Your browser is not optimized for viewing this website.

More information »

The Center for Corporate and Professional Education

Filter by Category



Zoom (instructor-led online classroom with scheduled meeting times)

in Class Delivery

MS Excel – Building Charts

$49

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 10, 2025 at 12 pm

Come listen and learn in this virtual seminar and see how to build a chart that everyone can understand using Excel.  You will be able to create a chart to reveal data trends in any business.  These charts will change when the data changes.  They can be linked into other software packages to enhance your reports.

Class Format: This course is offered using Zoom.

Strategic Communications for Managers (WPG119-65)
Registration Unavailable

Strategic Communications for Managers (WPG119-65)

$349

with Cesar Rodas

This course is designed to equip managers with essential communication skills necessary for effective leadership and decision-making in diverse business environments. Students will explore various aspects of communication crucial for managerial success, including written, verbal, and nonverbal communication strategies. Emphasis will be placed on developing clear and concise communication techniques tailored to different business scenarios.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to:

  • Recognize that effective management is dependent on excellent communication skills.
  • Discuss communication skills and activities that are required for managers at all levels of management. 
  • Create business memos and letters. 
  • Write a clear and concise analytical business report 
  • Demonstrate proficiency in giving oral presentations 
  • Create a professional visual presentation including graphics
  • Prepare and maintain an e-portfolio 

By the end of this course, students will possess the necessary communication competencies to thrive as effective managers in today's dynamic business landscape.

Course Format:
This course is offered using Zoom.

Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification Exam Preparation (WIT076-65)

$729

with Jane Joyce

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 6, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 10 weeks

Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks ProAdvisor Certification Exam Preparation focuses on understanding accounting through a mastery of QuickBooks software. Students set up and maintain a QuickBooks accounting records system by recording the transactions necessary to operate a service and merchandising business.

This course covers the areas of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll transactions, budgets, completing the accounting cycle, and being prepared to take the QuickBooks Certified User Exam. Students learn how to create these transactions on a computer and how to understand and interpret the resulting financial reports.

Students need to have a computer with Windows 10. Use Google Chrome as the browser, and have the Microsoft Office Package on their computers. 

Course Format
This course is offered using Zoom.  

MS Excel Efficiency

$49

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 11, 2025 at 12 pm
1 additional session on May 8, 2025

Come listen and learn how to be more efficient entering data, creating functions, formatting and laying out a spreadsheet.  This session will help give you more time back in your day to accomplish other tasks.

Course format: This program is offered using Zoom.

Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) Exam Prep Course (WPG458-67)

$1,399

with Monet Viens

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 11, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 5 weeks

The SHRM-CP certification is for individuals that perform general HR/HR-related duties; or for those pursuing a career in Human Resource Management.

Candidates for the SHRM-CP certification are not required to hold an HR title and do not need a degree or previous HR experience to apply; however, a basic working knowledge of HR practices and principles is recommended.

The SHRM-CP exam is designed to assess the competency level of those who engage in HR work at the operational level. Work at this level includes duties such as implementing HR policies, supporting day-to-day HR functions, or serving as an HR point of contact for staff and stakeholders.

Refer to the SHRM BASK for detailed information on proficiency standards for this credential (i.e., Proficiency Indicators only For All HR Professionals).

Course Format: This is offered in an online/remote learning capacity with Zoom session dates as follows: 3/11, 3/13, 3/18, 3/20, 3/25, 3/27, 4/1, 4/3 & 4/8/2025.

Attention Employers: This Training is Eligible for Reimbursement! Click here for eligibility and application process information. Or join us for an upcoming information session. Click here for the schedule and to register for a session. 

First Time Supervisors (WPG255-65)

$69

with Monet Viens

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 12, 2025 at 6 pm

This introductory course will expose first time supervisors/managers to the fundamentals and intricacies of this new role and responsibility. Attendees will learn how to define their role and themselves as supervisors and explore current challenges they will face in this role. Additional learning points will include:
• Techniques for managing time and priorities
• Communication challenges and solutions
• Constructive feedback
• Maintaining and boosting team morale
• Change management FMLA

Principles of Marketing: Strategies, Ethics, and Decision-Making in a Global Market

$349

with Cesar Rodas

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 13, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Students enrolled in this course will examine marketing as seen from the perspective of the individual business and the larger society, with an emphasis on the integral relationship between consumer attitudes and marketing activities.

  • Apply fundamental marketing terms, concepts, principles, and theories and their effective applications to real-world situations in a global market.
  • Describe how the marketing function is organized and fits into an organization, including the relationships between marketing issues and those of other business disciplines.
  • Make effective marketing decisions in real world settings using critical thinking skills. 
  • Effectively communicate marketing analysis
  • Effectively collaborate to analyze marketing options
  • Identify and make judgments about questionable marketing practices by applying an ethical decision framework.
  • Identify and evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities, and tradeoffs involved in different marketing strategies and choices.

Course format: This course is offered using Zoom.

Introduction to Accounting Basics (WIT283-65)

$249

with Jane Joyce

Calendar Next available session starts Mar 14, 2025 at 1 pm

This course focuses on accounting essentials and is designed for individuals with no previous accounting knowledge or individuals who would like a refresher in accounting essentials.

In this course students will learn basic accounting transactions, (debits and credits) the accounting cycle, journal entries and T-accounts, adjusting entries and how to prepare and analyze financial statements

Text book is included.

Students need to have a computer with Windows 10; use Google Chrome as the browser, and have very good internet connection.

Course format: This course is offered using Zoom.





Forgot password?
Staff Log In