El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, is a member of the Oracle Academic Initiative and provides you with authorized professional training and preparation for the Oracle 10g and 11g Database Certification tests to become an Oracle Database Administrator. Some Oracle 10g courses will be offered through summer 2010.

El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, is an authorized Microsoft IT Academy, providing quality training with certified Microsoft Professionals using authorized course materials.

Microsoft IT Academies are recognized as premier providers of world-class IT Training programs that prepare students for careers and certifications on Microsoft advanced technologies.

Training is conducted in a fast-paced, 8 week format with credit and non-credit courses scheduled during the evening and online.

El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, is an approved Cisco Networking Academy, offering CCNP (Cisco Certified Networking Professional), CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate), Network Security, Wireless LANs, and Voice over IP (VoIP) training.

• Learn how to design, build, and maintain networks and prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam.
• Learn to configure and maintain more complex networks and prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) exam.

Internet Development Technologies offers a two-year Associate in Applied Sciences Degree, with four specialization career tracks designed to prepare students for jobs in the Internet industry, and a three semester Advanced Web Application Development certificate and a three semester UNIX OS administration certificate. One-year certificates are also available for credit.

El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, is a partner in a National Science Foundation $2.5 million grant which was funded in August, 2004.

Goals included:
• Creating convergence degrees and certificates
• Providing professional development for faculty
• Recruiting underserved students