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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY EDUCATION CAREER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION CORPORATE TRAINING CAREER EXPLORATION ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEISURE & RECREATION LIFELONG LEARNING FALL 2017 Call or register online today! www.sunywcc.edu/wdce | 914-606-6830 WELCOME! Dear Westchester Friends and Neighbors: Welcome to Westchester Community College’s Division of Workforce Development and Community Education Fall 2017 Catalog. This is the perfect opportunity to prepare for a new career or to update your current skills. You’ll fi nd something for everyone here; we offer a mix of career and work-related opportunities as well as options for your cultural and leisure-time enrichment. Our classes are available on your schedule: day, evening, weekends, and even online. All of our courses are taught by seasoned instructors who have professional experience in their fi eld. With our focus on helping you explore a new career, upgrade your current portfolio or prepare for certifi cation in a new and growing fi eld, we’re certain you’ll fi nd what you need here. Explore opportunities in commercial and residential real estate sales and appraisal, insurance, writing for publication, or opening your own business. Our classes can help you prepare for a career in healthcare areas such as clinical or administrative medical assistant, phlebotomy technician, and home health aide. Attain the skills needed for employment in fi elds like fi ber optics or life coaching. Prepare for certifi cation exams in computer application fi elds, or get certifi ed as a notary public or water distribution operator. We also offer a wide variety of options for lifelong learning. Explore the arts, local Westchester lore and history, crafts, writing your memoirs or family history, philosophy, and the performing arts. Delve into your inner you. From solar cooking to learning a new language; from dining in colonial New York to discussion about our country’s role in World War I; from how to choose a fi nancial advisor to slow medicine to stamp collecting, we have it all. Please join us and become part of our stimulating and exciting community of learners. Teresita B. Wisell Vice-President, Workforce Development and Community Education Westchester Community College offers a number of pathways to help you prepare for a new career! You can get the skills and knowledge you need by enrolling in a non-credit program, or earn college credits through one of our degree or certifi cate programs. Perhaps you are not sure what people do or how much money they earn in certain careers? Would you like to know how many jobs are predicted to be available in a particular industry? Or maybe you are unsure whether receiving a non-credit career certifi cation or license would be right for you? Visit https://sunywcc.emsicareercoach.com to explore a variety of career opportunities, their associated job descriptions, and salary and employment trends. Complete a career assessment for additional guidance. Still not sure? Visit www.sunywcc.edu/career for more career resources and contacts. 2 | Visit us online at www.sunywcc.edu/wdce Textbook Required TABLE OF CONTENTS CAREER & WORKFORCE TRAINING Careers in Business.................................................4 Careers in Specialized Industries ..............................5 Careers in Real Estate .............................................7 Careers in Insurance ..............................................10 Careers in Healthcare ............................................10 Careers in Writing & Publishing ..............................12 Continuing Professional Education ..........................13 Computers ...........................................................15 Digital Arts ............................................................22 Career Exploration .................................................24 Business, Work & College Success ........................25 Contract Training ...................................................26 Learning Online .....................................................27 LIFELONG LEARNING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Sustainability & Green Living ..................................28 Writing Center ......................................................29 Nature & the Environment .....................................30 Languages ............................................................33 Mainstream ..........................................................35 Collegium .............................................................35 Local Lore & History ..............................................36 Historical Explorations ...........................................37 Culture & Society ..................................................40 Performing Arts ....................................................42 Finances & Retirement Planning .............................45 Taste of Westchester ............................................47 Wine Appreciation .................................................55 Health & Wellness ................................................55 Sports & Fitness ...................................................58 Self-Awareness & Relationships .............................59 Special Interest .....................................................61 Arts & Crafts .........................................................62 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE .....................66 Customer Information ...........................................70 Registration Form .................................................71 Refund Policy .......................................................71 Non-credit classes in this brochure, unless otherwise noted, are intended for adult students (18+) only. Questions? Email us at [email protected] To register, call 914-606-6830 or visit us at www.sunywcc.edu/wdce EASY 5 WAYS TO REGISTER SEE PG. 71 FOR DETAILS ONLINE PHONE FAX MAIL IN PERSON Textbook Required Visit us online at www.sunywcc.edu/wdce | 3 CAREER & WORKFORCE TRAINING We offer many short-term, comprehensive, industry-recognized training and certifi cation programs, as well as customized business solutions. Business Healthcare Business & Work Success Home Inspection Career Exploration Insurance Computers Learning Online Continuing Professional Life Coach Education Personal Fitness Contract Training Real Estate Digital Arts Writing & Publishing Fiber Optics You may be eligible for funding for our workforce training programs through your regional employment offi ce. Please contact your County’s One-Stop Career Center or the Department of Labor to learn more about available funding for certain training programs. CAREERS IN BUSINESS NEW! Intro to the Food Truck Business Import/Export A to Z Are you thinking about operating a food truck? Basic methods for importing or exporting goods, Join us as the operators of Walter’s Hot Dogs’ including how to deal with U.S. customs, foreign food trucks guide you through a step-by-step quota requirements, airlines and freight charges, introduction to the food truck business. Explore letters of credit, banks, and how to get the goods creating a business plan, building a food truck, to your local distribution point. opening the business, marketing and branding, CE-BUS 2002, 2 Tues., Sept. 19 & 26, 7:00- and making a career out of it. Includes a walk- 9:00 pm, Room TBD, $50. P Batra. #82713 through and demonstration of the food truck from the famous Walter’s Hot Dogs. Accounting & Bookkeeping 1 An introduction to beginning accounting practices CE-BUS 2092, 1 Tues., Oct 10, 6:00-9:00 pm, including: transaction analysis, journal entries, Room TBD, $35. G-C Baca and K Woodward. general ledger, and fi nancial statements. Calculator #83794 required; purchase textbooks and workbook and NEW! The Intriguing Career of Loan bring to fi rst day of class. 2.0 CEUs. Origination CE-BUS 2000, 6 Sat., Sept. 16-Oct. 21, 8:00 Explore the mortgage origination business as a am-12:00 noon, KNC-3, $285 (+ textbooks). career, including sales, processing, underwriting, H Cuevas. #82574 promotion, licensing preparation and much, much more. Accounting and Bookkeeping 2 Practice and expand your knowledge through CE-CRXPL 2026, 1 Sat., Oct. 7, 10:00 am- various exercises and real-world examples. 2:00 pm, Room TBD, $50. I Amato. #83329 Includes posting and journaling entries, Start a Home-Based Medical Transcription completing worksheets, preparing and analyzing Business fi nancial statements, recording inventory and Demand for medical transcriptionists is soaring! calculating depreciation, payroll accounting, Make money part-time or full-time. If you want taxes, and reports. Calculator required; purchase to choose your own hours, have a business at textbooks and workbook and bring to fi rst day home, fi nd clients easily and make great of class. money, this class will get you started. Any CE-BUS 2030, 6 Sat., Sept. 16-Oct. 21, 12:30- questions? Contact Deborah directly at 4:30 pm, KNC-3, $285 (+ textbooks). H Cuevas. [email protected]. #82971 CE-CRXPL 2002, 1 Wed., Oct. 18, 6:30-9:00 pm, KNC-3, $45 (+ $20 optional workbook fee, Grant Writing Basics For those already working in nonprofi ts as well as payable to instructor). D Burns. #80081 volunteers or those considering a career change. Entrepreneurship: Start Your Own Business Includes how to research funders, analyze the Learn practical, behind-the-scenes information on components of a strong proposal, write a basic how to start a successful, home-based, second budget, articulate realistic and measurable income business