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Data Analysis Certificate

$495

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

Data Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace.  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.

*Students need to have Microsoft Excel to complete this certificate. 

This Certificate must be taken in the following order:

• Introduction to Data Analysis
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• Intermediate Data Analysis
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31

• Advanced Data Analysis
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28

Digital Marketing Certificate

$495

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

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. 

Classes included in this program:


• Improving Email Promotions
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• Boosting Your Website Traffic
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31

• Online Advertising
 
 Winter: Apri. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 -28

Effective Grammar Certificate

$295

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

Write and edit better starting today. Gain confidence in your writing. Improve your communication skills. This course will reinforce the rules you learned in school and teach you some you didn't.  

Good grammar doesn't make good writing, but good writing demands good grammar. Whether you're a student or a professional, a career changer or a job seeker, Effective Grammar will equip you to write more effectively from day one. 

You'll learn it all—from grammar basics to more advanced concepts like parallelism and agreement to the finer points of capitalization and punctuation. After completing this certificate, you'll be a master of commas, complete sentences, common sense writing, and more.  

Put an end to grammar mistakes that detract from your work. The grammar knowledge you'll gain will contribute to whatever kind of writing you produce. Everything you learn will elevate your communication skills and help you present polished, professional writing every time.

Entrepreneurship Certificate

$495

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

Boost your chances of success for your new or small business and reduce your risks. Get the latest on planning your business, brainstorming business ideas and a checklist for going into business.

Then learn how to create a business plan, including assessing business feasibility and prepare the 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.

At the end of this certificate, you will be able to identify the abilities required of successful entrepreneurs and how to acquire them, develop goals to help establish your business, develop an outline for your plan, and take home techniques to successfully manage and market your new business.

The classes offered in this certificate are:

• Entrepreneur Boot Camp
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• The Business Plan
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31

• Entrepreneurial Marketing
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28

 

Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate

$545

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

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.

The classes included in this certificate program are: 


• Adobe Illustrator Essentials
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• Adobe Photoshop Essenatials
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31

• Adobe InDesign Essentials
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28

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. 

*Note: There is no school discount through LERN. More information on Adobe Creative Cloud software can be found at adobe.com 

Introduction to Fiction Writing

$195

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024

Designed specifically for those with little to no fiction writing experience, find your pathway towards your fiction writing goals. Learn the basic building blocks of story: character, plot and setting. Then find out the different forms of fiction writing and some of the genres you might like to explore. 

Whether you’ve never written a word of fiction, or haven’t written since high school or college, you will complete the course with the skills you need to get started. Create a new work of fiction, or  revive an old one that’s been sitting in your bottom drawer.

Leadership Development Certificate

$395

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

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.

Classes offered in this certificate program are: 

• Leadership Principles
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26


• Developing Your Leadership Skills
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31


• Developming Your Professional career
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28

Management Certificate

$595

with UGotClass LERN

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

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. 

Classes offered with this certificate program are: 

• Management Boot Camp
   Winter: Feb. 5 - Mar. 1
   Spring: Apr. 1 - 26

• Collaborative Management
   Winter: Mar. 4 - 29
   Spring: May 6 - 31

• Managing Generations in the Workplace
   Winter: Apr. 1 - 26
   Spring: Jun. 3 - 28


  





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