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St. Charles Community College
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
Cottleville, MO 63376 | 636-922-8000

Gatlin Education Services
On-line Certificate Programs

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Online Certificate Programs are always open for enrollment and allow you to attend a class at a time convenient to you.

Web-based training, at your own pace, offered in partnership with Gatlin Education Services.

The Continuing Education Department has partnered with Gatlin Education Services (GES), the world’s largest provider of web-based instructor supported training to colleges and universities. These open enrollment programs are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations, all within a three-month delivery window. Complete course and financial assistance information can be found by clicking the links below.

Healthcare

Revenue Cycle Management

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Revenue Cycle Management for Healthcare Providers

Revenue Cycle Management for Providers and Business Office Managers will teach students the skills necessary to evaluate the performance of revenue cycle systems and processes. This course enables students to develop an understanding of the components of the revenue cycle, the best methods of benchmarking performance, and proven methods of improving cash flow. In addition, students will learn about the latest technology, business office staffing, resource management, and recent government regulations related to revenue cycles.

Course # GAT 300 Fee: $795 (12 hours)

HIPAA Made Easy

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HIPAA Compliance (4 user licenses)

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from a health care professional's viewpoint. The course focuses specifically on the HIPAA Privacy regulations which is the major focus of most health care providers, but also provides an overview of the overall HIPAA regulations. This course is meant to satisfy the manditory training component of HIPAA Privacy for a health care organization's staff. The target audience for this course is physicians, physician staff, nurses, hospital administrators, office managers, receptionists, medical billing agencies, or any other individual or organization involved in health care who needs to comply with or learn about HIPAA Privacy. This course is three hours, and includes four licenses (so four people can take this three-hour course).

Course # GAT 301 Fee: $599 (12 hours)

Business/Travel

Travel Agent

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Travel Agent Certificate

This industry-leading program will help prepare students for the Institute of Certified Travel Agents TAP Certification. Students learn the basic skills needed to operate a computer reservation system, whether with the airlines, travel agencies, car rental agencies, cruise lines, hotels, tour companies, resorts, as a corporate travel coordinator or as a home based agent. The online program consists of two modules including your choice of SABRE, WORLDSPAN, APOLLO, OR AMADEUS GDS systems. All materials included.

Course #GAT 302 Fee: $1,595 (200 hours)

eBusiness Certificate

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eBusiness Certificate

This web-based course provides a comprehensive introduction to eBusiness - business that takes place online. Online business is increasingly important in our networked world of global transactions and global competition. This course will examine five major topic areas: (1) Introduction to eBusiness; (2) Electronic Retailing; (3) Effective eCommerce Web Design; (4) eBusiness Marketing; and (5) eBusiness Infrastructures. The course will help you to understand the ways in which companies use the Internet as a channel for conducting --- and expanding --- commerce.

Course #GAT 303 Fee: $1,995 (200 hours)

Bookkeeping the Easy Way

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Bookkeeping the Easy Way with QuickBooks

Bookkeeping the Easy Way with QuickBooks introduces the concepts of bookkeeping/accounting using the theory of double-entry bookkeeping. This cumulative online experience progresses lesson by lesson. Understanding basic bookkeeping procedures is vital to developing and controlling activities in business. This course is designed for students who are interested in gaining knowledge of basic bookkeeping practices in planning a more profitable future or seeking a new career. Textbook and thorough tutorial for Quick Books are included.

Course #GAT 304 Fee: $1,695 (140 hours)

Certified Bookkeeper Program

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Certified Bookkeeper

This online course for professional bookkeepers leads to national certification with the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB). The AIPB certification is a high professional standard and the only national standard for bookkeepers. Becoming a Certified Bookkeeper (CB) can increase earning potential, enhance professional status, and offer a decisive edge in any job market. This course was created by AIPB to prepare bookkeepers for the certification exam at any Prometric Test Center. The web-based format allows students to move at their own pace from any web-enabled computer. Certified Bookkeepers are to bookkeeping what CPAs are to accounting.

Course #GAT 305 Fee: $1,795 (80 hours)

Project Management

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Project Management

Project management is growing exponentially. It is used in virtually all industries, such as health care, government, education, and banking. Projects are how organizations downsize and flatten to improve productivity. As mid-level management positions are reduced, project managers fill the void. Expertise in project management is a source of security, prosperity, and power to these survivors. Students will learn the basics of project management via the nation’s premier web-based program at their own pace! Textbook included.

Course# GAT 306 Fee: $1,495 (40 hours)

Records Management Certificate

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Records Management Certificate

Virtually every organization is faced with staggering amounts of records created, received, processed, distributed, filed, discarded, and stored. As a result, businesses overstuff filing cabinets, experience costly delays, misplace documents, lose documents, and miss important business opportunities. Office personnel, executives, and administrators become frustrated with inadequate records and information. This power packed online program will give you the ability to manage electronic records and conquer the paper pile-up.

Course #GAT 307 Fee: $1,395 (80 hours)

We build our programs with a team of professionals from each respective field, who work with an existing textbook or base of material to provide the most effective web-based learning experience. Instructors are actively involved in the students' online learning experience. They respond to any questions or concerns as well as encouraging and motivating students to succeed. Each program has a set of lessons and tests; grades are a combination of computer-graded tests and the instructor’s evaluation of the students' work. Students love the quality as well as the convenience of anytime, anywhere learning. To register for a class, contact us at 636-922-8233.