Certificate Programs - Click on titles below for course information

Professional Certificate in Digital Media

The Professional Certificate in Digital Media offers a unique opportunity to build a certificate around your interests. Whether you're looking for a career change or to pick up a side job, this certificate will give you the credentials necessary to market your talents. Choose courses that meet your professional interests and career objectives.

Take courses from a variety of different concentrations including Graphic Design, Photography, and Web Design.

Take courses when you can, and in the area you prefer. Successfully complete six courses within 2 years to earn the certificate.

The Web Design Professional program counts as 4 courses toward the Digital Media Certificate.

Web Design Professional Certificate

Start a new career & learn to create an engaging user experience across multiple devices!

Web designers are skilled marketing professionals capable of creating a web site to serve as an interactive marketing piece to promote a product or service more effectively than any billboard or magazine ad is capable of doing.



Courses

Blogging and Podcasting 101 - NEW!

This class will teach you how to plan and create your very own blog and podcast. Through hands-on exercises, you will discover the benefits of using free web tools. You will find that creating a blog and podcast is much easier than you ever imagined.

March 15, 2023 to April 19, 2023, Online Course

Salesforce: Power User - NEW!

Salesforce is the leading customer relationship management (CRM) software for sales and marketing automation. This online course will train you to be a Salesforce Power User, so you can navigate the Lightning interface, create and manage accounts, handle leads, and utilize opportunities. Become proficient in Salesforce to grow your business relationships.

February 22, 2023 to August 16, 2023, Online Course

Video Game Design and Development - NEW!

In this comprehensive training course, you'll master skills that open doors to the growing video game industry. By the end of the course, you will have designed and created your own video game for the PC and will stand ready to join a team working on projects with larger scope or pursue independent development.

January 3, 2023 to April 10, 2023, Online Course

Microsoft Excel 2021: Part 1

Excel can help you organize, calculate, analyze, revise, update and present your data in ways that will help the decision makers in your organization steer you in the right direction. This course aims to provide you with the foundational Excel knowledge and skills necessary to begin the journey.

April 17-24, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 148
June 6-13, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 205B

Microsoft Excel 2021: Part 2

This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in the Microsoft Office Excel Beginner course and will help start you down the road to creating advanced workbooks and worksheets that can help deepen your understanding of organizational intelligence.

May 9-23, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 205B

Microsoft Excel 2021: Part 3

This course builds upon the foundational and intermediate knowledge presented in the Microsoft Office Excel Beginner and Intermediate courses. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to perform advanced data analysis, collaborate on workbooks with other users, and automate workbook functionality.

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Excel®: Using Lookup Functions and Formula Auditing

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Excel®. This course will help you develop the ability to create the advanced functions and formulas you need to perform complex calculations in Excel®.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 148

Video Production

This hands-on class will cover video production from shooting to uploading an edited video. Topics covered will include the basics of planning, shooting and editing with Adobe Premiere, options for uploading to the web and audio, lighting, and visual aesthetics.

May 25, 2023 to June 15, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 205B

Web Design Professional Certificate

Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft®Office products and the internet. This program will allow students to design their own websites using the latest version of HTML, Dreamweaver, and WordPress Basic.

April 12, 2023 to June 14, 2023, Kettler Hall Rm 148

QuickBooks Online: Introduction and Intermediate

Learn to use QuickBooks Online to record income and expenses; enter checks and credit card payments; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.

January 9, 2023 to February 13, 2023, Online Course

QuickBooks 2019: Introduction and Intermediate

Small business owners should be using QuickBooks to manage invoices, pay bills, and track expenses. If you want to take control of your business's finances, this course will introduce you to QuickBooks 2019 and teach you the accounting software's more advanced features. Upon completion, you will be equipped to act as your own bookkeeper.

February 15, 2023 to March 22, 2023, Online Course

Front-End Web Developer

Front-end developers strike a balance between art and science, combining code - HTML, CSS, and Javascript - with visual design principles to create a great user experience. This 100% online course will put you on the fast track to starting an entry-level career as a front-end web developer. By course completion, you'll put your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills to practice building the front-end of a website for your professional portfolio.

February 23, 2023 to May 31, 2023, Online Course

CompTIA A+ Training Course

CompTIA's A+ certification is the top credential for associate-level IT professionals. This 100% online course will prepare you for CompTIAA+ certification exams 220-1001 and 220-1002. You'll learn how to install and configure operating systems, expand IT security, troubleshoot software and other common operational procedures.

Class not currently open for registration. Click here to be notified of future offerings.

COMPTIA CERTIFICATION TRAINING: A+, NETWORK+, SECURITY+

CompTIA calls the A+, Network+ and Security+ sequence a "stacked" credential that validates baseline skills in the three disciplines: devices, networks, and security. Each individual certification is considered an independent signal of competence in the area it addresses.

February 28, 2023 to May 11, 2023, Online Course

Introduction to Adobe Photoshop®

Learn the fundamental features of Adobe Photoshop® CC 2022 that will allow you to explore layout and design tools to help you create exciting and dynamic images.

Class not currently open for registration. Click here to be notified of future offerings.

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator®

Learn the powerful tools of Adobe Illustrator® CC 2022, the industry standard vector drawing and illustration program. From creating line art and logos to graphic layouts and finished illustrations, this course will cover the fundamental tools needed to use this program productively.

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Introduction to Adobe InDesign®

Learn the powerful tools of Adobe InDesign® CC 2022 used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, and books. This course will explore how to create documents for print or web, covering topics such as multi-page setup, creating paragraph and character styles, and tips and tricks to make your documents look well designed and professional.

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Excel®: Data Analysis with PivotTables

Advances in technology have made it possible to store ever increasing amounts of data. Along with this, the need to analyze that data and gain actionable insight is greater than ever. Being able to harness the power of advanced PivotTable features and create PivotCharts will help you to gain a competitive edge.

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Excel®: Working with Functions

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Excel®. To gain a truly competitive edge, you need to be able to extract actionable organizational intelligence from your raw data. In other words, when you have questions about your data, you need to know how to get Excel® to provide the answers for you.

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Excel®: Visualizing Data with Charts

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Excel®. This course will help you interpret your Excel® data and organize it to create charts and graphs. It will enable you to show your data in a more visually appealing way.

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Excel®: Automating Workbook Functionality and using Macros

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Excel®. Excel® includes a range of features that enable you to automate a wide variety of workbook tasks.

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Music Recording and Production I - NEW!

This is an introductory course in music/audio recording and production, including Avid Pro Tools User Certification. Topics will include a review of the physics of sound, critical/technical listening and analysis, microphones, digital audio, Pro Tools DAW fundamentals, and basic audio signal flow. Students will be required to create music recording projects.

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AutoCAD®: Level I

This hands-on course for beginners will help you develop a familiarity with AutoCAD® command entries, menu structure, and geometric creation and manipulation. You will be introduced to fundamental two-dimensional commands for graphic creation and editing.

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Introduction to Statistical Computing with R

R is a programming language and a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used in data science and statistics, machine learning, and data analytics.

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