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Today, the Center has expanded, and offers a wide choice of non-credit, career-oriented courses in the following areas: • Adobe Applications • Business, Accounting and Finance • Green Te

Pace Center for Business and Technology

2012-2013

Center for Business and Technology

Pace University’s Center for Business and Tech-nology (formerly the Pace Computer Learn-ing Center) was created in 1984 to respond

to public and corporate need for extensive training in computer technology Today, the Center has expanded, and offers a wide choice

of non-credit, career-oriented courses in the following areas:

• Adobe Applications

• Business, Accounting and Finance

• Green Technologies

• Microsoft Office

• Mobile Application Development

• Red Hat Linux

• Technical Programs

• Web Development

Why Pace?

• Flexible program designed for the working professional – Take courses

part-time, and in any order you prefer, to fit your busy schedule

• Start immediately, with few prerequisites – Unlike other institutions with

yearly modules, at Pace you can start any time

• Conveniently located – Courses are offered at White Plains Graduate Center,

within walking distance to the Metro North train station; The Pace Midtown Center; and The Pace downtown New York City Campus All are accessible by pub-lic transportation

• Developed and taught by leaders in the field – Our instructors are working

professionals, bringing their years of experience and connections to the class-room

• A century of experience and excellence – Pace University was founded more

than 100 years ago with the working professional in mind, providing evening courses to aspiring students Today, many years later, Pace still provides students with a broad and established network of resources that lead to success

Pace Downtown

New York City Campus

One Pace Plaza

New York, NY 10038

White Plains Graduate Center

One Martine Avenue

White Plains, NY 10606

Midtown Center

551 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10176 For directions to campus, visit

www.pace.edu/directions

551 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10176

For directions to campus, visit

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Registration

You may register by fax, via U.S mail, or online Payment is due at time of

registration.

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Financial Planning Certificate

Program

Financial Planning is one of the fastest

growing career paths, and the CERTI-FIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification

will open many doors for you Whether

you are interested in beginning a new

career or giving your current career a

boost, becoming a CFP® professional

will help Pace University’s Center for

Business and Technology offers the

Financial Planning Certificate Program

that is recognized by the Certified

Financial Planner Board of Standards

The program prepares students for the

national CFP® Certification Examination

The program consists of seven courses

Each course meets one night a week

for 10 weeks from 6:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m

– unless otherwise noted The seven

courses are:

Fundamentals of Financial

Planning (FP I)

Fundamentals of Financial Planning is

recommended to students as the first

class in the series It provides a com-prehensive overview of critical topics in

the field of financial planning, such as

data gathering, processing and analyz-ing information, makdata gathering, processing and analyz-ing

recommenda-tions, and writing, implementing, and

reviewing a plan Qualifies for 30 CPE

credits

Fee: $690

Insurance Planning (FP II)

Master the principles of insurance plan-ning, including life, health, disability,

homeowners, auto and other property

and liability insurance Qualifies for 30

CPE credits

Fee: $690

Investment Planning (FP III)

Students will learn about the wide vari-ety of investment vehicles that may be included in a client’s portfolio, as well as client assessment, tax considerations, economic factors, valuation methods, asset allocation techniques, portfolio performance evaluation, and more Qualifies for 30 CPE credits

Fee: $690

Income Tax Planning (FP IV)

Because taxes affect virtually all finan-cial (as well as personal) decisions, having timely knowledge of tax laws and issues greatly enhances your ef-fectiveness as a planner and broadens your ability to assist clients This course emphasizes the fundamentals of indi-vidual income taxation and also encom-passes the tax implications of decisions

on business entities and investments Qualifies for 30 CPE credits

Fee: $690

Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (FP V)

This course covers all aspects of Retire-ment Planning and Employee Benefits Qualifies for 30 CPE Credits

Fee: $690

Estate Planning (FP VI)

This course reviews the estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax system and the techniques available to the financial planner for sitting down and discussing opportunities for a client’s estate plan It provides an overview of the probate process, and how the titling

Financial Planning Certificate

Program

of assets affects the transfer of assets in

an estate Qualifies for 30 CPE credits

Fee: $690

Capstone in Financial

Planning (FP VII)

A competency-based course allow-ing the financial plannA competency-based course allow-ing student to

demonstrate the ability to integrate

and apply knowledge of a variety of

financial planning topics covered in the

previous six courses The class meets

once a week for 12 weeks Qualifies for

45 CPE credits

Fee: $725

Additional Courses:

CFP Exam Review

This intensive, five-day program

pro-vides an overview of concepts and

cases corresponding to the 78 topics

tested on the exam, focusing on the

six distinct areas of financial planning

It also gives students organizing and

test-taking strategies to help maximize

study time and streamline test taking Students who have taken this course have found it to be a valuable use of their time

Fee: $799

Financial Calculator Workshop

Become proficient in this vital tool of the trade Our one-day workshop is an overview of formulas and functional-ity keys associated with the HP12C and HP10bII financial calculators

Fee: $140

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the United States, which awards these credentials to individu-als who successfully complete the CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements

Early Registration:

By September 28, 2012

$621 (FP I – FP VI); $652.50 (FP VII)

Standard Registration:

$690.00 (FP I – FP VI); $725.00 (FP VII)

Project Management and

Business Analysis

The success of an organization is closely linked to the success of its project manag- ers Because project managers are people who can get things done, bringing pro-jects in on time and on budget, the discipline of project management is respected

by businesses large and small

Pace University is a Registered Edu-cation Provider (REP) of the Project

Management Institute (PMI) The PMP

certification (Project Management

Professional) and the CAPM certification

(Certified Associate in Project Manage-ment) are powerful additions to any

project manager’s resume

The Business Analyst helps a company assess the value of its current processes, provides solutions for business prob-lems, and helps define requirements for those solutions Companies today recognize the value of business analy-sis, and are adding new analysts to their organizations

Certificate in Hands-on Project Management

This 66-hour course is designed for par- ticipants with minimal project manage-ment experience Students learn about project management an also perform

and together create the same

delivera-bles they would on an actual project

A team of instructors provides instruc-tion in the skills, tools and techniques

endorsed by the Project Management

Institute In this unique course students

build a foundation of knowledge,

con-cepts and hands-on experience

Fee: $4500; includes instruction, mate-rials and a certificate from Pace

Univer-sity 66 PDUs

PMP Express

This intense 35-hour course provides

rigorous test preparation for the

chal-

lenging PMP exam, including a thor-ough review of the process groups and

knowledge areas of project manage-ment During class students will be

exposed to the types of questions to

expect, how best to answer them, and

to strategies that lead to exam success

Fee: $2400; includes instruction, ma-terials, certificate from Pace University, and the right to repeat the class for any reason 35 PDUs

5-Day Business Analysis Overview

This course should be attended by business analysts, executives, functional managers, project managers, program-mers, and other individuals involved in project work The course examines all aspects of the challenging job facing the business analyst (BA), encompass-ing all tasks that BAs perform The course builds both concepts and skills,

as students practice what they learn in classroom exercises

Fee: $2495; includes instruction, mate-rials, certificate from Pace University

35 PDUs

Project Management and

Business Analysis

Web Development

Pace has a number of courses that

prepare students for careers in the

ex-citing world of digital media Whether

you are interested in the structure and

functionality of a web site, the graphic

elements that give it beauty and attract

users, the use of databases to power

commercial websites, or the techniques

of internet marketing and optimization

of web sites, Pace has a comprehensive

course for you

Pace University is an Adobe Authorize

Training Center

Certificate in Adobe Web Design

In this 85-hour program, using Adobe

software tools such as Photoshop, Il-lustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash

Professional and Flash Catalyst, students

will learn how to plan – design – build

and maintain a fully functional

web-site The course is available to students

who are literate in PC or MAC based

software It is particularly appropriate

for anyone with a print background,

graphic designers, marketing and

com-munications professionals, and other

candidates wanting a strong foundation

of skills and knowledge in web design

Fee: $2950; includes instruction,

materials (not Adobe software), and a certificate from Pace University

Certificate in Digital Graphic Design

This 85-hour course is taught by an Adobe Certified Design Master instruc-tor and Design Specialist The course teaches students the end-to-end pro-cess of Digital Graphic Design

The core of the program includes instruction in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat PDF Students learn established Adobe workflow pro-cesses and best design practices as they design, build and export content for print and digital outputs for the iPad, iPhone, tablets, Kindle, Nook and other smart devices and e-readers Students who enroll include graphic design-ers, publishdesign-ers, artists, entrepreneurs, photographers, illustrators and other candidates with basic or intermediate knowledge of Photoshop, graphics software or other similar tools

Fee: $2950; includes instruction, materials (not Adobe software), and a certificate from Pace University

Certificate in Web Application Development

In this dynamic 72-hour course taught

by Adobe Certified Expert instruc-tors, students with basic knowledge

technologies such as PHP and MySQL

to build web applications Students

will build applications both in and

outside class, and will be required to

build a web application as part of a

final project Students will also learn to

use new technologies such as HTML5

and CSS3 to create apps that can be

consumed by smartphones and other

digital devices

Fee: $2950; includes instruction,

materials (not Adobe software), and a

certificate from Pace University

Internet Marketing and Search

Engine Optimization

A web site is a marketing tool This

30-hour course, offered by an Internet

marketing expert, will teach you to

maximize the ability of your web site

to attract and engage customers, raise

your ranking within popular search

engines, and use other means like social

media to spread the word and help

your business flourish

Fee: $1295; includes instruction, materials (not Adobe software), and a certificate from Pace University

Creating a Web Page Using HTML and CSS

An introduction to creating Web pages for the Internet This one-day class will cover the Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) as well as the guidelines for successful Web page creation Stu-dents will learn how to include tables, cascading style sheets (CSS), images, lists, color, and links to other Web pages using embedded Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)

Fee: $250

Web Development

Mobile Application Development

Within the last 5 years, millions of

Smartphones, iPads and other new

devices have been sold Thousands of

new apps for these devices appear

con-stantly, providing value and enjoyment

for users Pace offers courses in creating

apps for the iPhone and also for phones

that use Android-based apps

For students who want to enter this

exciting field but do not have a

founda-tion in basic programming, Pace offers a

course to fill that gap

Certificate in iPhone

Application Development

The Certificate in iPhone Application

Development is an instructor-led,

60-hour course Students will learn to

develop iPhone technology skills so

that they can plan and build iPhone

and iPad apps, and upload those apps

to Apple’s App Store This leading-edge

course teaches students universal

appli-cations like iPhone / iPad / iTouch and

iAd It includes hands-on exercises and

class projects One principal iPhone or

iPad project is required of each student Students learn Apple’s IOS, XCode, Interface Builder and SDK Prerequisite:

C, C++ or Object-Oriented Program-ming experience

Fee: $2950 includes instruction, materi-als, and certificate from Pace University

Certificate in Android Application Development.

In this 48-hour course students learn

to design and build Android Mobile applications, and also gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the Google Android framework and plat-form The class is open to anyone inter-ested in learning how to build mobile apps for the Google Android mobile platform, or how to better understand mobile application development pro-cesses Prerequisite: some background

in Object-Oriented programming; the Java language is preferred An Android phone is recommended but not re-quired

Fee: $2450 includes instruction, materi-als, and a certificate from Pace Univer-sity

Programming for Mobile Devices