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Continuing Education


Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development

Through the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Borough of Manhattan Community College responds to community needs by providing specialized classes and employment services. The non-credit tuition classes offered throughout the year cover a broad spectrum of topics to meet the ever-changing needs and interests of our adult community. The bounty of courses, seminars and workshops in our catalogue is our response to help learning become a lifelong venture and to help you reach your personal and professional goals.

In response to an increasingly competitive job market, the Center also supports multiple initiatives in retraining and upgrading job skills through partnerships with other community and state organizations that focus on underemployed and unskilled workers.

Please contact our office at (212) 346-8410 for additional information or visit our website at www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ce.

Free HSE, Pre-HSE, ESL, and Literacy Classes

These classes are available to students who satisfy the eligibility requirements. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, 19 years of age or older and unemployed, under-employed, or on public assistance.

CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP)

This program is for individuals who are CUNY freshman, have limited English proficiency, and want to study English as a Second Language (ESL) before beginning college credit courses. Classes meet for 25 hours each week and students may stay for one, two, or three semesters. There are day and evening classes. For more information call (212) 665-2740.

CLEP-the College level Examination Program (CLEP)

allows you to demonstrate college-level achievement through a series of exams in undergraduate college courses. There are currently 2,900 colleges that grant credit and/or advanced standing for CLEP exams. BMCC is an open testing center and administers all 34 computer based exams in its secure testing laboratory. To request the next available exam date call (212) 346-8410.

Business Training Center

Business Owners, Training Managers, Human Resource Professionals

The Business Training Center can make arrangements for in-house presentation of Continuing Education programs, courses, workshops, and seminars, which can be designed to the specifications of your organization. Companies and organizations may also arrange to send employees on campus for training at a special tuition rate or on a contractual basis. Certificates of Completion will be awarded for such programs. For further information, please contact contact Jose Flores at (212) 346-8615.

On-Site Consultative

Our business representative will consult with you to design training that meets your company’s needs. If you have 10 or more employees who would benefit from these training sessions, please call Jose Flores (212) 346-8615 to set up a consultation to discuss your company’s needs.

Information Technology

IT continues to be one of the fastest-growing job sectors in the workforce. Continuing Education offers intensive certification programs in the most widely used networking technology, media arts and office software programs. Whether just starting, or wanting to continue to add to your skills we can help you build from the ground up.

Here are the courses we offer:

CISCO Network Academy

  • CCNA

  • CCNP

  • Security

Programming

  • C++

  • Python

  • JAVA

  • Ruby

Business Intelligence and Analytics

  • Data warehousing and Business Intelligence

  • SQL

  • Tableau

Web Development Program

  • HTML5

  • CSS

  • JavaScript

To learn more, visit our website at www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ce or call (212) 346-8410.

Media Arts

Whether you’re an amateur, a seasoned pro, or just looking to invest in a new hobby, BMCC is ready to help you fulfill your creative vision through the power of modern digital technology. Our Film and Graphic design courses are taught in state-of-the-art Mac Labs and are facilitated by veteran artists and industry experts in film and graphic design.

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • InDesign

To learn more, visit our website at www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ce or call (212) 346-8410.

Allied Health

Allied Health is one of the high growth job sectors in our economy. To keep pace with the growing baby-boomer population and advances in modern medicine, hospitals, doctor’s offices, and clinics will continue to rely upon medical professionals. The work Allied Health professionals perform ranges from the administrative duties like Billing and Coding to more hands-on careers such as and Medical Assistant Specialists and Electronic Health Records. Here are the courses we offer:

  • Basic Cardias Life Support

  • Basic Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

  • Hemodialysis

  • Medical Assistant Specialist

  • Medical Billing and Coding

Professional Development

Professional Development focuses on career enhancement and functional marketplace expertise through the acquisition, or development of project management and leadership skills, business writing fluency, and increased knowledge and proficiency in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office programs including Excel and PowerPoint. Here are the courses we offer:

  • Advanced QuickBooks

  • Basic Accounting with QuickBooks

  • Intermediate Spanish

  • Notary

  • Professional Writing

  • Speaking in Public

To learn more, visit our website at www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ce or call (212) 346-8410.

Online Career Training

If you are considering a career change, or are ready to move up the corporate ladder, Continuing Education offers a wide range of certificate and certification programs that will help you accomplish your goal. Our programs include job search strategies, business and marketing writing, legal programs plus much more.

To learn more about our online programs, visit our website www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ce or call our office for additional information (212) 346-8410.