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Spanish for Teachers, Administrators, and Staff

Spanish for Teachers, Administrators, and Staff, or STAS, course focuses on the needs of individuals who work in school settings and in the education field. STAS offers school personnel and school resource officers the opportunity to learn functional phrases needed for immediate communication with a Spanish-speaking clientele (i.e. students, parents, etc.) as related to school settings and situations. This course offers vocabulary related to workplace, functional grammar, and an optional two-weeks of cultural activities-oriented exercises involving meringue lessons, field trip to a Hispanic restaurant, and Hispanic movie and discussion to follow.
Date: Mondays - 2/2/2009-4/15/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Wendover Building, Room 107
Fee: $179

Spanish for Teachers, Administrators, and Staff (On-line)

Date: TBA
Time: 24 hours
Location: On-line
Fee: TBA

Spanish for Law Enforcement and Emergency Personnel

Spanish for Law Enforcement Personnel course focuses on the needs of individuals who work in law enforcement agencies and emergency services. This course offers law enforcement and emergency personnel functional phrases needed for immediate communication with a Spanish-speaking clientele in various settings and situations. This course offers vocabulary related to emergencies, law enforcement, workplace, and functional grammar. An optional two-weeks of cultural activities-oriented exercises is available, involving meringue lessons, field trip to a Hispanic restaurant, and a Hispanic movie with follow-up discussion.
Date: Tuesdays - 2/3/2009-4/16/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Wendover Building, Room 107
Fee: $179

Spanish for Law Enforcement and Emergency Personnel (On-line)

Date: TBA
Time: 24 hours
Location: On-line
Fee: TBA

Spanish Frontline Healthcare Professionals

This is a comprehensive program designed to provide functional Spanish Language skills for school personnel who have occasional contact with Spanish-speaking students and visitors. It also includes extensive training for non-Spanish speaking classroom teachers who have Spanish-speaking children in their classrooms.
Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Feb. 7-Dec 2, 2008 (3 hrs/week)
Time: 6-7:30 pm
Location: Wendover Building
Fee: $179

Better Business Communication Certificate Program

The writing certificate program provides employers, managers, supervisors and professional employees with the level of knowledge needed to perform tasks and help the business succeed.
Date: On-line, 3-13/2009-3/31/2009
Time: n/a
Location: Internet
Fee: $249

Learn to Write Better and More Effectively

Learn the basic rules of writing, how to improve your writing skills, develop your ideas and articulate them intelligently, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, speak correctly and increase your confidence. Present yourself professionally through writing and speaking.
Date: On-line, 3/3/2009-4/6/2009
Time: n/a
Location: Internet
Fee: $199

Writing for $$$$

Learn how to develop funding ideas for start-ups, services and or products, and where to find funding sources. Students will learn how to clarify an idea, how research the idea, how to write the proposal, and how to decide who should read the proposal.
Date: On-line, 3/3/2009-4/6/2009
Time: n/a
Location: Internet
Fee: $199

So You Want to Get the Job? How to Get a Job the Right Way

This online course is designed to help participants seek employment in the current challenging job market. Participants will learn the tools with which to best present him or herself to a prospective employer. Topics include: letter of application, job journal, and how to ask for a raise/promotion. Students will learn how to create a portfolio as well as how to conduct oneself in an interview.
Date: On-line, 3/3/2009-4/6/2009
Time: n/a
Location: Internet
Fee: $199

Pharmacy Technician Program

This comprehensive 50 hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other health care settings – working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Course content includes medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Students will learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.
Course Contact Hours: 50 hrs.
Fee: Textbooks included)
Date:(Summer) Tuesday & Thursday, June 16, 2009 – August 4, 2009;
(Fall) Tuesday & Thursday, September 22, 2009 – November 10, 2009
Time: 6:00pm- 9:30pm
Room: TBA
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Medical Billing and Coding Program

This combined 70 hour billing and coding course offers the skills needed to solve insurance billing problems, how to manually file claims (using the CPT and ICD-9 manual), complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and use generic forms to streamline billing procedures. The course covers the following areas: CPT (Introduction, Guidelines, Evaluation and Management), specialty fields (such as surgery, radiology and laboratory), ICD-9 (Introduction and Guidelines) and basic claims processes for medical insurance and third party reimbursements. Students will learn how to find the service and codes using manuals, (CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS). After obtaining the practical work experience (6 months to 2 years), students who complete this course could be qualified to sit for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) - Certified Professional Coder Exam (CPC or CPC-H Apprentice); the American Health Information Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Associate (CCA) exam; and/or other National Certification Exams
Course Contact Hours: 70 hrs
Fee: $1,499 (Textbooks included)
Date: (Summer) Monday & Wednesday, June 15, 2009 – August 24, 2009;
(Fall) Monday & Wednesday, September 21, 2009 – December 2, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Room: TBA
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Phlebotomy Technician Program

This 90 hour Phlebotomy Technician Program prepares professionals to collect blood specimens from clients for the purpose of laboratory analysis. Students will become familiar with all aspects related to blood collection and develop comprehensive skills to perform venipunctures completely and safely. Classroom and lab work includes terminology, anatomy and physiology; blood collection procedures; specimen hands-on practice; and training in skills and techniques to perform puncture methods. Additionally, this program will prepare students to take the American Society of Phlebotomy Technician (ASPT) – Phlebotomy Technician national certification exam.
Course Contact Hours: 90 hrs.
Fee: $1,599 (Textbooks included)
Date: (Summer) Monday, Wednesday & Saturday, June 15, 2009 – August 24, 2009;
(Fall) Monday, Wednesday & Saturday, September 22, 2009 – December 3, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm (Mon. & Wed.), 9:00am – 3:00pm (Sat.)
Room: TBA
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EKG Technician Certification Program

This comprehensive 50 hour EKG Technician Certification Program prepares students to function as EKG Technicians and to take the American Society of Phlebotomy Technician (ASPT) – Electrocardiograph (EKG) Technician exam and other National Certification Exams. This course will include important practice and background information on anatomy of the heart and physiology, medical disease processes, medical terminology, medical ethics, legal aspects of patient contact, laboratory assisting, electrocardiography and echocardiography. Additionally, students will practice with equipment and perform hands on labs including introduction to the function and proper use of the EKG machine, the normal anatomy of the chest wall for proper lead placement, 12-lead placement and other clinical practices.
Course Contact Hours: 50 hrs.
Fee: $999 (Textbooks included)
Date: (Summer) Monday & Wednesday, June 15, 2009 – August 3, 2009;
(Fall) Monday & Wednesday, September 21, 2009 – November 9, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Room: TBA
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Certificate Programs

Six Sigma Certificate Program

The Six Sigma Certificate Program will provide you with training toward ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) and Black Belt (CSSBB) certification in a 91-hour combined classroom and on-line format.

Program Content

Program content will follow the entire six sigma body of knowledge as defined by the American Society for Quality. Your tuition will include texts and a one-year ASQ membership to facilitate access to many quality articles and literature.

Program Goals

Provide students with a solid foundation in six sigma by covering the ASQ six sigma body of knowledge.
Provide hands-on experience with six sigma tools.
Develop critical thinking skills needed for effective application of six sigma tools and leadership of six sigma projects
Completion of a six sigma project (required to “sit” for the CSSBB certification examination).

Dates: May 11, 2009 - February 29, 2010
Time: 6 hours/month classroom and 3 hours/month on-line instruction
Location: Wendover Building, NC A&T
Fee: $2499

Registered Nurse First Assistant Program (RNFA)

RNFA is an expanded practice course for operating room nurses, nurse midwives and nurse practitioners to provide the preoperative nurse with the advanced knowledge and skill to function at an advanced practice level. Based on the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) Core Curriculum, this program is one of only 22 approved programs Nationwide that has met specific criteria and is accepted by the CCI (Competency and Credentialing Institute) as an acceptable program for CRNFA eligibility. As a RNFA, your nursing role will be expanded and requires independent nursing judgment related to tissue handling, retracting, providing exposure, and clamping, ligating, and suturing and providing hemostasis.
Date: 3/1 - 3/7/09 - didactic study; Plus 120 hours of clinical study; 6 credit hours
Time: 8 am – 5pm
Location: Webb Hall, NC A&T
Fee: $2099

Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)

The Institute for Supply Management’s Certified Professional in Supply Management debuted in 2008 as the profession’s most rigorous qualification. It will be the standard for all professionals in supply management. The CPSM seminar consists of three modules which may be taken individually, or as a group.
CPSM Seminar Schedule: 5 Saturdays, 10/25 - 11/22/08
Time: 8 am - 4 pm
Location: Wendover Building, NC A&T, Room 107
Fee: Individual module schedules and fees below.

CPSM Module I - Foundation of Supply Management

Contracting and negotiations, cost and finance, international, social responsibility, sourcing, and supplier relationship management.
Date: 2 Saturdays, 3/14/2009
Time: 8 am - 4 pm
Location: Wendover Building, NC A&T, Room 107
Fee: $350

CPSM Module II - Effective Supply Management Performance

Forecasting, logistics, material and inventory management, organization and department assessment, planning, product development, project management, and quality.
Date: 2 Saturdays, 3/21/2009 & 3/28/2009
Time: 8 am - 4 pm
Location: Wendover Building, NC A&T, Room 107
Fee: $350

CPSM Module III - Leadership in Supply Management

Leadership, risk and compliance, and strategic sourcing.
Date: 1 Saturday, 4/4/2009
Time: 8 am - 4 pm
Location: Wendover Building, NC A&T, Room 107
Fee: $200

NC A&T/ASQ Certification Refresher Courses

Manager of Quality/Organization Excellence (CMQ/OE)

Replaces CQM; quality principles & standards in relation to organization & human resource management.
Date: 2 Thursdays, 2/21/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Wendover Building, Room 107
Fee: $300

Principles of Quality Engineering (CQE)

Quality leadership, quality planning, quality systems development and implementation, reliability and risk management, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement techniques, statistical tools and quantitative analysis tools.
Date: 15 Thursdays, 2/19/2009-6/4/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Wendover Building, Room 107
Fee: $624

Principles of Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)

Six Sigma: disciplined methodology for developing &delivering high-quality products &services (better), reduced cycle times (faster), reduced costs (cheaper). Includes customer analysis, project management, the DMAIC process (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) lean manufacturing, and design for Six Sigma
Date: 16 Thursdays, 6/13/2009-10/10/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location:Wendover Building, Room 107
Fee: $624

Principles of Quality Auditing (CQA)

Standards and principles for auditing and the auditing techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating, and reporting to determine a quality system-s adequacy and deficiencies; analysis of elements of a quality system and judgment of its degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.
Date: 9 Thursdays, 4/2/2009-6/4/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: TBA
Fee: $419

Certified Quality Technician/Certified Mechanical Inspector (CQT/CMI)

provides a thorough introduction to the technical aspects of statistical process control, continuous improvement, incoming sampling, quality standards, calibration, blueprint reading, and other quality-related topics.
Date: 14 Mondays, 6/27/2009-10/10/2009
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Wendover Building, Room: TBA
Fee: $614

Engineering Course Offerings

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination Review

Provides intensive review for the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (FE). The course will follow a standard refresher text including lecture and problem solving components. Review Topics include: chemistry; mathematics; thermodynamics; statics; mechanics of materials; electric circuits; engineering economics; fluid mechanics; dynamics; materials science; structure of matter; ethics, and computers.
Date: 10 Saturdays, 2/7/2009-4/18/2009
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location:McNair Hall, Room: Lecture Room 1
Fee: $549

Professional Engineering (PE) Examination Review

The review course covers the breadth (AM) exam materials, and the 3 depth (PM) exam areas: HVAC & refrigeration, machine design, thermal & fluids systems, and added depth in machine design, fluids & thermal.
Date: 10 Saturdays, 2/7/2009-4/18/2009
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: McNair Hall, Room: 135
Fee: $549

NC A&T/ASQ Online Courses

Introduction to Quality Principles (CQIA Exam Refresher Course)

Introduction to a basic knowledge of quality tools and their uses with quality improvement projects.
Date: TBA – 4 Weeks, 12 Hours
Fee: $264

Quality System Overview, Module I

Topics include: quality philosophies from quality gurus, quality tools; quality systems, including industry standards such as ISO-9000 and Malcolm Baldrige, total quality management, and quality costs. Appropriate for CEOs and quality managers as an introduction to quality concepts.
Date: TBA – 5 Weeks, 15 Hours
Fee: $264

Quality System Overview, Module II

Topics include probability distributions used in quality control,-quality control charts and their use, and setting tolerances. Appropriate for quality managers, quality engineers, and quality technicians as an introduction to these topics.
Date: TBA – 4 Weeks, 12 Hours
Fee: $264

Quality System Overview, Module III; Acceptance Sampling Plans

Instructions are given for solving many of the problems in this course using a TI-83 PLUS calculator and/or MS-Excel. Topics include: review of the Binomial Distribution; review of the Poisson Sistribution; OC Curves; AOQL; ATI (Average Total Inspected) Curves; designing single-sampling plans, including choosing AQL and RQL, and MIL-STD-105E (ANSI/ASQ A1.4, ISO 2859).
Date: TBA – 5 Weeks, 15 Hours
Fee: $264

Introduction to Reliability Analysis

Topics include:

Session 1 - Fundamentals and the Poisson Distribution
Session 2 - Exponential Distribution
Session 3 - Normal Distribution and Wearout Failures
Session 4 - Weibull Distribution and the Bathtub Curve
Session 5 - Lognormal Distribution
Session 6 - Gamma and Erlang Distributions
Session 7 - Analyzing System Reliability
Session 8 - System Preventive Maintenance
Session 9 - Designing Life Tests
Session 10 - Accelerated Life Testing
Session 11 - Fault Trees
Session 12 - Reliability Growth and the Duane Curve

Date: TBA – 6 Weeks, 18 Hours
Fee: $264

Introduction to Data Analysis and Design of Experiments

Topics include:

Session 1: Review of Probability and the Normal Distribution
Session 2: Parameter Estimation
Session 3: Hypothesis Testing
Session 4: Comparing Two, or More, Populations
Session 5: Analyzing Yield Data (Proportions)
Session 6: Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA)
Session 7: 2k Factorial Designs
Session 8: Simple Linear and Multiple Regression

Date: TBA – 6 Weeks, 18 Hours
Fee: $264

Six Sigma Green Belt On-Line

Disciplined methodology for developing and delivering high-quality products and services (better), reduced cycle times (faster), reduced costs (cheaper). Includes customer analysis, project management, the DMAIC process (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control), lean manufacturing and design for six sigma.
Date: TBA, 8 Weeks, 40 Hours
Fee: $624

Tower Climbing: Height Safety and Rescue

Advanced Climber

Advanced Climber offers two days of intensive training designed specifically for those who hold a current safe to climb or Occasional certificate. Those holding this certificate should be capable of accessing all parts of standard structures, know what to do in an emergency, and be capable of carrying out basic lift tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
Date: TBA, 8 hours
Time: 8am-5 pm
Location: Main Campus
Fee: TBA

Tower Rescue

Tower rescue is a one day, 8-hour training course focusing on the correct use of basic rescue equipment for the evacuation of third parties from height to ground safely.
Date: TBA, 8 hours
Time: 8am-5 pm
Location: Main Campus
Fee: TBA

Train the Trainer

Train the Trainer provides two day, 16-hours hands-on training to meet the criteria specified for competency from planning the job through completion. Interactive presentations and practical demonstrations are combined in the seminar to provide the in-house trainer with a thorough knowledge base, including technical rescue knowledge in case of rescue situation should arise. The participants will earn 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU) from North Carolina A&T State University. Prerequisites: (Advanced Climber &Tower Rescue)
Date: TBA, 16 hours
Time: 8am-5 pm
Location: Main Campus
Fee: TBA

Advanced Climber

Advanced Climber offers two days of intensive training designed specifically for those who hold a current safe to climb or Occasional certificate. Those holding this certificate should be capable of accessing all parts of standard structures, know what to do in an emergency, and be capable of carrying out basic lift tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
Date: TBA, 16 hours
Time: 8am-5 pm
Location: Main Campus
Fee: TBA

Height Modernization Workshops

HTMOD-Precise Digital Leveling Workshop

North Carolina A&T State University, in conjunction with the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), and with the assistance of North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS), will offer a two-day (16 hour) Precise Digital Leveling workshop for those engaged in height modernization and its use for precision geomatics and engineering application. Emphasis is placed on precise digital/bar-code levels and support equipment as well as how geodetic leveling is an integral part of Height Modernization.

(Continental breakfast, lunch and parking is included)
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: NC A&T SU Farm
Fee: $269

HTMOD-Basic & Advanced Workshops

Height Modernization (HM) is a series of activities designed to advance and promote the determination of elevations by Global Positioning Systems (GPS) surveying, in conjunction with traditional leveling. It includes activities leading to improve height determination both for the static surveyor and for the moving navigator.
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: NCAT & UNCG Gateway Research Park
Fee: $269