West Valley College Courses

This course provides students with an introduction to business taxation with an emphasis on statutory materials, principles, procedures and terminology. Income tax treatment of different types of busi

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

This course offers students a basic, but comprehensive, overview of the theory of the federal tax system and the ethics of working within the system including the filing responsibilities of the tax pa

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks
• Paid Course

This course focuses on enhancing student ability to implement traditional and digital marketing strategies to get real results for a business. It provides students with the opportunity to acquire prac

• California Community Colleges System
• 4 weeks
• Paid Course

This course covers the fundamentals of personal finance including financial planning, money management, income and asset protection, and investments. The course includes calculations and problem-solvi

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

In this course, students have an opportunity to learn how Excel can be used to effectively prepare and analyze accounting information. The course introduces basic, intermediate, and advanced Excel fun

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course covers the legal process from pre-arrest, arrest through trial, sentencing and correctional procedures. The course also reviews the history of case and common law; conceptual interpretatio

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course focuses on the origin, development, philosophy and constitutional basis of evidence. The course also covers constitutional and procedural considerations affecting arrest, search and seizur

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

The course focuses on how and why individuals with serious mental illness become involved in the criminal justice system, and how the criminal justice and public mental health systems respond to that

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course covers the investigation of sexual assault, the collection of evidence, and the treatment of the victim. The course also examines the psychological make-up of the sexual assault perpetrato

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course is a study of law enforcement reporting procedures with emphasis on techniques designed to improve writing skills, enhance individual observation and comprehension, and effect a more effic

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course explores the origins and development of organized crime from early Italy to contemporary America. The course emphasizes past and current major organized crime figures, activities, and law

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course is designed for pre-service students or in-service officers to enable them to become familiar with the history, recruitment, training methods, purpose, and infrastructures of various gangs

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course covers a comprehensive introduction to the understanding of the corrections system in the U.S. Emphasis is on its origin and evolution, philosophies of corrections, perspectives on sentenc

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This introductory course is designed to inform students about potential careers in the Criminal Justice System. The content emphasizes the application, testing, and background screening processes nece

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of the application of scientific methods to the examination, evaluation, and explanation of the physical evidence related to a crime. The course also introduces students to the

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• Paid Course