Open a new door in your accounting career and acquire knowledge and skills you can use in companies large and small, government offices, or the nonprofit sector. The demand for accountants is rising in all types of organizations and industries. Add a new professional designation to your title, keep up on current trends, and challenge yourself to be the best in your field.

If you’re looking for a job that pays well and will always be challenging, welding offers a wide variety of choices. If you’d like even more responsibility someday, there’s plenty of room for growth. Welding Technology touches on every profession and industry that uses metal. This certificate provides students with the technical knowledge and skill, in oxyacetylene cutting and FCAW/GMAW welding, to be able to enter into a welding career either in the field or shop environment. With these new skills, students will be able to obtain entry-level employment as a welder’s helper or in a shop production welding setting welding structural steel, parts of medium thickness, or sheet steel.

If you’re looking for a job that pays well and will always be challenging, welding offers a wide variety of choices. If you’d like even more responsibility someday, there’s plenty of room for growth. Welding Technology touches on every profession and industry that uses metal. This certificate provides students with the technical knowledge and skill, in oxyacetylene cutting and GTAW welding, to be able to enter into a welding career either in the field or shop environment. With these new skills, students will be able to obtain entry-level employment as a welder’s helper in the field or as a beginning welder in a production setting welding thin materials.

If you’re looking for a job that pays well and will always be challenging, welding offers a wide variety of choices. If you’d like even more responsibility someday, there’s plenty of room for growth. Welding Technology touches on every profession and industry that uses metal. This certificate provides students with the technical knowledge and skill in oxyacetylene cutting, and SMAW welding to be able to enter into a welding career in either a structured steel field or shop environment. With these new skills, students will be able to obtain entry-level employment as a welder’s helper in the field or in welding shops welding structural steel.

If you’re looking for a job that pays well and will always be challenging, welding offers a wide variety of choices. If you’d like even more responsibility someday, there’s plenty of room for growth. Welding Technology touches on every profession and industry that uses metal. This certificate may lead to employment competency but does not lead to an associate's degree. This certificate provides students with the technical knowledge and skill, in oxyacetylene cutting and SMAW/GMAW pipe welding, to be able to enter into a welding career either in the field or shop environment. With these new skills, students will be able to obtain entry-level employment as a pipe welder’s helper or in a shop doing production welds and welding ferrous pipe.

Theatre endeavors to create with and for its students, a learning environment that is inclusive and representative of its community as a whole. We encourage students to develop their artistic expression and technical ability in preparation for their continuing education and future careers. Our hope is to challenge and channel students' talents into having an equitable, local, and global impact as artists, technicians, educators, audience members, and supporters of the arts. This program will provide training in basic technical theatre skills for career employment in production and performance within the Theatre Industry.

The Musical Theatre Program is a dynamic training experience for students who seek a professional career in Musical Theatre. The curriculum is fundamentally craft-based, offering rich and intensive courses in singing, acting, music, and dancing. We also have a commitment to bringing in guest artists and other visiting professionals to complement our existing curriculum. Our comprehensive course of study requires that students who successfully complete the program must be motivated, committed, hard workers, as well as gifted. Students must demonstrate continued progress and development and pass ongoing faculty evaluations in order to remain in the program. Performance opportunities include Performance Riverside, a semi-professional theatre located on the campus of Riverside City College, which is home to a season of three productions each year, and, our flexible black box space which produces 1-2 productions each year.

The Mission of the Music Department is to provide students the means to accomplish their goals in music with an educational program that prepares them to contribute as artists, educators, audience members, and supporters of the arts. Our standard is to meet the cultural, educational, and social needs of the community through excellent musical performances, school visitations, workshops, and masterclasses. At the heart of the department are outstanding arts experiences, superior teaching, and access to an aesthetic learning education. Prepares individuals for careers in music recording, music composition, and music production using state-of-the-art music technology. Fulfills a portion of the Associate of Arts degree in Music.

The Mission of the Music Department is to provide students the means to accomplish their goals in music with an educational program that prepares them to contribute as artists, educators, audience members, and supporters of the arts. Our standard is to meet the cultural, educational, and social needs of the community through excellent musical performances, school visitations, workshops, and masterclasses. At the heart of the department are outstanding arts experiences, superior teaching, and access to an aesthetic learning education. Prepares individuals for a career in music as performers. Fulfills a portion of the Associate of Arts degree in Music.

The Mission of the Music Department is to provide students the means to accomplish their goals in music with an educational program that prepares them to contribute as artists, educators, audience members, and supporters of the arts. Our standard is to meet the cultural, educational, and social needs of the community through excellent musical performances, school visitations, workshops, and masterclasses. At the heart of the department are outstanding arts experiences, superior teaching, and access to an aesthetic learning education. Prepares individuals for a career in music as jazz performers. Fulfills a portion of the Associate of Arts degree in Music.

This program provides students with the technical knowledge and skill of reading and interpreting building codes. Understanding materials used to meet the demands of the codes and the documentation needed to comply with inspections taking place during construction, remodeling, or maintenance of structures. With these new skills, students will obtain entry-level employment as an inspector or an inspector’s helper in new construction, remodeling construction, or operation of an existing building.

The Mission of the Music Department is to provide students the means to accomplish their goals in music with an educational program that prepares them to contribute as artists, educators, audience members, and supporters of the arts. Our standard is to meet the cultural, educational, and social needs of the community through excellent musical performances, school visitations, workshops, and masterclasses. At the heart of the department are outstanding arts experiences, superior teaching, and access to an aesthetic learning education. Prepares individuals for a career in music as piano performers. Fulfills a portion of the Associate of Arts degree in Music.

Education is for you if you are interested in working with infants and toddlers required by Title 22 licensing. Learn practical skills and on-site training to prepare students for employment with infants/toddlers in Early Childhood Education. The Infant and Toddler Specialization certificate represent a composite of child development knowledge, skills, and responsibilities integral to working with children ages zero to three. Specific courses emphasize a responsive approach to the care and education of infants and toddlers in center-based programs and family child care homes.

Learn to communicate information, entertainment, and ideas through film and television. Plan and produce a variety of genres in film and television.

The entrepreneurship program provides students broad, intellectual, practical skills that demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and concepts related to identifying business opportunities, evaluating ideas, assessing the markets, and exploring risks and rewards. Additionally, students will develop a business model canvas and pitch their business idea. Through courses that include hands-on and experiential learning, students develop knowledge and skills that serve as a springboard to start, run, and grow their own business. This certificate is designed for those interested in starting their own business, exposing students to the basics of entrepreneurship, including design thinking, customer assessment, problem-solving, financing, and leveraging resources. It will utilize the Business Model Canvas technique and provide students with critical insights into the basics of founding-team formation. Students will learn about the Gig economy, legal business structures, e-commerce, networks, key relationships, and the differences between the many types of solopreneurs.