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Advanced SQL

$245

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Take your SQL query skills to a new level by learning how to write more advanced SQL queries for enhanced decision-making. In this course, you will learn how to write advanced subqueries, advanced join queries, and UNION queries that query more than one table. You will learn how to use transaction processing to ensure SQL statements execute completely or not at all and how to create stored procedures that enable you to store SQL statements for execution.

For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

CERTIFICATE Power BI

$495

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 12 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Gain insights into your data using business intelligence software – Power Business Intelligence. Power BI is a widely used business analytics service offered by Microsoft. Power BI Desktop is a complete data analysis and report creation tool that you install for free. Discover the process of creating interactive reports. Integrate financial, marketing, or any other source data in your accounting system, Excel, or on the Web. Streamline the data to what is needed using Power Query. Create charts, maps, and other visuals to see your data in real-time. Delve further into Power Query to ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) your data. Build the Data Model using relationships and DAX (Data Analysis Expressions). Utilize Time Intelligence functions to view YoY or YTD reports. Add user-friendly features to enhance your reports and analyze your results. This certificate will enhance your skills in data analysis, giving you greater insight into your organization’s performance and allowing you to make more informed decisions. 

This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:

          Introduction to Power BI - $195

          Intermediate Power BI - $195

          Advanced Power BI - $195

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

Class runs:  May 5, 2025, through July 4, 2025

Class runs:  June 2, 2025, through August 29, 2025

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

 

CERTIFICATE SQL

$595

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 12 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the industry standard database programming language. It is one of the most in-demand skills in occupations that require interaction with data and analyzing data. Through your knowledge of Structured Query Language, you will become more marketable in computer-related career fields that pertain to database administration. Learning SQL can also lead to a job that is specific to analyzing data such as a data analyst, a quality assurance analyst, or a business analyst.   You’ll first learn about relational database structures, the history and uses of Structured Query Language, and how to use Structured Query Language to create a database, add records to database tables, and to use SQL queries to extract meaningful data from database tables.  You will quickly progress from creating simple SQL queries that query a single table to querying multiple tables simultaneously. You’ll also learn how to alter data in a database and how to gather significant statistics from data stored in a database. Finally, you'll learn techniques that will enable you to write powerful queries that perform complicated searches and sorts on your data. This certificate will enhance your competitiveness in the field of database administration and data analyst jobs.

This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:

          Introduction to SQL - $245

          Intermediate SQL - $245

          Advanced SQL - $245

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

Classes for May 5 run through Aug 1, 2024

Classes for June 2 run through Aug 29, 2024

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Intermediate SQL

$245

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Discover how to write powerful SQL queries that enable you to retrieve data from one table or multiple tables stored in the database simultaneously. In this course, you will learn how to retrieve more meaningful data from one or more tables stored in a database. You will learn how to merge data from multiple columns, how to create calculated fields, and how to order and group the results from a query. You will also learn how to create a single join query or subquery to obtain data from multiple tables simultaneously.

For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Introduction to SQL

$245

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Learn how to write SQL code to create and populate database tables and how to write simple SQL queries that are capable of retrieving vast amounts of information from a database. In this course, you will discover the power of the relational database, how to create and manage database tables, and how to use SQL SELECT statements to precisely pinpoint and retrieve data from a database.

For full details, see:  https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Advanced Paralegal Certificate

$3,300

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 13, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through May 5, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

These advanced topics build upon the nationally acclaimed Paralegal Certificate Course© offered by over 100 colleges and universities nationwide. These classes are available to students who wish to extensively build upon their knowledge of law and paralegal studies with classes in specialized facets of contemporary law. Your study and concentration on substantively specific materials will enable you to gain a strong competitive edge over other paralegals. The additional training gained through participation in these advanced classes will embellish your legal knowledge and skills, which in turn should increase your salary and marketability.

*Those who complete at least six advanced topics will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Completing both the Core Requirements and the Advanced Requirements of the Paralegal Certificate Program provides comprehensive training and skills that should enable graduates to work in the quickly growing paralegal profession. The two parts in combination have been designed to meet the requirements of the California Business and Professional Code §6450, legislation that took effect in California on 1/1/01.

Books Approximate Cost: $200 + topics

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation) Certificate

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 13, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through May 5, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Become a mediator.  Review the growth and applications of settlement options in the United States.  Learn both traditional and non-traditional dispute resolution options.  Mediation is geared for all professionals who are focused on "interest-based bargaining."  Take the mystery out of settlement processes, focus on reaching reasonable solutions for government, business, and personal disputes, and divorce settlement mediation.

Books Approximate Cost: $225

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 

CERTIFICATE Legal Investigation

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 13, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks
2 additional sessions through May 5, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

Train to assist attorneys, paralegals, insurance companies, and private businesses in the process of civil and criminal investigation. Learn about: arson and product liability investigation, personal injury and traffic accident forensics, employment accidents, investigation of financial and equity matters, professional malpractice and negligence, skip-tracing, and preparing for civil and criminal litigation. Book fees are payable to the Center for Legal Studies.

Books Approximate Cost: $85

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org