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Welcome to Norco College’s Career Education! Our programs allow you to explore career paths that you are passionate about while earning valuable experience and real-world skills. Norco College offers both certificate and degree paths including opportunities to attend college at low- to no-cost to you! Explore career and salary information for high-demand CTE careers. Discover opportunities in fields that are growing and offering competitive wages.
The Architectural Graphics certificate prepares you with technical communication skills, and the knowledge and craft of two dimensional drafting solutions for architecturally related industry application.
Architectural Graphics Certificate
Essential 3D Tour Certificate
Essential Revit Certificate
Drafting is a professional discipline that deals with composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed.
3D Mechanical Drafting Certificate
Drafting Technology Certificate
Essential CAD Certificate
Essential Fusion 360 Certificate
Essential Solidworks
Music Industry Studies is the study of contemporary trends and practices within the music industry, discussing key music technologies, global music cultures, popular music scenes, music business practice and live music performance.
Audio Production Certificate and Associate Degree
Performance Certificate and Associate Degree
Accounting is the measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting is one of the key functions for almost any business; it may be handled by a bookkeeper and accountant at small firms or by sizable finance departments with dozens of employees at large companies.
Small Business Accounting Certificate
Small Business Payroll Accounting Certificate
Registered Income Tax Preparer Certificate
Business administration is management of a business. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising business operations. The administration of a business includes the performance or management of business operations and decision making, as well as the efficient organization of people and other resources.
Concentration in Accounting Certificate and Associate Degree
Concentration in General Business Certificate and Associate Degree
Concentration in Logistics Management Certificate and Associate Degree
Concentration in Management Certificate and Associate Degree
Concentration in Real Estate Certificate and Associate Degree
Business Information Worker Certificate and Associate Degree
Entrepreneurial Essentials Certificate
Entrepreneurial Foundations Certificate
Entrepreneurship: Getting Started Certificate
Entrepreneurship and the Team Certificate and Associate Degree
Entrepreneurship: Legal & Finance Certificate
Logistics management is the part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer’s requirements.
The Real Estate program prepares you to develop, sell, appraise and manage real property.
Real Estate: Salesperson & Transactions Certificate
Retail Management WAFC Certificate and Associate Degree
Computer information systems are computer technology, both hardware and software. Principal areas of study within computer information systems include artificial intelligence, computer information systems and networks, security, database systems, human computer interaction, vision and graphics, numerical analysis, programming languages, software engineering, bioinformatics and theory of computing.
C++ Programming Certificate
Computer Programming Certificate and Associate Degree
Graphic Design Certificate and Associate Degree
Java Programming Certificate
Game development is the process of creating a video game. Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single developer to a global team of developers. In 2020, salaried game developers in the U.S. made an average of $101,644 a year (or $48.87 an hour).
Game Design Certificate and Associate Degree
Game Programming Certificate and Associate Degree
Game Development Core Certificate and Associate Degree
Game Concept Art Certificate and Associate Degree
3D Game Modeling and Animation Certificate and Associate Degree
Early childhood education (ECE; also nursery education) is a branch of education theory which relates to the teaching of young children (formally and informally) up until the age of about eight. Infant/toddler education, a subset of early childhood education, denotes the education of children from birth to age two.
Early Childhood Education Certificate and Associate Degree
Early Childhood Education Assistant Certificate
Intervention Assistant Certificate and Associate Degree
Twelve Core Units Certificate
The study of electricity is called electronics and is the branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas. An electrician is a person who installs and maintains electrical equipment, and is responsible for getting the electricity from the source to where it is needed in various parts of the building.
Electronics is the branch of physics and technology concerned with the design of circuits using transistors and microchips, and with the behavior and movement of electrons in a semiconductor, conductor, vacuum, or gas. Electronics engineering is the branch of electrical engineering which deals with the uses of the electromagnetic spectrum and the application of such electronic devices as integrated circuits and transistors.
Digital Electronics Certificate and Associate Degree
Green Technician Certificate
Our Administration of Justice courses will guide students through the various components of our criminal justice system including law enforcement, courts, corrections, probation, parole, crime scene investigations, our juvenile justice system, constitutional rights, and safeguards, and criminal justice theory.
Manufacturing technology provides you with the tools that enable production of all manufactured goods. These master tools of industry magnify the effort of individual workers and give an industrial nation the power to turn raw materials into the affordable, quality goods essential to today’s society.
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Operator Certificate
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Programming Certificate
Conventional Machine Operator Certificate
Facilities Maintenance Certificate
Industrial Automation Associate Degree
Supply chain automation refers to the use of technology to handle supply chain tasks without direct human intervention, to automate traditionally manual tasks to streamline workflows and increase efficiency.
Step by Step Guide
Your career begins at Norco! We offer career and academic pathways designed to help you achieve your goals.
Before applying to college, you must first have an OpenCCC account.
*OpenCCC is a service of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.
This account allows you to access the online services of the California Community Colleges.
All information in your account is private and secure.
Make Norco your home college
By completing your college application, Norco College becomes your designated home college. This is where you will receive most services including Assessment, Counseling, Student Financial Services, CalWORKs, EOPS/CARE, Veterans’ Services, and Student Support Services.
Complete your online orientation
After submitting an application for admissions, New College Students are required to complete the online orientation, assessment test, and First Semester Ed Plan in WebAdvisor before they may register for classes.
Register for classes
Students may register on WebAdvisor for classes on or after their online Registration Appointment. These are made available 6 to 8 weeks before the start of term. WebAdvisor is available 24 hours a day.
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Norco, CA 92860
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About College of the Desert
Vision
We will change the trajectory of our students’ lives. We will stimulate academic, economic, and social development in our service area. We will build a comprehensive institution with the capacity and programming to serve our entire area.
Mission
Norco College inspires a diverse student body by an inclusive innovative approach to learning through its pathways to transfer, professional, career and technical education, certificates, and degrees. We are proud to be a pivotal hub for scholarship, arts and culture, dynamic technologies, and partnerships. Norco College encourages self-empowerment and is dedicated to transforming the lives of our students, employees, and community.
“I chose Norco College for its affordability and the opportunity to meet diverse people from different walks of life. Coming to Norco College from out of state, I noticed that community college in California is unparalleled compared to other states, and I appreciate this opportunity.”
Alex Brown
Associate Degree for Transfer in Mechanical Engineering
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This regional project is funded by the IEDRC Strong Workforce Program.