How do I choose my workforce courses?

Exploring our offerings

Many of our partner workforce agencies have students complete a Career Exploration Guide to determine which skills are needed for the jobs you are interested in. The results will allow you to match needed skills to UCSC Silicon Valley's course offerings and certificate programs and specializations.

Visit our Workforce programs page to see WIOA-approved programs and cost estimates.

You may explore further by visiting the Areas of Study page. 

Note the details

From there, the program pages will highlight the requirements and courses. Most certificate programs require both core classes in addition to certain number of electives. A program overview PDF is available to download from each program page. 

Find an interesting course?

Individual courses may have prerequisites or need to be taken in a certain order. Some programs offer different tracks of emphasis. Click on the course name to see the course description and note the recommended prerequisites and skills needed for each course. You can read more in the details section or by clicking on the Enroll button.

Inform your case manager of your interest, make note of the overall program cost. If WIOA funding is pre-approved, you and/or case manager should contact the Workforce department to request a training proposal.