Professional Development Courses

Course fee: $336

For English language learners, building confidence to speak at work, in meetings, and in the community, etc. often comes as a result of lots of (guided) practice. This course is designed to increase the student’s vocabulary in general, to provide the students a “safe environment” in which to discuss a variety of topics, and a forum to practice delivering short presentations, with feedback, all to help the student feel more comfortable and be prepared to speak more confidently in day-to-day situations.

COURSE FEE:  $59

Strategy and Planning are two very different activities that together guide the direction of the companies.
This training presents the steps that domestic or multinational business professionals face to create and deploy the strategy to compete in any industry and geographic location. In one session with conference and Q&A, we will discuss the process and benefits of a strategic plan; how to develop, implement, control and to correct the deviations of the strategic plan. Leaders and managers at different levels and functions of the organization will benefit from this course presented by the Professor of Global Strategic Management at RVCC.

Course fee: $75

Microsoft Word’s infamous styles can eliminate hours of frustration and move your ideas and thoughts within your document with ease. Format headings so you can move on to the next item quickly. Create a table of contents in nanoseconds using your main headings and sub-headings, and build hyperlinks for website usage. Master tricks of creating leaders for your agendas and menus and get to know Screen Shot, your new best friend with word. With all of these new tools, creating newsletters and brochures will be easy and fun.

Course fee: $129

Applying to graduate business and management schools usually means taking the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test).  The GMAT prep course will provide you with test-taking techniques and methods for improving your score and saving time on all GMAT question types.  You will review the more familiar questions and learn how to approach question types that may be new to you, like critical reasoning and data sufficiency.  You will practice on actual GMAT tests from previous years, which is the best way to prepare for any standardized test. 

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.