The Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education offers hundreds of non-credit course options and certificates to fit your professional needs.
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| Name | Course Description | Credential | Cost |
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| Bookkeeping Certificate | How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business, or just looking to advance your career and add to your skill set, this Bookkeeping Certificate will provide you with the knowledge needed to measure, and manage, the financial health of your business. This program focuses on cash basis accounting. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Certificate in Accounting and Finance for the Non-Financial Manager | Every successful person in the workplace utilizes financial information to aid effective decision making. This course explains the financial concepts and accounting processes used in most businesses and will provide practical techniques that will increase your effectiveness and career. Get a foundation to understand the seven steps in the accounting cycle and use financial information in decision making. Come away with the knowledge to analyze resource allocation and evaluate financial performance. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Entrepreneurship Certificate | Get the latest on planning your business, brainstorming business ideas and a checklist for going into business. Learn how to create a business plan, including assessing business feasibility and preparing management and financial plans. Then take home a step-by-step approach to attract and keep customers, with an emphasis on customer-driven marketing decisions and building a strong brand. | ACE Credit | $698 |
| Certificate in Customer Service | Customer service is now essential for business and all work organizations. With the increase of technology, human interaction with customers becomes all the productivity, and increase your organization's success. You will also take away some extraordinary customer service techniques you won't find anywhere else. more important. Whether it relates to retaining customers, serving your audience, or turning inquiries from potential customers into sales, good customer service is now one of the central factors in organizational success. Learn to improve your customer service skills to enhance your career skill set, improve | Certificate of Completion | $245 |
| Certificate in Workplace Communication | Good communication in the workplace is more important than ever and critical to your career advancement and success. Come get a comprehensive and intensive preparation with skills and techniques you can put to use on Monday morning. Learn about a workable conflict management model, along with successful and practical conflict management strategies. Then work with a pro to learn how to improve your negotiation skills for a win-win outcome, including helping others to get what they want, so you get what you want. Finally, find out more about yourself and others using personality profiles for better work performance. You will be learning from some of our more popular instructors, and taking away new how-to skills that work. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| Certificate in Business Writing | Discover the keys to successful writing for the workplace. Whether you are writing a report, memo, letter or publicity notice, business writing has some defined characteristics for success. Successful communicators in the workplace move forward, others move back. Enhance your career by improving this critical communication skill. Begin with understanding the format, construction, and successful techniques of writing good business reports and proposals. Then improve your skills with editing and proofreading. Finally, discover what good journalists know. Learn how to write a news story, press release or other publicity notice that zings. Help your organization stand out with your new skills in business writing. This certificate will take you to the next level where business writing is a skill for personal and organizational success. about yourself and others using personality profiles for better work performance. You will be learning from some of our more popular instructors, and taking away new how-to skills that work. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Certificate in Leadership Development | Especially geared for future leaders in the Gen Y generation (born 1980-1999), the certificate provides how-to practical information on advancing your leadership potential and making a difference in both the workplace and in society. Find out what it takes to become an effective leader. Discover your style of leadership. Discuss task completion, building relationships with your subordinates, becoming socially perceptive to changes in the workplace, utilizing your emotions in a positive and effective manner, and addressing challenging goals. Then learn the unspoken secrets that leaders know and the strategies they employ/exhibit in for influencing others. Leadership skills are acquired and learned. You can become a leader if you know the do's and don'ts; what to say, what not to say; what to do, what not to do. At the end of completing the three course certificate, you will come away with a new understanding, new toolbox of leadership skills, and the information to move your leadership development into high gear. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Management Certificate | Enhance your management skills through this program for supervisors, managers, and emerging leaders. Nothing creates success like a solid foundation. Discover the keys for effectively managing your employees. Find out how to create clear expectations, engage and motivate employees, and increase your effectiveness. Then you will explore the principles of collaborative management and gain insight on how to expand your collaborative skills for success of your team or organization. Finally, get the keys to manage different generations in your workplace. Discover what motivates each generation at work, what incentives they respond to, and what messages they value. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate | Six Sigma professionals are in strong demand by organizations around the world. On the front-lines of Six Sigma efforts are Green Belts. LERN's Green Belt training teaches participants problem-solving skills, using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) model. After completing this challenging course, Six Sigma Green Belts serve their organizations as a trained specialist able to work on Six Sigma projects that benefit the organization. Although not required, participants are strongly encouraged to have a project during the course. The instructors and mentors work closely with the class to not only teach the material, but to guide candidates as they work projects. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Certificate in Project Management | In today's business environment, there is a need for good project management. Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer. Through continuous monitoring, early detection of variations to plan, schedule, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution, including project cancelation. Project management is one of the fastest paths to promotion by increasing your network through greater exposure. First, gain the skills, tools and templates to confidently develop and maintain a project. An overview of salaries, certification costs, education and experience requirements are provided. Then acquire a well-rounded knowledge of the five Project Management Processes relating to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide. This basic information will assist you in learning the beginnings of Project Management, whether you are interested in project management, in a project management field, or in any line of work. Finally, learn the ten Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five Project Management Processes. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Supervisory and Leadership Certificate | Your employees are your most valuable resources. Ensuring the efficiency of your team is the key to your success and is your most important responsibility. Get practical, easy to understand, and insightful methods for new and even experienced supervisors and managers. Learn about effective delegation, performance management, and writing performance reviews. Discuss the specifics of the supervisor's role and responsibilities, and strategies for improving your overall effectiveness as a leader. Take home practical information along with tips and techniques that can be applied at your job immediately. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Managing Remote Workers Certificate | You cannot manage remote workers like you manage office workers. But you can manage remote workers better, with greater productivity and efficiency. Discover the keys to successful managing in the new workplace of the 21st century. Get a step-by-step practical guide you won't get anywhere else. Employees and employers both like the new system. You'll want to apply these practices to your office workers as well. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Google Analytics Certificate | If you are not reviewing your website statistics, then you are missing several key opportunities to profit from your website traffic. This Certificate, aimed at non-technical users, will take you through all the key techniques and how to use website analytics using the world-standard Google Analytics, a free online tool. You'll understand your visitor traffic better, learn how to calculate return on investment (ROI) for your online advertising, and find out how to get more conversions and sales from your website visitors. A must for anyone serious about leveraging more success from their website. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Mastering Video Marketing Certificate | Video marketing is the latest hot new marketing trend. Shoppers who viewed product videos were 144% more likely to add the product to their cart. Video with good SEO has a 53% higher chance of showing up on page one of Google searches. When done correctly, video can tell a story, and stories connect people. Video also leads to an emotion 'trigger' that plain text cannot do. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Integrated Marketing Certificate | Discover advanced and new best practices in Integrated Marketing, the growing field that integrates traditional print marketing with digital marketing for even greater marketing success. Young generations are embracing print as well as online media, creating this exciting new area of marketing. Find out the keys to success in the almost forgotten but still remarkably effective area of print, including catalogs, direct mail letters and post cards. Gain advanced marketing concepts and principles such as R, F, & M analysis; AIDA, and the 3-30-3 principle, that lead directly to practical marketing success. Acquire the understanding of how digital marketing and print complement and enhance each other, and how to integrate both kinds of marketing for even greater overall effectiveness. Start any month. Come away with a new marketing expertise to make your value in the workplace even stronger. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Social Media for Business Certificate | Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government, and other organizations. From Facebook to Twitter, blogging, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more, discover the new principles of communication that apply across all networks and how these specific social networks work and the possible uses for your organization. Learn how social networks are used to develop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization. Then find out what you can be doing, what you should be doing, and take back a plan to integrate social networks into your communication and marketing. Whether you are new to social networks or already involved, you will come away with both an understanding of social networks and practical, how-to techniques to integrate social networks into your organization or business. Your instructors are outstanding practitioners who also speak, write, and train others on social networks.Introduction to Social Media must be taken before Marketing Using Social Media and Integrating Social Media in Your Organization. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Digital Marketing |
The Digital Marketing program is designed to help students with an interest in marketing create a portfolio and begin an entry level position in the digital marketing field. The curriculum is a project-based course that blends marketing theory, critical thinking skills, and practical experience to prepare students for an entry-level position in a growth industry. Students will become proficient in advertising platforms such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. |
Certificate of Completion | $3,999 |
| Real Estate Salesperson | Are you thinking about a new career in real estate sales? Study basic real estate principles and laws governing real estate licensing. Teaching includes: brokerage and agency, contract law, finance, appraising, deeds, closing and settlement, taxation and rental consumer protection issues | Massachusetts Real Estate License | $395 |
| Non-Profit Management | Non-profits today need to be run like a business in many respects. You have competition, a need to generate income and a surplus, and staff need to be even more productive. Get the best training on revenue generation for nonprofits, and program evaluation for nonprofits, with our Certificate in NonProfit Administration. You will come away with the latest best information from instructors who train people in nonprofits. | ACE Credit | $798 |
| Emergency Management AEM/CEM Prep Course | The AEM®/CEM® Prep Course was designed in partnership with the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). This course is designed for emergency management professionals seeking the AEM or CEM credential. Primarily, the course reviews key terms and concepts that may appear on the AEM/CEM exam. Certified Emergency Managers provide expert commentary, using their knowledge and experience to guide learners through the course. Please note that this course cannot be used to meet the AEM/CEM emergency management or general management training requirements at this time | AEM or CEM Credential | $399 |
| Agile Project Management | This online course introduces learners to Agile methods of project management. Beginning with an introduction to the core philosophy of Agile and the basic structure of an Agile project, the following modules address specific challenges that may be encountered by teams using Agile, best practices for integrating Agile methods into Waterfall environments, and the principles of Scrum, one of several specialized Agile methods. | ACE Credit | $695 |
| HR Management | This suite of courses will teach you the basics of managing the benefits and policies that support an effective staff. What does an employer need to know about anti-discrimination regulations? What are the key aspects of pay policies? How can employers avoid the traps of the employee selection process? In this suite of courses, you will discover the answers to these and other important questions | ACE Credit | $498 |
| Certificate in Leadership for Women in Business | This certificate explores both the social and psychological mechanisms that create challenges professional women often face. Alongside commentary from women leaders, the material also provides concrete and data-driven recommendations for advancing in your career. The courses in the certificate introduce key concepts and practices that all successful business people should be familiar with, thereby serving as a general introduction to topics like leadership, management, communication, work-life balance, networking, negotiation, and body language. | Certificate of Completion | $499 |
| Digital Marketing Certificate - Mind Edge | This certificate in digital marketing is aligned with the Online Marketing Certified Professional (OMCP) standards to ensure that it is comprehensive and relevant. Courses in this certificate cover the strategic issues, marketing methods and tactics, industry terminology, and best practices. 3 CEUs | 19.5 HRCIs | 10.5 PDUs | 30 SHRMs | Certificate of Completion | $648 |
| Digital Marketing Certificate-LERN | Come get a fundamental yet advanced introduction to eMarketing, including improving email promotions, analyzing your web site traffic, doing search engine optimization, and how to successfully employ online advertising. Relevant for any type of organization, including businesses, companies, non-profits, and government agencies. No eMarketing experience or expertise is necessary. If you are already at an advanced level, your instructors are experts and can provide the latest most advanced information and answer your toughest questions. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Nurse Assistant Training | You will learn about basic patient care, medical terminology, nutrition, patient care procedures, communication skills, basic anatomy, safety, and assisting with therapies. Nurse assistants are often the primary caregivers and are in close contact with residents on a daily basis. In this course, you will also gain knowledge that will enable you to provide care to those who choose to live in their own homes or in residential facilities. You will learn about transferring patients, client observation, infection control in the home, and emergency procedures. Basic nursing skills will be taught through classroom lectures, nursing labs and clinical practice in a long-term care facility. You will get true on-the-job training with actual patients - a unique opportunity! We keep the class small so that you get valuable one-on-one attention. You will not only gain the knowledge and skills that will enable you to get a job, but you will feel confident in your ability to perform all the duties required as an employee. Must be able to carry 50lbs., push/pull 25 lbs., climb stairs, stoop, and stand for long periods of time. Physician's note required if student is pregnant, stating no restrictions on moving and lifting. | Certified Nurse Assistant | $1,500 |
| Clinical Medical Assistant | Medical Assistants play a crucial role in helping doctors treat patients. In this course, you will learn medical terminology, medical law and ethics, HIPAA rules, scheduling systems, patient check-in and check-out, contents of a medical record, anatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nutrition, phlebotomy theory, injections, and routine treatment and laboratory duties. | CCMA | $2,500 |
| Medical Administrative Assistant | This program prepares students to function effectively in many of the administrative and clerical positions in the healthcare industry. It introduces medical administration that delivers the skills students require to obtain an administrative medical assistant position or advance within their current healthcare career. | CMAA | $2,000 |
| Home Health Aid/Personal Care Aid | facilities. You will learn about transferring patients, client observation, infection control in the home, and emergency procedures. Basic nursing skills will be taught through classroom lectures, nursing labs and clinical practice in a long-term care facility. You will get true on-the-job training with actual patients - a unique opportunity! | HHA Certification | $649 |
| Registered Behavior Technician | This 45-hour program will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to start a career working with children with Autism. This is a rapidly growing field with many professional development opportunities. Topics include teaching communication, play and social skills. Learn the science of behavior management and the skills necessary to work with clients and collect data. Successful completion of this course will enable you to sit for the RBT certification exam and will open a wide range of professional opportunities. | RBT Certification | $529 |
| Basic Life Support | This course teaches CPR skills for helping adults, children, and infants (including doing ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen); use of an automated external defribilator (AED); and relief of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO). It's intended for partipants who provide health care to pateints in a wide variety of settings. | American Heart Association BLS and CPR | $89 |
| Sterile Processing Technician | Do you want to be a vital member of a health care team? This program will teach you about the sterile processing department, vital infection control techniques, microbiology, and handling surgical instruments. Infectious disease and illness can spread through health care facilities rapidly and cause great devastation. Therefore, sterilization performed by well-trained and professional sterile processing technicians is a critical component for all health care facilities. You will learn through an interactive, hands-on experience. As a sterile processing technician, you can work in a variety of environments such as hospitals, outpatient care centers, nursing homes, physicians' offices, and veterinarian offices. Start your training to become sterile processing technician and be a valued member of a health care team! | Certificate of Completion | $1,329 |
| Ophthalmic Assistant | This 58 hour certificate program will introduce the student to the basic knowledge needed for a career in opthalmic medical assisting, This growing field is one in which the assistant works independent of the opthalmologist preparing patients for their eye exam. TOpics to be covered include: anatomy and physiology, diseases and treatments, as well as pointed histories, pharmacology, and basic skills. | Certificate of Completion | $1,050 |
| Pharmacy Technician | The 285 hour Pharmacy Technician program prepares students fro the Pharmacy Technician Certifcation Board (PTCB) Exam. Topics studied include pharmacology, pharmacy law, and pharmaceutical calculations, There are also externship opporutnities at local Walgreens or CVS Pharmacy. Enrollment includes six textbooks, a drug reference handbook, and a voucher for the PTCB Exam. | Certificate of Completion | $1,029 |
| Veterinary Assistant Certificate | Do you love animals? Have you ever thought about a career as a veterinary assistant? Gain the knowledge and skills as you train for an entry-level position as a veterinary assistant. Veterinary Assistants work in a variety of settings including animal hospitals and clinics, animal shelters, laboratories and zoos. They perform front office functions; assist in providing routine and emergency care, perform laboratory procedures, assist in dental and surgical procedures, and taking x-rays. | Certificate of Completion | $1,839 |
| Emergency Medical Technician | This course prepares the student upon successful completion of the Massachusetts EMT-Basic exam to practice at the EMT-Basic level. It provides supervised classroom, laboratory training, and field experience with a local Emergency Services provider. Students in this program will be required to complete approximately 160 hours of intensive lecture and laboratory materials. This program is accredited by the Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS). Upon successful completion of the didactic and clinical components of this program, the student will be eligible to take the certification examination for EMT-Basic of the Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services. | EMT Basic State Certifiction | $999 |
| Dental Radiographic Techniques and Safeguards for the Dental Assistant | This course provides essential concepts of dental radiology, including radiation hazards and safeguards, production and control of the dental x-ray beam, and intra-oral and extra-oral techniques, for dental assistants to legally operate dental x-ray equipment and perform dental radiographic procedures in Massachusetts. Classroom and laboratory instruction in x-ray exposure and processing techniques, as well as interpretation of dental radiographs is designed to prepare the student for clinical experience. | Certificate of Completion | $399 |
| Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygienists L-Permit Certification | This 40-hour training course is designed to prepare the licensed dental hygienist for the written certification examination for the Administration of Local Anesthesia administered by the Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners (NERB) in compliance with the regulations of the Board of Registration in Dentistry, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. This course includes: The basic science of local anesthetics, anatomy of the head, neck, and oral cavity includuing osseous and neuro anatomy, selection and preperation of armamentaria, pharmacology of local anesthetic and vasoconstrictors, techniques for administration of local anesthetic agents, medical and legal management and complications, prevention and management of medical emergencies, and infection control techniques. | L-Permit Certification | $1429 |
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Medical Coding & Billing for Outpatient Services Program |
Like most professions in healthcare, medical coding and billing isn’t a dead-end road. After you complete your training and establish a career in Outpatient Services, you’ll have plenty of advancement opportunities. There’s a number of job titles in the field—and they all provide varying levels of experience, salary potential, and day-to-day responsibilities. Developed for optimal job market alignment, this program teaches valuable skills and prepares learners to sit for the CBCS, CPC, COC, CCS-P certification exams. |
Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), and the Certified Coding Specialist—Physician-Based (CCS-P) certifications | $4,199 |
| Medical Billing | This 180-hour program helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need to work in healthcare reimbursement. Topics studied include bundled payments, the impact of the Affordable Care Act, and experience with current billing forms. Enrollment includes ebooks and a Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) exam voucher. | Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) | $3,099 |
| Aide Cuidado Personal (Asistente de Cuidados Personales) | El Departamento de Cuidado Directo y el Programa de Entrenamiento de Trabajadores de Massachusetts proveen 75 horas de entrenamiento de calidad competente a personal de Atención y Cuidado, a ayudantes de cuidado del hogar y empleados en hogares y comunidades establecidas. Utilizando técnicas comprobadas en el aprendizaje de adultos para educar y entrenar grupos diversos de trabajadores. Los ABC's o principios del currículo de Trabajadores de Cuidado Directo asegura que los trabajadores obtengan los cursos competentes básicos necesarios para esta profesión. Los participantes del Departamento de Cuidado Directo y el Programa de Entrenamiento de Trabajadores de Massachusetts obtendrán la oportunidad de aprender invaluables habilidades y capacitaciones en un ambiente de interacción divertido. Sirviendo con paso de enlace a otras profesiones aliadas a la salud, los graduados recibirán un certificado después de haber demostrado con éxito las habilidades y conocimientos adquiridos. Mientras que algunos participantes entusiasmadamente lo usaran como perspectivas de avanzar en una carrera, otros escogen el Cuidado Directo como trabajo o profesión. | HHA Certification | $649 |
| Certified Personal Trainer | Turn your passion into a career. The W.I.T.S. Hybrid personal trainer course has the best of both worlds with 5 weeks of virtual lectures every Tuesday 6:30pm - 9:30pm while providing 5 weeks of in-person practical skill labs on Thursday 630pm to 930pm to master how and what a personal trainer does with clients. As a bonus, we provide you with the online CPT course to use as additional study tools. The self-paced online program has short, impactful online videos with learning activities to be a successful personal trainer in the fitness industry. All of the virtual & in-person lessons will help you with key core topics to learn how the body functions under the stresses of exercise. Learn exercise physiology, kinesiology, nutrition and more. The essential practical skills are roll played each week to mast the skill set. We have included incredible veteran fitness mentors to help your successful outcome. Your test vouchers for the NCCA Accreditation national exams are included and a must for employers. | NCCA | $699 |
| Certificate in Basic Game Design | Games are increasingly recognized as a tool that can serve many business purposes beyond entertainment. This Certificate provides you with a general introduction to what goes into the design and development of both video and analog games, with a particular focus on the use of games outside of consumer entertainment. In the first course, you will discover resources for developing game design, identify the mechanics and verbs used in different games. You will come away with knowing the different activities that are part of game design, being able to flesh out a game idea in order to increase the chances to having a successful game design experience, and have a basic understanding of how to work with game developers. In the first course, you will discover resources for developing game design, identify the mechanics and verbs used in different games. You will come away with knowing the different activities that are part of game design, being able to flesh out a game idea in order to increase the chances to having a successful game design experience, and have a basic understanding of how to work with game developers. In the first course, you will discover resources for developing game design, identify the mechanics and verbs used in different games. You will come away with knowing the different activities that are part of game design, being able to flesh out a game idea in order to increase the chances to having a successful game design experience, and have a basic understanding of how to work with game developers. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
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Certificate in Mastering Excel |
A must-have skill to succeed in business, whether an entrepreneur or a valued employee, is the ability to create, edit and manage spreadsheets. Microsoft Excel is the most used spreadsheet tool in the world. Begin with learning how an Excel worksheet is constructed, populated with content, and edited for delivery. Discover how various menu items, commands, settings and processes affects the look of your Excel worksheets and workbooks. Then, increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Identify different types of data and how data can be best visually represented or formatted, by using different data tool techniques. Finally, you’ll learn a variety of Excel’s most powerful features to analyze data quickly and easily. This Certificate will help you discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. Students must have Microsoft Excel to complete this certificate. |
Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| Certificate in Data Analysis | Companies have vast amounts of data, but it is rare to have someone with the ability to analyze that data to see trends and make predictions. Add a whole new skill set to your portfolio, and make a big difference in the success of your organization by acquiring data analysis skills. Begin with getting a basic understanding of how to analyze data in a business setting. Then learn how many of your business decisions involve comparing groups for differences. You will know the statistics behind these group differences and relationships. Finally you will find out how to perform inquiries that will be useful to your business or organization, and have the skill necessary to communicate these results through graphs and text that your fellow employees will understand. Whether your business is home based or a large company, this certificate will take you to the next level where important decision-making is concerned. | Certificate of Completion | 495 |
| Power BI | Gain insights into your data using business intelligence software - Power Business Intelligence. Power BI is a widely used business analytics service offered by Microsoft. Power BI Desktop is a complete data analysis and report creation tool that you install for free. Discover the process of creating interactive reports. Integrate financial, marketing, or any other source data in your accounting system, Excel, or on the Web. Streamline the data to what is needed using Power Query. Create charts, maps, and other visuals to see your data in real time. Delve further into Power Query to ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) your data. Build the Data Model using relationships and DAX (Data Analysis Expressions). Utilize Time Intelligence functions to view YoY or YTD reports. Add user friendly features to enhance your reports and analyze your results. This certificate will enhance your skills in data analysis, giving you greater insight into your organization's performance and allowing you to make more informed decisions. | Certificate of Completion | $495 |
| SQL Certificate | Structured Query Language (SQL) is the industry standard database programming language. It is one of the most in demand skills in occupations that require interaction with data and analyzing data. Through your knowledge of Structured Query Language, you will become more marketable in computer related career fields that pertain to database administration. Learning SQL can also lead to a job that is specific to analyzing data such as a data analyst, a quality assurance analyst, or a business analyst. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| Certificate in Web Design | Online users say a website's design is the number one criteria for deciding whether a company is credible or not, according to recent research. Understanding what it takes to produce effective web design is essential in today's market of highly saturated digital competition. First discover the basics of web design using HTML and CSS. No prior knowledge of HTML or web design is required. After the first course you will have the info you need to plan and design effective web pages. Then find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications. Take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized. Finally, learn about responsive design process, advanced layout and design features. Plus explore industry standard technologies and frameworks. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate | The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, posters, banners, business cards or any other vector graphics for print or web. Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. Use Adobe Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Access to the Adobe software tools required. Software Requirements: For all online Adobe classes, students are responsible for purchasing their own software for their course. Trial versions of Adobe software are sometimes available on the Adobe company website. If you're taking the entire "Graphic Design certificate" you'll need Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. Otherwise you may sign up for a single software. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| Coding Certificate | Coding is becoming one of the most in-demand skills in the workplace today. As a result, coding has become a core skill that bolsters one's chances of becoming a higher value to organizations. The highest demand is for programming languages with broad applicability. Begin by getting introduced to the basics of computer programming and various programming languages. Then go to the next level and acquire all the basics of HTML and CSS. You will learn the relationship between these two industry-standard web page coding languages and the step by step process of hand coding and building web pages. Finally, discover the advanced features of CSS and learn how to use this very powerful language.Students must take the Coding Certificate classes in the below order: Introduction to Coding, HTML Fundamentals and CSS Fundamentals. | Certificate of Completion | $595 |
| MPTC Quinsigamond Community College Full-Time Recruit Police Officer Course | Successful completion of the recruit officer course (ROC) curriculum is required under M.G.L. Chapter 41 §96B to be a sworn municipal, University of Massachusetts, or environmental police officer in the Commonwealth. The ROC is organized into three (I-III) volumes with multiple subtopics. The ROC takes 20 weeks to complete and covers 21st century policing best practices with specific emphasis on the following core principles: problem solving procedural justice ethical decision making fair and impartial policing. Physical Requirements: All student officers must know what to expect ahead of time and must prepare well in advance of the first day of the academy. The most significant factors in this preparation are: weight control, aerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility. Download the MPTC Health and Wellness Fitness Preparation Guide to assist with preparing to attend the police academy. Minimum Requirements: Student officers must (1) be a minimum of 21 years old; (2) be employed or sponsored by a municipal, Environmental, or University of Massachusetts police department or other law enforcement department authorized by the Committee; and (3) successfully complete the Massachusetts Human Resource Division's Physical Ability Test (PAT) and medical examinations | Certificate of Completion |
$10,499 |
| Construction Supervisor | Prepare for the Massachusetts Construction Supervirsor's License Exam. With an Unrestrcited Construction Superisor's License (CSL), you can pull building permits to build buildings contianing less than 35,000 sq. feet of enclosed space, one or two family dwellings, buidlngs for farm purposes, and retaining walls less than 10 feet in height. The exam is not about construciton, but about your knoweldge of building codes. If your profession or business requires you to deal with contracts, contractors, buidling inspectors, property managers etc. you will find this course very helpful. | Unrestricted Construction Supervisor's License | $420 |
| Child Development Associate (CDA) | The CDA, or the Child Development Associate, is an important credential for those in the professional childcare space. Commercial center Directors, and even family child care providers have this credential either because it is mandatory for the job they hold, or as a step towards professionalism and career advancement. Childcare is one industry that is here to stay no matter how the economy changes, however, the profitability of this industry is still subject to all the challenges of other businesses, even though demand for this service will never go away | CDA Credential | |
| Certificate in Teaching Adults | This is your invitation to teach others in-person and join in one of the more important functions in life - passing on knowledge and skills to others. It is both an opportunity and a responsibility. Whether you want to teach others or currently teach others, in any setting, either formally or informally, this course is for you. We will give you both the fundamental and advanced information to improve your teaching. Your lead instructor is author of How to Teach Adults, the best-selling book on the subject. The e-book version is included in the course. | Certificate of Completion | $295 |
| Certified On-line Instructor | Faculty professional development is one of the top issues right now with teaching online and hybrid classes. This course gives your faculty a competitive edge and helps to meet the new demands of the Internet generation. COIs model best practices, train other faculty and provide valuable input on your decision-making. | Certificate of Completion | $795 |
| Certificate In On-line Teaching | From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, the program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business. Your instructors are authors, speakers and consultants in online learning and teaching. | COI | $495 |
| Certificate in Learning Styles | New research and information is coming out frequently now about how your learners - and you - learn. Here's what we know. In the last century, you taught everyone equally by teaching them the same. But we know we each learn differently. So in this century, you teach everyone equally by teaching them differently. In this Certificate in Learning Styles, you get the most advanced information about the three most important and most prevalent characteristics you experience with your participants: generation, gender, and the autism spectrum. Your instructors are some of the foremost authorities in the world on these subjects. They write, and speak around North America, on learning styles. | Certificate of Completion | $395 |
| Front End Software Developer | Front End Software Developers build the pieces of applications and websites that users see and interact with. This involves creating components that look good and provide functionality when a user interacts with them. It also involves interacting with the Back End applications and displaying data in an aesthetically pleasing manner. In the 18-week, Front End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Front End Software Developer: Introduction to JavaScript, Front End Technologies, and Web App Design with React. Skills and technologies learned include JavaScript, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, HTML, CSS, JQuery, Bootstrap, AJAX, React, JSX, REST, NPM, AWS, and more. | Certificate of Completion | $3,400 |
| Back-end Software Developer | Back End Software Developers are in charge of building applications that do the behind-the-scenes work. This typically involves receiving requests from a Front End application, processing the request, reading and writing to a database, and responding back to requests from other applications. In this 18-week, Back End Software Development program, students take three courses to learn the skills and technologies necessary to enter the industry as a Back End Software Developer: Introduction to Java, Relational Databases with MySQL, and Web API Design with Spring Boot. Skills and technologies learned will include Java 1.8, Algorithms, OOP, Design Patterns, Unit Testing, SQL, DDL, DML, Database Concepts, JDBC, Spring Boot, Spring Data, REST, JPA, JWT. | Certificate of Completion |