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Looking for affordable, self-paced, online certificate programs that can train you for the latest, in-demand job skills? Pellissippi State Community College, Center for Continuing Education, in partnership with Protrain Online is your solution! With online training you have flexible anytime, anywhere learning. Gain the skills you need to excel in the jobs for the new economy.

MORE THAN 3,000 CLASSES AVAILABLE
Looking for a way to improve personally or professionally and keep your skills on the cutting edge? You can progress at your own pace in the comfort and convenience of your home or office. All you need is internet access, an email address, and a Web browser. Call the BCS Office at (865) 539-7167 for more information. This is an example of just a few of the courses offered. www.ed2go.com/pstccedu or http://pstcc.theknowledgebase.org/

Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication
Accurate, effective communication skills are important in managing others. In this course, you will see why most misunderstandings, most conflicts, and most mistakes have been caused by communication problems.

Assertiveness From the Inside Out
Do you want to learn about strategies that can help you interact assertively with others in the workplace? Now is a good time to enhance your professional assertiveness skills if you answered "yes" to any of these questions. This course will guide you as you move into a more decisive, more effective professional style.

Foundations of Grammar
Understanding how to use various types of words is the building block of good writing. To be a good writer, you must have a thorough understanding of the basic parts of speech that identify and classify types of words. Then, you must be capable of applying the necessary guidelines for more complex uses of various word types. In this course, you will complete a comprehensive study on how and when to use words correctly. You will study everything from pronouns to possessives, and you will discover how to avoid the most common usage errors. When you are finished with this course, you will have the necessary building blocks to develop your skill as a top-notch writer.

Planning Your Personal Finances Simulation
The Planning Your Personal Finances Simulation will provide you with the opportunity to practice the real world, everyday skills necessary for digging your way out of debt and securing a financially sound future. If you're one of the lucky few whose finances are already in order, this course will provide you with the opportunity to examine a number of strategies for buying that second home or preparing for your retirement.

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ON-LINE

NEW! Project Management ... TheCourse™
TheCourse™ is designed to teach the core competencies of project management while preparing students for certification by the Project Management Institute. TheCourse™ is the preferred PMP® preparation vehicle of major US agencies, contractors, and institutions. TheCourse consists of 56 hours of training and the $895 tuition charge includes materials. Students can start anytime and work at their own pace. An instructor is assigned for one-on-one assistance. The online edition of TheCourse is the curriculum of choice of an increasing number of colleges and universities across the United States. It is multi-media, consisting of 650 web pages with voice plus some three dozen related linked papers. To receive information on registration assistance at Pellissippi State Technical Community College, contact Debi Bolton at 865 539-7008, or dbolton@pstcc.edu.

NEW! Accessible Web Design & Compliance
Whether you're in business or in government, improved access to your Web site equals increased hits. But how do you improve access if you don't know where to begin? This online class will help you open up access to your Web site by applying “universal design.” Universal design is an approach that makes products, services, and environments accessible to as many users as possible. When you consider that approximately 10 percent of the population needs some sort of accommodation to use a Web sitewell, that's a bundle of hits to a homepage. There's no doubt about it: a class on improving Web accessibility can help participants increase their Web traffic. But that's not the courses only, or maybe even it's most important, benefit. Most businesses and most government-sponsored institutions that are used by citizens and paid for by tax dollars have to be accessible. Accessible Web Design and Compliance is suited to people who are already familiar with creating Web pages with HTML and have knowledge of Adobe Acrobat. This course is a nuts-andbolts class for people who work on Web sites. Questions such as “Are we in compliance?” and “Is our Web site accessible?” and “How do we make our site accessible?” will all be answered in the class. Participants will become familiar with accommodations such as a screen reader (a computerized voice that reads the words to a blind person), a screen magnifier, and voice recognition software. Participants will also learn how to caption video similar to the text that scrolls across the bottom of cable news channels. This is an online course. Please contact us at 539-7167 for additional information.

WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS

These self-paced programs are designed with a team of professionals to provide the most effective webbased learning experience possible. Programs can be completed generally in less than 6 months. Instructors are actively involved in the students' online learning experience by responding to any questions or concerns as well as encouraging and motivating students to succeed. Each program includes everything needed to succeed (books, lessons, quizzes and assignments)! Grades are a combination of computer-graded tests and the instructor's evaluation of the students' work. Students love the quality as well as the convenience of anytime, anywhere learning!

For detailed course outlines and demos, please visit the following links:

Online Courses
www.ed2go.com/pstccedu

Career Training Program
www.gatlineducation.com/pstcc/

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