The program to earn a Continuing Education Certificate is now available either online or as a hybrid in combination with traditional classroom-taught courses!

This multiple choice, eight course certificate program is designed to build and enhance the student’s skill in designing and developing Internet applications for both personal and professional use. To start this program, students must have knowledge of the Windows directory and file structures, be able to work comfortably with various browsers, and have at least an intermediate knowledge of the Internet. Consequently, courses that provide an introduction to Windows and/or the Internet do not qualify as fulfilling program requirements.

Course requirements for each program delivery format follow. Coursework cannot be used to fulfill requirements in multiple certificate programs. Online Program Delivery Successful completion of any eight of the following online courses to qualify the student for a certificate:

DPR-741 Introduction to Creating WordPress Web Sites 

DPR-393 Designing Effective Websites 

DPR-485 Creating Web Pages: Part 1 

DPR-409 Achieving Top Search Engine Positions for Your Website 

DPR-725 Introduction to Flash CS5 

DPR-690 Introduction to Dreamweaver CS5 

DPR-329 Java for the Absolute Beginner 

DPR-651 Intermediate Java Programming 

DPR-540 Introduction to PHP and MySQL 

DPR-583 Intermediate PHP and MySQL 

DPR-383 Introduction to ASP.NET 

DPR-464 Introduction to Perl Programming 

DPR-672 Introduction to CSS and XHTML 

DPR-745 Intermediate CSS & XHTML 

Hybrid Program Delivery  

 Successful completion of following core knowledge and elective courses (totaling eight courses) qualify the student for
a Web Design certificate:

DPR-767 Web Design: Part 1 

DPR-768 Web Design: Part 2 

DPR-769 Web Design: Part 3 

Plus an additional 5 “DPR”  

 DPR-767 Web Design: Part 1   1.5 CEUs 

This first course in the series is to learn how to design web pages.  All hands-on activities require no prior knowledge of Hypertext markeup language (HTML).  Acquire the latest concepts of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language using any text editor and previewing in the browser.  Update your old web sites with the most current versions of HTML and CSS.  Students will experience creating web pages using different layouts, images with rounded corners and muchmore.  Use the web site w3c.org to validate your HTML code. Text required: New Perspectives on HTML and CSS:  Comprehensive, 6th Edition by Patrick M. Carey.  ISBN-13:  9781111526443. 

5 sessions, $234*  (includes a $100 lab fee)  

The second course of this series is a continuation of applying and practicing the latest web design concepts using HTML and CSS.  Design and format web pages using multiple columns with or without tables, interactive forms, and embed multimedia (audio or video) files. Text required: New Perspectives on HTML and CSS:  Comprehensive, 6th Edition by Patrick M. Carey.  ISBN-13:  9781111526443. 5 sessions, $234* (includes a $100 lab fee)  

The third course of the series, explores JavaScript object-oriented scripting language to create web pages that are more dynamic.  Learn to write scripts to generate functions with variables, events, displaying dates and time, along with a slide show of images. Text required: New Perspectives on HTML and CSS:  Comprehensive, 6th Edition by Patrick M. Carey.  ISBN-13:  9781111526443. 5 sessions, $234* (includes a $100 lab fee)