This program contains several certifications highly sought after by employers:

• Agile Boot Camp (ABC)
• Certified Scrum Analyst (CSA)
• Certified Product Analyst (CPA)

These courses prepare students for the challenges of today's IT environment with Agile and Scrum certifications. Non-IT professionals are encouraged to enroll. Students new to Agile may want to transition their career from traditional professions such as: Accountant, Customer Service Representatives, Business Analyst, Project Managers, Program Managers, Directors, Human Resource Managers, Developers, etc. After Agile training, those awarded certification are open to jobs in Agile/Scrum field as: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Project Manager, Product Manager Agile Scrum, and Master Agile Business Analyst.

Course Fee: $5,097.00

This program contains several certifications highly sought after by employers:

• Certified Agile Coach (CAC)
• Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF)
• Certified Enterprise Agility Coach (CEAC)
• Certified Agile Transformation Coach (CATC)
• Certified DevOps Transformation Coach (CDTC).

To earn the Master’s Certificate in Agile management (MCAM), participants must complete five (5) Agile courses. All Agile courses and Master’s Certificate in Agile Management (MCAM) are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 21001:2018, and ISO 26515:2018 certified, accredited, and validated. The courses may be taken in any order, and there is no set end date to complete all ten Agile courses. The Master’s Certificate program is very flexible and adaptable to suit participants’ timing, schedule, and budget. These courses will prepare the participants to meet the challenges of today’s IT environment. These courses are also for non-IT professionals.

Current Agile professionals, or anyone who wants to enhance their career, are potentially eligble for job roles such as: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Agile Project Manager, Product Manager, Agile Lead, Agile Scrum Master, Agile Business Analyst, and more.

After attending this training program, professionals can expect to find the jobs in Agile/Scrum field as: Agile Coach, Agile Facilitator, Senior Agile Coach, Scrum Coach, Kanban Coach, SAFE Coach, Enterprise Agile Coach, Agile Transformation, Coach DevOps, Coach DevOps, Agile Transformation Lead, Enterprise Transformation Lead, Agile Transformation Director, and more.

Course Fee: $12,000.00

This program contains several certifications highly sought after by employers:

• Certified Agile Leadership Professional (CALP)
• Certified Business Agility Coach (CBAC)
• Certified Agile Change Practitioner (CACP)
• Certified Servant Leadership Practitioner (CSLP)
• Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner (CEIP)

To earn the Advanced Master’s Certificate in Agile management (AMCAM), participants must complete a total of 10 Agile courses offered by Chicago State University (CSU). All of our Agile courses and Advanced Master’s Certificate in Agile management (AMCAM) are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 21001:2018, and ISO 26515:2018 certified, accredited, and validated! These courses may be taken in any order, and there is no set end date to complete all ten Agile courses.

The Advanced Master’s Certificate program is adaptable to suit participants’ timing, schedule and budget. These courses will prepare the participants to meet the challenges of today’s IT environment with specific certifications. These courses are also for non-IT professionals. Anyone who is already into the Agile field and wants to enhance his/her career from agile professions like Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Agile Project Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, Program Manager, Agile Lead, Agile Scrum Master, Agile Business Analyst, etc. these programs cater to their needs. After attending this training program, professionals can expect to find the jobs in Agile/Scrum field as: Agile Coach Agile Facilitator, Senior Agile Coach, Scrum Coach, Kanban Coach, SAFE Coach, Enterprise Agile Coach, Agile Transformation Coach, DevOps Coach, DevOps Transformation Coach, Agile Transformation Lead, Enterprise Transformation Lead, and Agile Transformation Director.

Course Fee: $12,000.00

The course focuses on four distinct aspects in an integrated fashion:

• Leadership
• Practices
• Systems
• Culture

The course will equip enterprise agility coaches and leaders with the skill to ensure smoother agile transformation. The training also focuses on enhancing learner's skill in servant leadership, organizational change, lean thinking, and professional coaching. Some of the elements that participants will learn during the workshop are: How organizational culture, structure, and dynamics impact agile transformation efforts; and how an Enterprise Agility Coach could adjust his/her strategy to achieve both team level and enterprise/business agility; and how to improve the ability to design and implement a successful and sustainable organizational transformation that would deliver breakthrough end to-end business, cultural and human outcomes. Instruction includes processes, skills, tools, and techniques that help to overcome organizational dysfunctions and impediment. It also provides students with how to design a system that would support high-performance, enhance customer focus, and facilitate a higher level of enterprise/business agility. Additional learning focuses on the assessment of the maturity of enterprise/business agility components and take actions for improving the status of low maturity components.

Course Fee: $2,200.00

The course will cover the various roles, skillsets and disciplines of an Agile Coach-coaching, facilitating, mentoring, teaching and how to develop "your style", moving in and out of those roles while remaining flexible, open and confident. It will also cover the philosophy behind servant leadership and practices and techniques to enable you to become a true servant leader; putting the needs of others first to facilitate the development of high-performance teams.

Course Fee: $2,200.00

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The course focuses on four distinct aspects in an integral fashion: Leadership, Change Management, People and Culture. These aspects equip agile transformation coaches and leaders to have smoother agile transformation. The training also focuses on enhancing a learner's skills in servant leadership, organizational change, organizational health, people, transformation and agile enterprise. Some of the elements that participants will learn during the workshop are: How organization culture, structure and dynamics impact agile transformation efforts and how an Agile Transformation Coach could adjust his/her strategy to achieve and sustain Enterprise Level Transformation. What the goals of an Agile Enterprise are and how to organize/transform to achieve agility. How to successfully achieve Waterfall to Agile transformation at the Enterprise Level. Examine what failures in Agile Transformation look like and how to overcome such failures.

Course Fee: $2,200.00

Students will receive comprehensive instruction and clinical training in an Illinois-approved CNA program. Certified Nursing Assistants work in all types of licensed health care facilities including nursing homes, home health agencies, hospices, hospitals, and intermediate care facilities. This is an eight (8) week program with an additional week for orientation and three (3) review sessions to prepare for the certification examination. Classes meet three days a week for four hours a day. Students will also complete 40 hours of clinical (8 hours days) that are scheduled in health care facilities on Fridays or Saturdays 7:00am-3:00pm. Participants must pass a background check.

Course Fee: $4,500.00

Accounting programs prepare individuals to be professional accountants, auditors, budget analysts, tax accountants, or to provide financial management services to individuals, businesses, and/or corporations (profit and not-for-profit).

Although the areas are not entirely distinct, accounting can be divided into two major fields: financial accounting, which emphasizes the preparation and analysis of financial information; and managerial accounting, which emphasizes the decision-making process based on accounting data. The typical accounting graduate enters the profession as a staff accountant in a public accounting firm, corporation, or governmental unit. Students may aspire to higher level positions which include senior accountant, manager, controller, or partner of a CPA firm. Student must be currently enrolled at Chicago State University, already seeking a BS Degree in Business and Administration, be at least nine (9) credit hours away from completing their degree, and must have exhausted all other funding sources. The maximum tuition and fees amount approved for this occupation is $5,000.

Finance students study corporate financial management, capital markets, investment evaluation and decision making, and portfolio management. They learn the concepts and the methods of finance that are current in industry and research.

Career opportunities are available in banking, finance, investment companies, and the public sector. Finance programs prepare individuals to provide financial or banking services to individuals or institutions. Occupations include financial managers, loan officers, securities sales people, business executives, bank tellers, and budget analysts. Student must be currently enrolled at Chicago State University, already seeking a BS Degree in Business and Administration, be at least nine (9) credit hours away from completing their degree, and must have exhausted all other funding sources. The maximum tuition and fees amount approved for this occupation is $5,000.

Students that complete the Business Computer Applications Certificate will acquire digital literacy and technical skills to become gainfully employed in a business environment as a customer service representative, general office work, receptionist, secretary and teller. Students will become proficient in industry software, Microsoft Windows Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, MS Publisher). Students must successfully pass the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam to obtain industry certification. Microcomputer Applications Lecture and Laboratory will give you hands-on experience related to business software using operating systems, and spreadsheets, database, word processing and presentation applications. Prerequisites: consent of department.

Course Fee: $1,412.00

Students taking the Business Essential courses will acquire transferable skills to become gainfully employed in a business environment as a sales clerk, file clerk, receptionist, administrative assistant, or clerical assistant. Students will gain knowledge of basic keyboarding skills and Microsoft Windows Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).

Courses: Business and Professional Communications, Microcomputer Applications, Business Mathematics, Office Management and Consumer Education. The maximum tuition and fees amount approved for this occupation is $3,000. Course Fee: $5,145.00

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Course Fee: $281.00

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The certificate in Cyber Security provides foundational knowledge and technical skills in applied cyber security. The coursework provides the education required to sit for two popular industry certifications: the CompTIA A+ examination and the CEH Ethical Hacker examination. This certificate provides the skills and qualifications necessary for work in entry level information security analyst positions in government and the private sector. The program includes three main courses. TPS 3500 Computer Systems Technologies: introduction to computer hardware and knowledge of computer hardware and software various troubleshooting techniques and hands-on real-world experience. TPS 4600 Applied Cyber Security: covers applied cybersecurity techniques and tools in the following areas: attacks and mitigation, security applications, risk assessment, disaster recovery and incident response, mobile devices security, and vulnerability assessment. TPS 4605 Applied Ethical Hacking: Covers techniques for hacking applications, websites, database, hosts, and networks. This includes foot-printing, reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, malware, social engineering, and sniffing. Sixteen weeks.

Course Fee: $3,026.00

 This program is uniquely designed for each student to develop exceptional skills in the field of dental assisting. All training takes place in a functional training facility and each student will receive hands on training for real world clinical experiences. Our instructors have extensive experience in the field of dentistry and a combined goal to provide each student with the highest standards in dental education. Our objective is to provide the student with basic dental knowledge and the experience to facilitate their career in dentistry. Upon completion of the course each student will receive extensive training in sterilization and safe handling and disposal of hazardous materials, basic dental anatomy and general four handed chair-side assisting.

Course Fee: $7,175.00

This 50-hour Dialysis Technician Program provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties required of Dialysis Technicians. Under the supervision of physicians and registered nurses, Dialysis Technicians operate kidney dialysis machines, prepare dialyzer reprocessing and delivery systems as well as maintain and repair equipment. Furthermore, technicians work with patients during dialysis procedures and monitor and record vital signs as well as administer local anesthetics and drugs as needed. Additionally, they may also be involved in the training of patients for at-home dialysis treatment. Note: This program does not include a national or state certification as part of its overall objectives. Additionally, there is no student internship or clinical rotation offered as part of this program. Textbooks included.

Course Fee: $1,199.00

EKG Technician Certification Program prepares students to function as EKG Technicians and to take the ASPT- Electrocardiograph (EKG) Technician exam and other National Certification Exams. This course will include important practice and background information on anatomy and physiology of the heart, medical disease processes, medical terminology, medical ethics, legal aspects of patient contact, electrocardiography and stress testing. Additionally, students will practice with EKG equipment and perform hands on labs including introduction to the function and proper use of the EKG machine, the normal anatomy of the chest wall for proper lead placement, 12-lead placement and other clinical practices.

Course Fee: $1,199.00

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The Medical Billing and Coding program is a 12-week program which includes four (4) courses that are WIOA approved. The Medical Billing and Coding career field is for those who want to work in health care. Medical Billing and Medical Coding are actually two distinct jobs. Medical Billers are responsible for making sure everyone is billed correctly; which involves talking with patients and/or health insurance companies on a regular basis to make sure all invoices are paid. Medical Coders do not have much interaction with insurance companies nor patients. This job is perfect for someone who would prefer to spend time analyzing and coding data. Every duty performed in a medical office has a particular code assigned to it, and it needs to be coded properly in order for proper billing. The Medical Coder and Biller often work together to make sure all invoices are paid properly.

Course Fee: $3,090.00

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client status and; case review and consultation with the care team on needs of the clients. The training of a personal care aide prepares participants to work for home care agencies and long-term residential care facilities that service individuals who are incapacitated, convalescing or disabled. This is a two-week training program. As direct service professions, the training in personal care aide provides basic skills in activities of daily living, communication and safety. All of which are part of the basic skill sets that are utilized within nursing and occupational therapy. This training would allow individuals to complete a short-term training and gain employment to support them while completing basic skills training and/or course prerequisites. Course meets for two weeks.

Course Fee: $1,275.00

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If you are a high school senior, young adult or a senior citizen considering a change, this training will get you off to a fast start toward a new career. This eight-week class will introduce you to the responsibilities of a community pharmacy technician as well as teach you how to interpret prescriptions. Class will also include in-depth coverage of dosage calculations, medication classifications and federal laws. You will receive an application for state licensing and after completion of the course, with regular attendance, a certificate will be issued. Workbooks are required and can be purchased from the instructor for $60.00. Enrollment is limited. Class meets for Eight weeks.

Course Fee: $542.00