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UCLAxCareerBridge will support more than 300 students over five years with grant funding to complete the following programs:

  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate: 13 courses. Duration: 1.5-2 years.
  • Data Science Certificate: 5 courses. Duration: 9 months.
  • Early Childhood Education – Associate Teacher Certificate: 7 courses. Duration: 1 year. (Ofrecido en español)

Each certificate covers a specialized field and provides the educational background needed to attain employment.  Course fees are covered or greatly reduced in order to minimize financial barriers. Additional supports include interactive engagement such as orientations, group and individual advising, career/job services, networking, resume writing, and job interview preparation and skills.

 

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About the Programs

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Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate

This program prepares students to meet a critical need. Substance use disorders (SUDs) affect approximately 8.5% of Californians, yet only 10% of those affected receive treatment. Students who successfully complete this certificate meet the educational requirements to become certified to work in the profession by the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP).

Potential Job Title: Substance Use Disorder Counselor

Salary in Los Angeles:

  • $47,850 | Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019
  • $45,027 | Indeed.com

Certificate Program Fees:

UCLAxCareerBridge Student: $0

Program costs, candidacy fees, and textbooks are covered through grant funding.

Program fees without grant funding: $7,764

Course List:

Prerequisite Activities: 

  • COM HLT UL 731 - Information Session and New Student Orientation: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate
  • COM HLT 889 - Study Skills and Other Key Preparations for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate

Required Courses:

  • COM HLT X 470.1 - Pharmacological Aspects of Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • COM HLT X 470.5 - Introduction to Counseling and the 12 Core Functions
  • COM HLT X 470.12 - Self-Care for Addiction Professionals: Optimizing Health and Wellbeing
  • COM HLT X 470.7 - Individual Counseling Skills
  • COM HLT X 470.8 - Co-Occurring Disorders for Addiction Professionals
  • COM HLT X 470.9 - Group Counseling Skills
  • COM HLT X 470.3 - Developmental Aspects of Psychology and Addiction
  • COM HLT X 470.6 - Law and Ethics for Addiction Professionals
  • COM HLT X 470.10 - Family Counseling Skills
  • COM HLT X 470.4 - Bringing Recovery to Diverse Populations
  • COM HLT X 470.11 - Supervised Field Work Practicum (255 hours)
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Data Science Certificate

This program offers students technical skills that are marketable and in high demand in order to start a career in data science. This certificate provides hands-on experience in data management, programming, statistics, and machine learning to extract, analyze and communicate your findings. Learn to leverage the power of big data to extract insights and improve decision making for real-world problems.

Potential Job Title: Junior Data Scientist

Salary in Los Angeles:

  • $49,388 | Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019
  • $50,364 | Indeed.com

Certificate Program Fees:

UCLAxCareerBridge Student: $0

Program costs, candidacy fees, and textbooks are covered through grant funding.

Program fees without grant funding: $3,980

Course List: 

  • COM SCI X 450.00 - Data Science Fundamentals I
  • COM SCI X 450.1 - Data Science Fundamentals II
  • COM SCI X 450.2 - Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization
  • COM SCI X 450.3 - Big Data Management
  • COM SCI X 450.4 - Machine Learning
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Early Childhood Education - Associate Teacher Certificate

This certificate provides the foundational knowledge needed to become an Associate Teacher in a preschool or childcare setting, for children birth to five years. This program meets the 12 ECE/CD units needed for the California CTC Associate Teacher permit. Students funded by the grant are required to take a prerequisite course, five core courses, and the practicum. The first cohort will be offered fully in Spanish for Spanish speaking students.

Para información en español visite esta página. 

Potential Job Title: Early Childhood Assistant Teacher

Salary in Los Angeles:

  • $30,520 | Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019
  • $38,974 | Indeed.com

Certificate Program Fees:

UCLAxCareerBridge Student: $0

Program costs, candidacy fees, and textbooks are covered through grant funding.

Program fees without grant funding: $2,180

Course List: 

Prerequisite:

  • ECE Associate Teacher Certificate Introduction

Required Courses: 

  • EDUC X 21- Child Development
  • EDUC X 22- The Young Child in the Family and Community
  • EDUC X 23- Foundations of Early Child Care and Education: An Introduction to Teaching Young Children
  • EDUC X 24- Introduction to Curriculum and Learning Environments

Electives (choice of one):

  • EDUC X 4** Trauma-informed Early Childhood Care and Education
  • EDUC X 321.71 – Infant and Toddler Development and Care
  • EDUC X 321.74 – Developing an Infant and Toddler Child Care Program

Practicum:

  • EDUC X 4xx – ECE Practicum Experience and Capstone Project (total hours: 100)
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Qualifications

To qualify for these programs, students must:

  • Be a California resident
  • Meet the minimum qualifications (see below)
  • Attend one information session
  • Successfully complete the prerequisite course(s)
  • Attend the student orientation
woman counseling or teaching another young woman

Eligible students must not be currently enrolled in one of the three certificate programs.

Priority will be given to students with financial need. For students not referred by community partners, there will be an application to determine eligibility. 

Program-Specific Qualifications

  • Minimum qualifications are those that all prospective students must meet to be eligible for the certificate program.  
  • Preferred qualifications are criteria that are not required but would enhance the prospective students’ ability to obtain a job in the desired field and/or enter the field at a higher pay level/role. 
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Certificate

Minimum qualifications:  

  • High school diploma/GED
  • Eligibility to work in the United States at completion of the program 
  • High comfort level with using basic computer functions (ex: using a mouse/trackpad, typing, downloading software, uploading files, navigating the internet) 
  • Sobriety is essential to performing as a professional in the field of addiction counseling. Students enrolling in this certificate who are in recovery are expected to have at least one year of continuous sobriety prior to enrollment in the program and maintain sobriety throughout the program. 

Preferred qualifications: 

  • Prior experience mentoring and/or counseling
Data Science Certificate

Minimum qualifications:  

  • High school diploma/GED 
  • Eligibility to work in the United States at completion of the program 
  • High comfort level with using basic computer functions (ex: using a mouse/trackpad, typing, downloading software, uploading files, navigating the internet) 

Preferred qualifications: 

  • Some college math, specifically statistics 
  • Some basic programming experience in any language (Python, Java, HTML/CSS, etc.) 
Early Childhood Education – Associate Teacher Certificate

Minimum qualifications:  

  • High school diploma/GED  
  • Eligibility to work in the United States at completion of the program 
  • High comfort level with using basic computer functions (ex: using a mouse/trackpad, typing, downloading software, uploading files, navigating the internet) 

Preferred qualifications: 

  • Prior experience working with young children

Contact UCLAxCareerBridge

For questions or to learn more about the initiative.
phone-icon (310) 206-2560
phone-icon careerbridge@uclaextension.edu

 

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