective and appropriate communication among diverse settings and people (PSLO-5).

🗸 Define and identify various theoretical perspectives across the discipline of communication studies (PSLO-6).

Career Information

Public Information; Human Resources Development; Corporate Training; Motivational Speaking; Political Speech Writing; Radio & Television; Advertising; Public Relations; College & University Instruction; Organizational Administration; Negotiation & Mediation Services; Writing for Publication; Personnel Management; Customer Service; Social Science Research; Corporate Imaging; Campaign Management; Marketing; Community Relations; Grant Writing

The AA for Transfer in Communication Studies prepares students for graduation from Cosumnes River College as well as transfer to a four-year university, including lower division preparation for the major. Courses required for the degree provide students with a practical and theoretical foundation in the discipline and offer a critical perspective on human communication in a various contexts. Students completing this program will explore the history and interdisciplinary nature of human communication, develop communication competency for a variety of contexts, compose and critically evaluate oral, written and visual messages for diverse audiences, construct and defend arguments in support of a thesis, as well as demonstrate individual responsibility and integrity in all communication interactions.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

🗸 Design and relate messages clearly for effective and appropriate oral communication (PSLO-1).

🗸 Apply effective listening skills to comprehend spoken messages, analyze information critically and consider multiple perspectives (PSLO-2).

🗸 Compose ideas clearly in effective, appropriate and well-organized written messages (PSLO-3).

🗸 Assess individual responsibility within one's ability to influence ethical, effective and appropriate communication among diverse settings and people (PSLO-4).

🗸 Define and identify various theoretical perspectives across the discipline of communication studies (PSLO-5).

Career Information

Transfer: Courses offered by the Communication Department meet a wide range of lower division transfer requirements for CSU and UC universities. The department offers many courses designed to prepare students for transfer to a variety of disciplines including Business, Communication Studies, Criminal Justice, Education, Liberal Arts, Pre-Law, Mass Media, Management, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work.

Upon completion of a baccalaureate degree after transfer, students will gain opportunities for employment and promotion in fields including Public Information; Human Resources Development; Corporate Training; Motivational Speaking; Political Speech Writing; Radio & Television; Advertising; Public Relations; College & University Instruction; Organizational Administration; Negotiation & Mediation Services; Writing for Publication; Personnel Management; Customer Service; Social Science Research; Corporate Imaging; Campaign Management; Marketing; Community Relations; and Grant Writing.