Professional Development Courses

COURSE FEE:  $159

Excellent service does not simply come from a friendly transaction or helpful technology.  It is the result of truly understanding your customer’s expectations and putting the right guidelines and service standards in place to exceed them.  When an organizational framework properly unites its people, place and processes by putting the customer at its core, exceptional service becomes possible across customer touch points.  With more than 90 years of world-renowned customer service, no one understands this better than Disney.

COURSE FEE:  $159

It is critical that today’s organizations go beyond just the legal aspects of sexual harassment.  This program addresses both the legal and behavioral aspects of sexual harassment to ensure an inclusive, highly productive work environment.

COURSE FEE:  $159

The ultimate success or failure of a project is directly related to the quality of the planning process for the project.  Organizations are using project management skills to provide a structure for dealing with increasingly competitive markets, financial pressures to improve performance, restructuring, acquisitions and globalization.  This course provides participants with an overview of the essential elements of project management and the project management life cycle.

COURSE FEE:  $159

A goal-oriented strategic planning process that focuses on meshing your organization’s vision with your strategic direction can set you apart.  The process determines not only WHERE your organization is going, but also HOW it is going to get there.  Participants will gain an in-depth assessment of their organization as compared with the marketplace, develop core values and a succinct vision that will guide the future of their business.

COURSE FEE:  $50

TIPS^® is the global leader in education and training for the responsible service, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Proven effective by third-party studies, TIPS is a skills-based training program that is designed to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and drunk driving.

The insurance industry discounts liquor liability premiums up to 25% for TIPS-certified clients. Courts recognize TIPS as the standard for server training programs. Liquor boards mitigate fines and penalties for violators who incorporate TIPS training at their establishments. Hotels, restaurants, and bars across the country reap the benefits of more professional wait staff and more satisfied customers.

Join the thousands of businesses and organizations that already enjoy the benefits of TIPS.

Course fee:  $500

Gain knowledge of everyday computer skills needed to perform workplace tasks. This course is designed to present solid computer skills in Microsoft Office. Students become proficient in MS Word, Excel PowerPoint, and Access.

Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $167

Adobe Photoshop is a critical tool for designers, web developers, graphic artists, photographers, and creative professionals.  It is widely used for image editing, retouching, creating image compositions, website mockups, and adding affects.  Digital or scanned images can be edited for use online or in-print.  Stand-alone graphics can be created and exported for use within other programs.

Course fee: $142

This course will build on the basics of PowerPoint and go in depth into template creation and advance features when delivering presentations.

Prerequisites:  MS Basic PowerPoint or equivalent experience.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE:  $125

Access is a powerful and versatile data management system. In this course, you will navigate within the Microsoft Access application environment. You will learn to create a simple database, manage data, construct tables, design forms and reports, and create queries to join, filter, and sort data.

Prerequisites: MS Windows or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE: $142

This course will reinforce the basic elements of MS Excel and expand on that base to include more complex functions, charts, linking worksheets, macros, adding pictures and more.

Prerequisites:  MS Basic Excel or equivalent experience.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Course fee: $125

Master the most widely used word processing software in the world. Learn to create and edit documents, move and copy text, special formatting, and more.

Prerequisites: MS Windows or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

Course fee: $167

In this level of MS Word, students will learn to create documents, create and enhance tables, and convert text to a table.  Additional concepts presented are: using galleries, inserting captions, enhance knowledge of formatting and much more.

Prerequisite: Experience using MS Word is required.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE: $167

Microsoft Visio is a diagramming tool that allows you to create diagrams which aid in data visualization and process modelling.  Visio also helps to create detailed org charts, floor plans, pivot diagrams, etc.  This class will help you understand the basics of the program and how you can use it to crate informative diagrams for home or enterprise use.

Course fee: $500

This course covers the fundamental terminology and technology components for building web pages in modern web browsers.  You will be introduced to HTML tags and text content, learn the importance of how HTML improves web page SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and how to create basic web page layouts that can include embedded YouTube videos, Google maps, navigation menus, links, text, font styles and images.  Includes access to online lessons from the instructor.

Prerequisites:  familiarity using the World Wide Web; understanding file systems such as Windows Explorer on Windows or Finder on Mac.

Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $130

This course covers the basics of AutoCAD.  This program is intended for the beginners who may be exploring their particular interest or application and/or students who may have little experience with computers.

Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Course fee: $230

This course is an introduction to basic 3D CAD (Computer-Aided Design) techniques using AutoCAD software and provides a guided, hands-on environment to learn the basics of solid modeling.  Fundamentals of 3D drawing, 3D editing, and introduction to 3D printing are presented.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD I or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Course fee: $252

This courses offers a study skills review and classroom instruction of the subject areas needed to pass the High School Equivalency Exam.  Practice exams, pre-testing, and post-testing evaluations are provided.  For an additional charge you may take the High School Equivalency exam at RVCC in Branchburg.

Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Math and Language Arts/Writing Prep may also be take separately.

Language Arts and Writing Prep & Review

Course fee: $126

Math Prep & Review

Course fee: $126

Course fee: $199

If you’re planning to apply to graduate school, you’ll likely have to take the GRE.  This series is here to help you prepare for the verbal reasoning, analytical writing, and math section of the GRE.  Topics include reading comprehension, text completion, sentence equivalence questions, and both essay tasks as well as quantitative comparison, data interpretation, and standard math questions. 

This course is fully online through ed2go.  To register go to:  https://www.ed2go.com/rvcc/online-courses/gmat-preparation?tab=detail

Course fee: $336

Everyone is capable of speaking English with clarity and proper pronunciation.  There is no trick to it.  Studying accent reduction involves learning the sounds and intonation of the target language.  This is split into 4 parts:  vowel sounds, consonant sounds, stress and tone.  This course is designed to make second language speakers’ English clearer and reduce the influence of a mother tongue.