Certificate Programs

Start of Program

The Computer Graphic Design (CGD), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Computerized Accounting (CAC), and Web Software Technology (WST) programs admit new students at the start of each new course within the program.

The English as a Second Language (ESL) Program has an open enrollment window. If students enroll during a term and the ESL class has been in session for ten school days or more, students are given the option of auditing the class (no credit given) for its duration, or taking the class when it starts again. Students may progress to the next level in the ESL Program if the student passes the final exam for each subject with a grade of C or higher.

Normal ProgressAccelerated Program Clock HoursSemester Hours Method of Delivery
Business General Program35 Weeks+ 23 Weeks+480 Clock Hours 24 Semester HoursHybrid
Computerized Accounting 55 Weeks+36 Weeks+750 Clock Hours 38 Semester HoursHybrid
Computer Information System35 Weeks+23 Weeks+480 Clock Hours 24 Semester HoursHybrid
Computer Graphic Design35 Weeks+23 Weeks+480 Clock Hours 24 Semester HoursHybrid
Professional Computer Graphic Design54 Weeks+ 36 Weeks+735 Clock Hours 36 Semester HoursHybrid and Traditional
Web Design35 Weeks+23 Weeks+480 Clock Hours 24 Semester HoursHybrid
Web Software Technology53 Weeks+35 Weeks+720 Clock Hours 36 Semester HoursHybrid
English as a Second Language
*Duration based on 3 levels, out of 6 levels offered.
36 Weeks*36 Weeks720 Clock Hours In-person

Program Details

This program provides the general clerical, bookkeeping, and computer skills necessary to perform successfully in a modern office environment. This program enhances students’ ability to communicate more effectively and efficiently in business. Students gain the knowledge and computational skills needed to perform bookkeeping operations. Graduates of this program will be ready to handle entry-level office work and bookkeeping duties.

CourseLecLabUnits
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Business Applications30303.0
GEN 120 Mathematics for Business & Consumers30303.0
BGP 104 Business Bookkeeping50505.0
ACT 120 Payroll Accounting20202.0
CAC 120 Excel for Accounting40404.0
CAC 160 QuickBooks40404.0
CIS 111 Microsoft Word30303.0
Total: 480 Clock Hours24024024.0

This program provides a fundamental understanding of accounting principles and practices and how to utilize computer applications to perform accounting tasks. Students learn how to use Microsoft Excel to perform accounting functions. Students will gain the working knowledge and skills needed to perform accounting tasks at different stages of a complete accounting cycle. Students compare and contrast three types of business entities and learn how to treat them differently. This program also teaches students to prepare various payroll tax returns and income tax returns. The final stage of this program enables students to utilize computer applications to carry out accounting duties. Graduates of this program will be competent to perform entry-level bookkeeper duties.

CourseLecLabUnits
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Business Applications30303.0
ACT 100 Principles of Accounting I40404.0
ACT 120 Payroll Accounting20202.0
ACT 140 Principles of Accounting II40404.0
CAC 160 QuickBooks40404.0
CAC 170 Tax Software3002.0
CAC 120 Excel for Accounting40404.0
CAC 210 Advanced Accounting Software40404.0
ACT 160 Individual Income Taxes40404.0
GEN 120 Mathematics for Business and Consumers30303.0
ACT 200 Cost Accounting40404.0
Total: 750 Clock Hours39036038.0

This program provides a fundamental understanding of accounting and computer operations. Students learn accounting and spreadsheet management as it relates to accounting concepts, as well as word processing and business presentations using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Graduates of this program will be competent to utilize, maintain, and customize each application as an entry-level administrative assistant or bookkeeper.

CourseLecLabUnits
ACT 100 Principles of Accounting I40404.0
ACT 120 Payroll Accounting20202.0
CAC 160 QuickBooks40404.0
CAC 120 Excel for Accounting40404.0
CAC 140 Advanced Excel for Accounting40404.0
CIS 111 Microsoft Word30303.0
CIS 140 Microsoft PowerPoint30303.0
Total: 480 Clock Hours24024024.0

This concentrated, fast-paced program provides a fundamental understanding of, and proficiency with computer-aided design and prepares students to perform a variety of graphic tasks and projects, including computer illustration, desktop publishing, digital imaging, and web design, using the latest in graphic communications technology.

CourseLectureLab Units
CGD 160 Photoshop I 30303.0
CGD 170 Photoshop II30303.0
CGD 180 Illustrator I30303.0
CGD 185 Illustrator II 30303.0
CGD 190 InDesign30303.0
CGD 200 Dreamweaver I30303.0
CGD 210 Dreamweaver II30303.0
CGD 260 Principles of Graphic Design I30303.0
Total: 480 Clock Hours24024024.0

This program provides a thorough understanding of, and proficiency with computer-aided design and prepares students to perform a variety of graphic tasks and projects, including computer illustration, desktop publishing, digital imaging, and web design, using the latest in graphic communications technology.

CourseLecLabUnits
CGD 133 Typography Design15302.0
CGD 135 Drawing for Graphic Design15302.0
CGD 150 Portfolio and Professional Practices15302.0
CGD 160 Photoshop I30303.0
CGD 170 Photoshop II30303.0
CGD 180 Illustrator I30303.0
CGD 185 Illustrator II30303.0
CGD 190 InDesign I30303.0
CGD 195 InDesign II30303.0
CGD 200 Dreamweaver I30303.0
CGD 210 Dreamweaver II30303.0
CGD 260 Principles of Graphic Design I30303.0
CGD 265 Principles of Graphic Design II30303.0
Total: 735 Clock Hours34539036.0

The certificate program in Web Design provides students with a basic knowledge of web design by providing students with current technology applications and hands-on experience. The program incorporates their study of web page development, scripting XHTML and CSS with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator into a working knowledge of planning and producing websites.

CourseLecLabUnits
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Business Applications30303.0
WST 151 XHTML, CSS and Accessibility30303.0
WST 154 Web Page Development & Scripting I30303.0
WST 156 Web Media Production30303.0
WST 157 Website Planning & Production30303.0
WST 165 Web Design I30303.0
CGD 160 Photoshop I30303.0
CGD 180 Illustrator I30303.0
Total: 480 Clock Hours24024024.0

The certificate program in Web Software Technology provides students with a fundamental knowledge base in website development by providing students with current technology applications and hands-on experience. The program incorporates the study of web page development, scripting, XHTML and CSS with Adobe software applications into a working knowledge of planning, producing and designing websites.

CourseLecLabUnits
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Business Applications30303.0
WST 151 XHTML, CSS and Accessibility30303.0
WST 154 Web Page Development & Scripting I30303.0
WST 155 Web Page Development & Scripting II30303.0
WST 156 Web Media Production30303.0
WST 157 Website Planning & Production30303.0
WST 165 Web Design I30303.0
WST 167 WordPress30303.0
CGD 160 Photoshop I30303.0
CGD 170 Photoshop II30303.0
CGD 180 Illustrator I30303.0
CGD 185 Illustrator II30303.0
Total: 720 Clock Hours36036036.0

This program is designed to provide non-native English speaking students with the language skills needed to enter U.S. colleges or universities, and/or to become gainfully employed in their home countries. The ESL program’s aim is to teach an intensive English course so students may learn the structure, grammar, and idiomatic use of the English language in the most comprehensive manner possible. To graduate from the ESL program, a student must complete a total of three consecutive levels, that is, 48 semester units (720 Clock Hours), and have maintained the school’s Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements.

Students who complete the ESL Program by graduating from ESL 6 can move onto the TOEFL courses which are specialty courses that introduce students to the test-taking techniques for improving their TOEFL score.

CourseLecUnits
ESL 1 Beginning Level24016.0
ESL 2 High Beginning Level24016.0
ESL 3 Intermediate Level24016.0
ESL 4 High Intermediate Level24016.0
ESL 5 Advanced Level24016.0
ESL 6 High Advanced Level24016.0
Total Needed:720 hours 48.0

Specialty CoursesLecUnits*
TOEFL iBT24016.0
TOEFL PBT24016.0
*Note: A total of 20 instructional hours per week are provided.