Southwestern College Courses

Focuses on securing computing systems and protecting data confidentiality, integrity, and availability through hands-on labs. Covers core cloud security measures like layered controls, automation, and

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Covers lecture and hands-on introduction to applications of microcomputer word processing, including basic text editing and document formatting in business documents. [D; CSU]

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces electronic spreadsheets and their applications using spreadsheet software. Includes design, creation, and manipulation of spreadsheets. [D; CSU]

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Covers creating and uploading professional quality websites using a Content Management System (CMS). Integrates images, text, styles, and themes into websites. [D; CSU; UC]

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Covers beginning to advanced digital imaging skills for web and gaming. Utilizes standard industry software to create and edit image assets, create vector drawings, manipulate photos, and use special

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Provides students with strong web and gaming two-dimensional animation skills in just one semester. Emphasizes creating and exporting professional quality animations which utilize drawings, photos, an

• California Community Colleges System
• 80 hours
• Paid Course

Provides advanced instruction in computer animations and two-dimensional interactive video games using coding. Covers movie clip editing techniques like duplicate, combine, and hide; tests movie objec

• California Community Colleges System
• 80 hours
• Paid Course

Provides students with the skills required to use the multimedia features of Microsoft PowerPoint software. Emphasizes presentation techniques, advanced text and graphic processing, and use of multime

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Provides an in-depth study of computer hardware and operating system concepts. Focuses on the command line interface, colloquially referred to as DOS within a Windows system. Emphasizes problem-solvin

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Covers intermediate and advanced spreadsheet software concepts and techniques. Includes advanced capabilities of the spreadsheet software. The software package is Excel. [D; CSU]

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces microcomputer database management systems and their applications. Includes the design, creation, maintenance, and report generation of simple databases. Requires Microsoft Access software p

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Includes the further applications of microcomputer word processing, including advanced block operations, macros, footnotes and endnotes, text columns, merge, sort and boiler plating printing, math, li

• California Community Colleges System
• 8 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces students to the Microsoft Windows environment. Emphasizes graphical user interface (GUI) to work with files and application software. [D; CSU]

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces network terminology, standards and protocols, Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), Open System Interconnection (OSI) models, cabling, routers, router programming, topologi

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces Local Area (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), Open System Interconnection (OSI) models, Ethernet, Token Ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface, and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course