COMING SOON: Google Career Certificates

 

Las Positas College has partnered with Google to offer LPC students FREE access to any one of the Google Career Certificates.  This includes

• Google IT Support Certificates:  https://grow.google/certificates/it-support/
• Cybersecurity
• Data Analytics
• Digital Marketing & E-commerce
• Project Management
• UX Design
• Advanced Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• IT Automation with Python
• Others are added every semester
  See website:  https://grow.google/certificates/

These certificates are usually hosted by Coursera at a subscription rate of $50 per month.  LPC will offer this FREE class (NCIS 211) with FREE access for students who wish to explore career opportunities AND achieve a Google Professional Career Certificate.

NCIS 211:  Las Positas College has partnered with Google to offer students FREE access to several Google Career certificate courses.  Some examples:  IT Support, Data Analytics, Project Management, UX Design, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing and E-commernce and many other career certificates sponsored by Google. NCIS 211 is FREE, noncredit, zero cost course designed for students who are undecided on their career choice and want to explore various technology related jobs, or students interested in finding a technology job, or students improving their skills for a current role. Each certificate allows users to learn at their own pace and is accessed FREE through a third-party online learning platform called Coursera.

Spring 2024

• CIS 11,  CRN #32292  - Data Visualization Tools, Online - January 15 thru May 17

Data visualization is the process of representing information graphically. This course provides a hands-on introduction to various data visualization tools such as Tableau, Excel, Power BI, R Studio. Students use repositories of data for
preparation that includes: data formatting, filtering and cleaning. Design principles are applied to create meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data to facilitate managerial decision-making.

Data Analytics Certificate of Achievement:  https://laspositascollege.edu/catalog/current/programs/dataanalytics-ca.php

 

Fall 2023

• CIS 10 (A01, CRN #22685) - Business Data Analytics, Online - August 18 thru December 19

Students explore data analytic practices and its applicability in the business world. Business Intelligence (BI) is a data analysis process which utilizes an integrated set of application systems, processes, and tools that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business analysis. Students will learn the fundamentals of business analysis and BI tools and processes that help businesses make strategic and tactical decisions based on data. The process of business decision-making will be applied with an emphasis on data mining. Careers and emerging trends in the field will be evaluated.

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

This class will use the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate content. FREE to LPC students who enroll in this CIS 10 class.

Helpful websites: 

Grow with Google - Job-Ready skills you can put to work

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

There are 8 Courses in this Professional Certificate NOTE: this class contains all 8 Google Courses

Google Data Analytics Certificate

Google is giving all U.S. community colleges free access to their 4 career certificates