Westchester Community College, State University of New York

 

To register, please call 914-606-6830, press option 1.

For our online computer courses, click here.

Computer students: please bring a USB flash drive to class.
Classes are taught with Windows 10 and Office 2016 except as noted.
Where required, textbooks can be purchased at the bookstore at 914-606-6475
or ordered online at sunywcc.edu/student-services/bookstore

 

Computing Fundamentals for Windows
Knowledge of computers is not a prerequisite for this course. Whether you are new to computers or just want to brush up on your computer skills, this course is for you. Increase your proficiency using Windows-based computers with techniques and shortcuts. Build your confidence and get control of your computer by managing, organizing, and searching for your files and folders. Learn the benefits of different internet browsers and search engines, including safe and efficient internet use. Manage your email folders and attachments and get a glimpse of popular social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.
CE-COMP 2163, $372 (+ textbook).
At Valhalla Campus:
Sec. A: 6 M/W, June 3-19, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209. #5708
Sec. B: 6 M/W, July 15-31, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-215. #5709
At Mt. Vernon Center: Sec. C: 6 M/W, July 22-Aug. 7, 1:00-4:00 pm. #5710

Keyboarding for Accuracy and Speed
This course provides students with the basic skills necessary to learn touch-typing on a computer keyboard. The ability to type faster and more accurately saves time and increases productivity. A great course for anyone who uses the computer, including healthcare professionals who have to make entries in patient electronic records. Only basic operational computer skills are required for this hands-on class.
CE-COMP 2016,  7 Sat., June 15-Aug. 3 (skip 7/6), 9:00-11:30 am, GTW-209, $207. #5711

*Keyboarding is also offered online. Email michele.maya@sunywcc.edu for info.

Save $$ when you register for Computing Fundamentals and Keyboarding for Accuracy and Speed classes during this term for just $520. Savings will be reflected when your course fees are calculated after enrolling. If classes are cancelled for any reason, discount no longer applies.

File Management
Never lose your work again! Organizing and managing your files is essential for the workplace and for the home. Learn best practices to organize your files; create and organize folders; search for files; work with shortcuts; and set some custom features to make it easier to work with Windows.
CE-COMP 2002, $145.
Sec. A: 2 M/W, May 20 & 22, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209. #5706
Sec. B: 2 T/Th, June 25 & 27, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-209. #5707

Youth Keyboarding for Accuracy and Speed: Ages 10-14
Gain accuracy and speed while challenging yourself to improve your typing skills! Learn proper keyboarding techniques, the correct posture for typing, and strategies to avoid mistakes under the guidance of an experienced instructor. Interactive typing games will help increase your words per minute.
At Mt. Vernon Center: CE-COMP 2184, $200.
Sec. A: 4 M/T/W/Th, July 15-18, 9:00 am-12:00 noon. #5712
Sec. B: 4 M/T/W/Th, Aug. 12-15, 9:00 am-12:00 noon. #5713

MS Office 2016 Basics
Learn to use the basic features of the 2016 version of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, three of the most fundamental software programs used in educational and professional settings. Provides skills for creating basic documents, working with spreadsheets, and creating effective presentations. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2155, 6 M/W, June 24-July 15 (skip 7/3), 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209, $372  (+ textbook). #5714

MS Office 2016 Beyond the Basics
Go beyond the basics with the latest version of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint–three of the most fundamental software programs used in educational and professional settings. Learn to Mail Merge and work with images, section breaks, columns, styles, tables, headers, and footers in Word. Apply advanced formatting techniques to your spreadsheets and work with dates and lookup functions in Excel. Create presentations that include charts, tables, and hyperlinks. Prepare a presentation for delivery with PowerPoint. Prerequisite: Microsoft Office Basics or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2173, 6 M/W, July 22-Aug. 7, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209, $372 (+ textbook). #5715

Cut the Cord: Online TV Streaming Solutions
The non-techie’s guide to living without cable. Learn about TV streaming solutions that will save you money. Showcases devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and Chromecast. Learn about Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. Completion of this course will help you determine which devices and services may work best for you.
CE-COMP 2148, 1 Sat., July 20, 1:00-4:00 pm, GTW-203, $62. #5716

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS

Create a Powerful Profile with LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking site and is a valuable tool for creating and maintaining a list of contacts with others. Job seekers, employers, and those looking for business opportunities all benefit from the power of LinkedIn. Find out how to improve your profile and how to navigate LinkedIn. Prerequisite: Computing Fundamentals for Windows or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2099, 1 Sat., Aug. 10, 9:00 am-1:00 pm, GTW-209, $72. #5717

Social Networking with Facebook
Facebook and other social networks enable millions of older adults to stay involved with children, grandchildren, and distant family members. Learn how to find and connect with old friends and family members to share activities and renew relationships. Share photos and videos to stay in touch.
CE-COMP 2071, 2 Thurs., July 11 & 18, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209, $125. #5718

MICROSOFT OFFICE APPLICATIONS
Get the computer competencies you need to survive and prosper in today’s fast-changing workplace. Our Microsoft applications courses are taught using MS Office 2016 unless otherwise stated.

MS Outlook
Tame your inbox with these techniques for managing your email. Learn the many options Outlook provides for creating, reading and sending email, working with attachments, flagging and categorizing messages, and working with distribution lists and your contacts. Go beyond email to improve your time and task management with advanced features of Outlook mail, the powerful calendar, meeting scheduler, contacts, address book, and task manager. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2024, 4 M/W, July 22-31, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-215, $290 (+ textbook). #5719

MS Excel–Level 1
Get started with Excel even if you have never used a spreadsheet before. Includes building and editing worksheets, formatting a worksheet, working with charts and working with formulas and functions. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2020, $290 (+ textbook).
Sec. A: 4 M/T/Th, June 3-10, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-215. #5720
Sec. B: 4 T/Th, July 9-18, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-215. #5721

MS Excel–Level 2
Expand your skills in Excel by learning to use and analyze tables and enhance your charts and worksheets. Explore techniques for managing workbooks, sharing Excel files, and incorporating web information. Prerequisite:
MS Excel Level 1 or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2021, $290 (+ textbook).
Sec. A: 4 M/T/Th, June 11-18, 9:00 am-
12:00 noon, GTW-215. #5722
Sec. B: 4 T/Th, July 23-Aug. 1, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-215. #5723

MS Excel–Level 3
Master more advanced features of Excel such as analyzing data with PivotTables, exchanging data with other programs, and advanced worksheet management. Prerequisite: MS Excel Level 2 or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2022, $290 (+ textbook).
Sec. A: 4 M/T/Th, June 20-27, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-215. #5724
Sec. B: 4 T/Th, Aug. 6-15, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-215. #5725
Save $$ when you register for all three Excel classes during this term for only $783.
Savings will be reflected when your course fees are calculated after enrolling. If classes are  canceled for any reason, discount no longer applies.

MS Excel 2016 Comprehensive
A Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification helps you stand out to employers! Provides you
with the knowledge and skills necessary to productively use MS Excel 2016. Upon completion, participants will be prepared to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification exam #77-727 for MS Excel 2016. Course format includes instructional time, a 30-minute lunch break, and lab practice time with a Technical Assistant. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience and familiarity with MS Excel.
CE-COMP 2153, 9 Sat., June 1-Aug 3 (skip 7/6), 9:00 am-1:00 pm, (30-minute lunch break), 1:30-3:00 pm lab, GTW-215, $895 (+ textbook + exam fees). #5726

One-on-One Computer Training
Get the benefits of the expertise of our experienced instructors in a one-on-one, private session!
For targeted, specific assistance with any software application, our One-on-One program can help.
We will match you with one of our professional instructors at our Valhalla campus for a session.
Email Michele Maya at Michele.Maya@sunywcc.edu to set an appointment time. A 2-hour session is $240; a 3-hour session is $360.

EXCEL FOR BUSINESS
Your time and training dollars are stretched – these short courses are designed to teach just the skills you require to meet specific business needs.

MS Excel Basics
Learn the fundamentals: enter and edit text and values; create simple formulas; select cells and ranges; move around the worksheet; change column widths and row heights; insert and delete rows and columns; format numbers; copy and move data from one location to another using menus, fill-handle and drag and drop; save, retrieve and print worksheets. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2023, $145
At Valhalla Campus: Sec. A: 2 Thurs., July 11 & 18, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209. #5727
At Mt. Vernon Center: Sec. B: 2 T/Th, June 11 & 13, 9:00 am-12:00 noon. #5728

Constructing MS Excel Formulas
Learn how to build complicated formulas, use functions and combine them in powerful ways. Covers using absolute and relative references in formulas and the order of precedence of operations. Troubleshoot formulas using the auditing tools. Document the formulas that you create. Use named ranges and cells in your formulas to better understand the purpose of the formula. Prerequisite: Excel Basics, MS Excel Level 1 or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2052, 2 Thurs., July 25 & Aug. 1, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209, $145. #5729

Excel Dashboards
Excel Dashboards track complex data in one visual, dynamic, often interactive, central, and compact sheet. Learn to build dashboards that simplify data analysis and enhance decision-making. Prerequisite: MS Excel Level 2 or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2170, 2 Thurs., Aug. 15 & 22, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, GTW-209, $145. #5732

Using PivotTables in Excel
A PivotTable is an interactive table that automatically extracts, organizes, and summarizes your data, making it easier to analyze. If you work with large data sets, PivotTables can help you make comparisons, detect patterns and relationships, and analyze trends with ease. Prerequisite: MS Excel Level 2 or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2086, 1 Thurs., Aug. 8, 9:00 am-1:00 pm, GTW-209, $72. #5730

Visual Data Analytics with Tableau
Tableau is a business intelligence tool used for data visualization. In this introductory course, you will be introduced to Tableau Desktop to connect Tableau to an Excel dataset and to see live visual analytics. Learn features that allow you to explore, prepare and present data quickly and easily. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience and familiarity with Microsoft Excel.
CE-COMP 2183, 4 Sat., July 13-Aug. 3, 1:00-4:00 pm, GTW-209, $290. #5731

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Bookkeeping with QuickBooks and Excel Non-Credit Certificate
Earn this non-credit certificate by completing our QuickBooks Fundamentals class, Excel 1, 2, and 3, and Accounting & Bookkeeping 1 (see page 2). Apply for the certificate upon completing all requirements.

Behind the Scenes of QuickBooks
Debits, credits, journals, ledgers…having a working knowledge of the principles behind the bookkeeping capability of QuickBooks will simplify your mastering of this software. The goal is to understand the “behind the scenes” of how business transactions are correctly recorded and how QuickBooks handles them. No QuickBooks experience is needed; the perfect first class for someone who plans to learn QuickBooks, but also useful for QuickBooks users who need additional understanding of bookkeeping processes.
CE-COMP 2132, 4 T/Th, May 21-30, 6:00-8:00 pm, GTW-215. $180. #5733

QuickBooks 2018 Fundamentals
Learn how to handle accounts payable and receivable, customer info, inventory, and track your business’s financial health. These sections are open to all students but are particularly suitable for those who have some previous experience with bookkeeping. This class will use the QuickBooks 2018 Desktop Version. Prerequisite: File Management or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2013, 8 T/Th, June 4-27, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-215, $525 (+ textbook). #5734

Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks – Online Program
Get full details at careertraining.ed2go.com/sunywcc

 

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

Introduction to Programming with Python
This course will give you an understanding of basic programming concepts as implemented in Python. Topics include data types, assignment and conditional statements, basics of flowcharts, and analysis. No previous programming experience is required, however typing speed of 25 wpm is recommended.
CE-COMP 2140, GTW-209, $372 (+ textbook).
Sec. A: 6 M/W, May 20-June 10 (skip 5/27), 6:00-9:00 pm. #5735
Sec. B: 6 T/Th, July 9-25, 6:00-9:00 pm. #5736

Intermediate Programming with Python
This course will give you an understanding of programming concepts as implemented in Python. Topics include Functions, Objects and Classes, GUI Programming Using Tkinter, Recursion, Lists, Tuples, Sets, and Dictionaries. Prerequisite: Introduction to Programming with Python or equivalent experience.
CE-COMP 2191, GTW-209, $372 (+ textbook).
Sec. A: 6 M/W, June 12-July 1, 6:00-9:00 pm. #5737
Sec. B: 6 T/Th, July 30-Aug. 15, 6:00-9:00 pm. #5738

Introduction to SQL
This course will allow the student to understand and write SQL (Structured Query Language), the language used to read, store, retrieve and manipulate data from relational databases such as Access, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. Prerequisite: Some familiarity with a relational database system (ex: MS Access).
CE-COMP 2102, 6 M/W, July 15-31, 6:00-9:00 pm, GTW-209, $372 (+ textbook). #5739

 

The IBM Skills Academy at Westchester Community College
Data Science Practitioner
The IBM Skills Academy Program is IBM’s premier training and digital badging worldwide program with curriculum aligned to high-demand jobs in the new digital-age technology job market.

The Data Science program covers several open source technologies including the premier IBM Watson Studio platform. Course modules include:
• Data Science Methodology • Data Science on the Cloud • Data Cleansing • Data Modeling • Data Visualization • IBM Enterprise Design Thinking
Upon successful completion of this course and exam, participants are eligible for the IBM Data Science Practitioner digital badge. Additional credentials may be earned, including IBM Watson Studio Essentials and IBM Design Thinking Practitioner digital badges.

For prerequisites, curriculum, schedule and costs,
please contact Kristine Bunyea at Kristine.Bunyea@sunywcc.edu or 914-606-7904.

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 certificate 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 certification or license would be right for you? Go to 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.