Google Career Certificates
Your Path to High-growth Careers
Google Career Certificates are designed to help you acquire the most in-demand technical skills, including programming languages, industry frameworks, key platforms, technical processes, and more. Each course is developed and taught by Google experts with decades of experience, combining hands-on learning with built-in assessments, real-world projects, and skill-building labs. Vetted by employers, each course has been designed with insight from experts and recruiters at top employers.
Learn at your own pace—a Google Career Certificate can be completed in under six months at a suggested pace of 10 hours a week or less. Based on a 2022 program graduate survey, 75% of certificate graduates report a positive career outcome (e.g., new job, promotion, or raise) within six months of completion. To receive a certification, you must complete the entire course.
New courses starting November 18, 2024. Complete our information form to get started.
We’re Here to Support You
When you enroll in a Google Certificate course at Community College of Philadelphia, you’ll benefit from dedicated support from registration to the conclusion of your training. We’ll provide an orientation at least one week before the start of training, and you’ll be able to contact a CCP representative directly for additional information and technical support throughout the program.
Our Career Connections department will assist you with résumé review, interview preparation, access to interactive interview tools and access to a network of employers.
Program Entry Requirements
There are no prerequisites required to participate. To register for a Google Career Certificate, you will need a computer with at least 1 GB of memory/RAM and reliable internet access.
Cost
The cost of each Google Certificate program is $536.
Explore Our Google Career Certificate Options
Choose one of the options below. Please note: You may not register for more than two certificate courses at the same time.
Data Analytics
Receive professional-level training from Google as you learn how to connect, transform and organize data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision making. Upon completing this certificate, you will be able to demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects, earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google and qualify for in-demand careers. No prior experience in data analysis is required.
What you’ll learn:
- An immersive understanding of the practices and processes used by a junior or associate data analyst in their day-to-day job
- Key analytical skills (data cleaning, analysis, & visualization) and tools (spreadsheets, SQL, R programming, Tableau)
- How to clean and organize data for analysis, and complete analysis and calculations using spreadsheets, SQL and R programming
- How to visualize and present data findings in dashboards, presentations and commonly used visualization platforms
Skills you’ll gain:
- Data analysis, visualization and management
- SQL
- Business communication and analysis
- Spreadsheet software
- General statistics
Prepare for in-demand careers in these fields and more:
- Senior data analyst
- Junior data scientist
- Data science analyst
- Data analytics scientist
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Digital Marketing & E-commerce
This hands-on program covers the fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce, including search engine optimization, social media and email marketing, marketing analytics, e-commerce strategies, customer loyalty programs, and more. Upon completion of this certificate, you’ll be able to demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects, earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google and qualify for in-demand careers in marketing, e-commerce and paid search. You should be interested in digital marketing or e-commerce as a potential career pathway, however, no prior experience in these fields is required.
What you’ll learn:
- The fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce to gain the skills needed to land an entry-level job
- Attract and engage customers through digital marketing channels like search and email
- Measure marketing performance through analytics, and present insights
- Build e-commerce stores, analyze online performance, and grow customer loyalty
Skills you’ll gain:
- Marketing
- Sales
- Data analysis
- Social media
- Advertising
- Communication
- Strategy
- Web development
- Writing
Prepare for in-demand careers in these fields and more:
- Marketing coordinator
- E-commerce associate
- Paid search specialist
- Email marketing specialist
- Media planner
- Digital marketing specialist
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Cybersecurity
The Google Cybersecurity Certificate teaches you how to identify common cybersecurity risks, threats and vulnerabilities, as well as the techniques to mitigate them. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of cybersecurity. No prior experience or specific knowledge is required—all you need is an interest in solving puzzles and helping others.
What you’ll learn:
- Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations
- Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL
- Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyberattacks using Security Information Event Management (SIEM) tools, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and network protocol analyzers (packet sniffing)
Skills you’ll gain:
- Network security
- Python programming
- Cloud computing
Prepare for in-demand careers in these fields and more:
- Cybersecurity analyst
- Security analyst
- Security operations center (SOC) analyst
- Information security analyst
- IT security analyst
- Cyber defense analyst
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Google Project Management
Get started in the high-growth field of project management with a professional certificate developed by Google. Discover how to manage projects efficiently and effectively, using traditional and agile methods. Learn foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role, responsibilities and skills of a project manager. Explore the importance of the project life cycle, common project management methodologies, and how organizational structure and culture impact project management.
What you’ll learn:
- Estimating time and budgets
- Running effective meetings
- Managing stakeholders
- Identifying and managing risks
- Applying Agile and Scrum frameworks
- Leadership skills and navigating team dynamics
Skills you’ll gain:
- Traditional and Agile project management
- PMI and Scrum Guide
- Managing a schedule, budget and team
- Effective communication and leadership styles
Prepare for in-demand careers at a small company or large enterprise organization:
- Project assistant, coordinator or manager
- Project administrator
- Operations associate or manager
- Scrum master
- Technical project manager
- Project analyst
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IT Support
The Google IT Support Certificate teaches you the foundations of networking and operating systems—or how to solve problems using code. You will understand the core concepts to all IT support jobs, including troubleshooting, customer service, networking, system administration, operating systems and security. You will know how to assemble a computer, write effective support documentation, route paths and subnets, manage device software, and more. This certificate program is for anyone who wants to enter the field of IT; no prior experience or is required.
Certificate graduates who also pass the CompTIA A+ certification exams will earn a dual credential from CompTIA and Google.
What you’ll learn:
- Gain skills required to succeed in an entry-level IT job
- How to perform day-to-day IT support tasks including computer assembly, wireless networking, installing programs, and customer service
- How to provide end-to-end customer support, ranging from identifying problems to troubleshooting and debugging
Skills you’ll gain:
- Binary code
- Customer support
- Linux
- Troubleshooting
Prepare for in-demand careers in these fields and more:
- IT support technician
- Help desk technician
- IT specialist
- Tech support specialist
- IT support specialist
- IT technician
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