Coastline College Programs
Coastline College
Whether you are a prospective student looking to start or advance your career, a faculty or staff member exploring new opportunities, an employer searching for top talent for your organization, a manager interested in educational opportunities, or an alumnus/alumna who wants to stay connected – Coastline College is your top choice for quality education.
The faculty and staff of Coastline’s CE Department are committed to ensuring that our programs stay on the cutting-edge of business know-how and technological innovations. Set the course of your future career development here at Coastline.
Career Pathways
Accounting
You may have a head for numbers, but you know life is lived outside a numerical framework. Balance more than a QuickBooks spreadsheet with a Coastline College education that yields a high ROI.
The Accounting curriculum provides a rigorous program of beginning through advanced courses designed to meet the needs of the student transferring to a university, the career changer seeking the required courses to sit for the CPA exam, and the employee who endeavors to gain a new skill.
Our Accounting Department maintains close ties with both local universities and local business firms to ensure that our program provides seamless pathways to advanced degrees, CPA candidate status, and immediately obtain employable expertise.
Building Codes Technology
You’ve got a keen eye for quality construction. Work with experts at Coastline and pave the way to your highest earning potential. Don’t cut corners on your education.
Coastline’s Building Codes Professional program (BCT) is a comprehensive building codes program taught by experts in the field which includes structural, mechanical, and technical aspects of construction; building, plumbing, electrical, heating, and air conditioning codes; and related laws. International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), International Code Councils (ICC), and California Code exams and licenses are covered to prepare students for employments in residential, commercial, and code enforcement.
Our BCT program incorporates new advancements in building codes technology, focuses on both commercial and residential buildings, and prepares you for a career in building inspection, building construction and supervision, permit technician, and other building code related careers.
It is suitable for those new to the industry, those already in the inspection or the construction industry, and includes supporting instruction for plans examiners, architects, engineers, project managers, facilities managers, design professionals, codes enforcement officers, housing enforcement staff, fire personnel, and building officials. The certificate also helps prepare students for the International Code Council (ICC) certification exams.
Business
Ready to start your own business? Want to climb the corporate ladder? Add a Coastline degree or cert. to your briefcase. Make it your business to know the responsibilities of business in today’s changing world.
The Business program consists of various concentrations that will prepare an individual to have an understanding of business practices and provides students with the opportunity to select specific courses to meet their professional or personal business goals. These concentrations will provide entry-level professionals with knowledge and skills to work in a variety of business environments
Business
Computing
Whether you’re running the office of a Fortune 500 or coding medical files, you’ve clicked into the heart of the business. You know education is the foundation of success and doesn’t have to break the bank.
Here at Coastline, we understand our on-the-go students need flexible scheduling when starting out or advancing a career – that’s why we offer so many courses online, including those for Business Computing certificates.
Become an Administrative Manager, Financial Manager, Financial Assistant, General Office Manager, Administrative Professional or other professions based in the technology of business or medical office fields. Keep up with today’s modern office and ever-changing technological advances by enrolling today at Coastline.
Computer Networking & Cyber Security
Start reprogramming your future now. Coastline can help you navigate an educational path through the alternating currents of career algorithms. We’re a direct connection to your earning potential.
Explore the concepts and use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its role in analysis and decision making through basic cartographic principles, maps, resolution, scale, coordinate systems, vector and raster systems, projections, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Use GIS software to view relationships, patterns, or trends that are not possible to see with traditional charts, graphs, and spreadsheets.
Data
Analytics
Data. The Fuel of the Future. Learn how to uncover insight to inform decisions and strategies for a better tomorrow by making your next calculated decision: join us at Coastline. Welcome to the Data Analytics Pathway.
In today’s society, data has become a daily component of our professional and personal lives. The capability to access, wrangle, analyze, synthesize, and facilitate action through data is not just a technical skill but an art. At Coastline College we provide you the opportunity to jumpstart or advance your career with program pathways in data analytics or data science.
These programs can help you become confident and able to:
- Apply the methods, techniques, and tools relevant to data analytics and data science.
- Solve organizational problems by applying the methods, techniques, and tools relevant to systems analysis and design.
- Demonstrate predictive and prescriptive analytics techniques to enhance organizational effectiveness in a business setting.
Digital
Media
Design the next blockbuster billboard. Brand the next break-through startup or be a creative in biotech. Advance to the next level with a Coastline education and be a first person player in your future career.
From ad agencies to print shops to “in-house” art departments in corporations to film and animation studios, the different kinds of positions offered in the Graphic Design field keep on growing. Coastline College offers students the Graphic Design courses they need to prepare for jobs that cover the creative spectrum from Graphic Design Specialist to Technical Illustrator, to Fashion, Set or Exhibit Designer to Art Director.
People who can design for both print and the web are the most highly sought by employers. Coastline’s students will establish a strong foundation in both the technical and artistic aspects of the digital industry.
Educational
Studies
Make the smart board work for you. Become an educator – a modern day hero – and inspire young minds, because education is the future. It’s time to hit the books!
Coastline College is an affordable launch point for those who want to make a difference in their career. Our professors and instructors are invested in your success and our guidance counselors offer plenty of support along the way. Coastline cares about your future.
Consider working in community outreach, early childhood development, social service organizations, youth development, entrepreneurship, social policy, education law or the development of educational programs. Here is where it all begins.
Electronics & Electronic Technology
Empower your future. Take the integrity of your military involvement and electrify your education. Keep the lights on and belts moving in industry and manufacturing by enrolling at Coastline today.
Offered exclusively to students enrolled in Military/Contract Education program, the Electronics program enables service members with a military rate or occupation specialty in the electronics technology field to leverage their extensive military training and experience to meet the Program Learning Outcomes. Those not eligible for enrollment in our Military/Contract Education Program are encouraged to visit our sister college, Orange Coast College.
Areas of interest in this program include theory and application of electric and electronic systems and components, including circuits, electromagnetic fields, energy sources, communications devices, computers, and other components and devices powered by electricity.
Students who successfully obtain this Associates degree are able to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology or be employed as a skilled productive member of an Engineering team in Industry. Electronic technicians work in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing, navigational, electro-medication and control instrument manufacturing, engineering services, the federal government, and a variety of other sectors.
Emergency
Management
Secure your future with Coastline. Take command. Prepare for safety management at all levels – from within the community to nation-wide stations. Choose a career path that creates a more stable tomorrow.
This program is designed for two types of aspiring career-minded workers: 1) those who are seeking entry-level employment in public and/or private organizations that oversee public safety, security or services responsibilities in times of crisis, and 2) active government, private and non-profit employees concerned with developing advanced managerial, communication and planning skills in the field of emergency management.
Whether you’re deploying emergency response workers to a disaster site or developing strategic plans as part of a command staff in an office setting, Coastline’s emergency management program will prepare you to successfully manage any emergency.
Gerontology
Baby boomer business is in demand, tending to the needs of an aging population. Coastline offers an education you can depend on. Like fine wine, it’s time to apply yourself to a career that gets better with age.
Gerontology, the interdisciplinary study of aging, offers students an understanding of their own aging and of society’s response to the increasing population of older people. Biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging are explored. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of Community Health Workers is projected to grow much faster than the average occupation.
Changing demographics are making the study of the aging an important addition to every field of study. Gerontology is not only a field of study to major in; it is becoming an important minor for every major. Our program strives to offer practical applications of theories in aging that can be used in everyday life. For more information download Coastline’s Gerontology Program Brochure.
Human
Services
Have you heard? Active listeners are the key to change. Tap into empathy, change your perspective, check your Calm Counter… it’s time to make a difference in your community.
This major prepares students to work in the expanding field of human services, a growing profession in response to the human needs and problems in the 21st century. It provides a general background for work with families, children, and adults and offers the student a pathway to pursue an associate or bachelor level degree. Individuals with a major in Human Services can enhance their professional helping skills, offering them greater work opportunities as social-service technicians, case management aides, mental health technicians, gerontology aides, special-education teacher aides, and residential managers. Additionally, police officers, firefighters, military counselors, and others dealing with the public will benefit from the program training. The major exposes the student to the most current thinking in the field, hands-on experience, and community networking.
Your community needs you. Communities in Southern California and all around the country need more trained social and human services workers. Help fulfill the industry demand by earning an associate degree in Human Services from Coastline College. Become a social-service technician, case management aide, mental health technician, gerontology aide, special-education teacher aide, or residential manager.
Additionally, police officers, firefighters, military counselors, and others dealing with the public will benefit from Human Services program training. At Coastline, we offer the most current thinking in the field, hands-on experience, and community networking.
Management & Supervision
You’ve always been ‘head of the line’ material. Ready to take the lead in school? Manage a Coastline education around your busy schedule while supervising your expenses – we are online and affordable.
Effective communication is not everyone’s strong point, but you are more likely to rise in the ranks – in any career – if you adopt a few personal practices that demonstrate an awareness for navigating work situations and relationships with colleagues.
Coastline College’s course offerings in leadership, management, and supervision will help you become a better problem solver, a more effective communicator, and a team-oriented leader by offering the knowledge and tools necessary to analyze and evaluate information available to you.
Paralegal
Studies
Want in on the truth? It’s an in-demand field on the rise, assisting lawyers with what’s hot and what’s not. State your claim in Coastline and make a declaration to graduate.
Paralegals are an important part of the legal system. Under the supervision of an attorney, paralegals work in law offices and other legal and law-related environments – and many interact with clients.
Paralegal careers explore areas of law such as bankruptcy, corporate, real estate, family, immigration, and labor. Paralegals can assist with litigation and legal transcription. This program is not intended to prepare students for law school or the practice of law, but for those who value and want to participate in legal work through research, writing, organization, communication, and teamwork.
Process
Technology
You’re efficient. You know safety and reducing waste are important. So move along the product value chain toward a steady job at a refinery, factory, or other company. Input education, output career.
The courses offered to obtain this award will give the students the basic skills needed to obtain an entry-level Process Technician position within a variety of industrial fields. Process technology involves every aspect of chemical processing: extracting and refining chemicals such as oil and natural gas, refining and monitoring them.
The Process Technology (PTEC) program at Coastline College is a one to two-year program. Students need to possess strong interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and be willing to learn technical skills. Courses are offered online and our instructors all work in the industry. Our industry partners are looking forward to providing internships, interview and potentially hire our Process Technology graduates.
In Coastline’s PTEC program, you will learn the fundamental principles of process technology including process chemistry, principles of equipment operation, troubleshooting skills, communication skills, safety and environmental principles, and many other practical applications.
Real
Estate
Welcome home to Coastline, your key to financial security. Unlock high earning potential and watch the doors of opportunity open for you. Ready to become an agent or broker? Sold!
The housing market is just one aspect of real estate. Regardless of the market, buyers and sellers need the help of trained agents and brokers to facilitate transactions. The Real Estate program at Coastline is a very exciting, in-depth study of various areas of the Real Estate profession.
All courses are taught by experts in their chosen area in a student-oriented environment. From a basic introduction to more advanced sections of the field, courses are offered with flexible scheduling – evenings, weekends, in the classroom or online.
