QuickBooks for Small Business Success and Career Advancement

About This Course
This introductory course provides hands-on experience with the latest version of QuickBooks, focusing on essential skills for managing small business finances. Topics include setting up and managing a chart of accounts, creating and maintaining vendor, item, and customer lists, recording cash sales, invoicing, managing payments and deposits, performing bank reconciliations, and processing bill payments. You will also learn to generate reports and create graphs to visualize financial data. This course is ideal for those aiming to build foundational QuickBooks skills for professional or personal bookkeeping needs.

Course Requirements

• Basic computer and Windows knowledge
• Flash drive
• Textbook: QuickBooks Online by Patricia Hartley, MBA
• Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to the first class

Floral Merchandising and Business Practices About This Course Learn valuable information on merchandising flowers, gift plants, decorative accessories, window displays, end caps, focal areas, promotional publications, and building customer loyalty. Explore bookkeeping systems used extensively by florists, become acquainted with credit card charges, wire service, time management, product pricing, and personal productivity skills. Entry Requirements Completion of Floral Design I and Floral Design II or equivalent experience.

Novel Bootcamp About This Course Attention fiction writers! Join author and former Bantam Doubleday Dell editor Anthony Gangi for an immersive, hands-on journey from idea to completed first draft. In this intensive eight-week course, you’ll be guided step by step through the often elusive process of writing a novel, culminating in a full draft by the end of the session. While most of the writing will take place outside of class, each session is designed to provide structure, momentum, and expert insight. The course places particular emphasis on essential storytelling elements such as plot structure, compelling characterization, and dynamic dialogue. Along the way, you’ll receive thoughtful feedback and encouragement from both the instructor and a supportive community of fellow writers. Please note: This course is specifically designed for fiction writers. Materials Course materials will be distributed in class.

Bookkeeping and Accounting Skills for Business and Career Success

About This Course
This introductory course provides a foundational understanding of bookkeeping and accounting, focusing on the complete accounting cycle. You will learn how to analyze and record financial transactions using debits, credits, and T accounts. Key topics include posting transactions to the journal and ledger, preparing trial balances, making necessary adjustments, and generating financial statements. By the end of the course, you will have a working knowledge of essential accounting principles and be able to accurately track financial activities for a business.

Delivery Format
Instructor-led virtual. Please refer to the schedule below for more details.

Course Requirements

• Basic computer and Windows knowledge is required
• Flash drive
• Required textbook - College Accounting: A Practical Approach Chapters 1-12 with Study Guide and Working Papers
• Students must activate their myNorthshore account prior to the first class

European Hand Tied Bouquets About This Course Fall brings us rich brilliant colors. This design style is a must to have in your design toolbox. Expand your design skills as you work with an exciting variety of flowers and colors. Flower care and handling, as well as floral choices are covered. Cost Fresh flowers are included. Required Materials Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon and wire cutters to class.

EKG Technician

About This Course
Learn to conduct and interpret electrocardiograms (EKGs) including the anatomy and physiology of the heart, equipment technology, how to interpret a rhythm strip, and details of a myocardial infarction. 

Certifications
Course prepares you to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast growing field: NWCA National Certificate: (NWCA) EKG Technician (CET) Exam.

Costs
Course includes CPR, required textbooks, and national exam fee.

Entry and Healthcare Requirements
--High school diploma or equivalent
--Accuplacer Placement Exam, meeting the minimum Math and Reading scores, if you do not have prior college credits
--CORI background check
--Proof of immunizations, a negative TB test, a COVID-19 vaccine with a booster, or a drug screening may be required for certain healthcare classes.
--You will receive an email from jmccloud@northshore.edu before the first class, containing the student healthcare packet. This packet must be reviewed, electronically signed, and submitted prior to the start of class.

Additional Questions?
978-236-1200 or professional@northshore.edu

Low Advanced ESL This course is intended for students who already possess intermediate-level English skills and are ready for more advanced level noncredit classes or who wish to transition to credit classes in the future. The focus is on reinforcing and developing individual reading, writing, and oral skills as well as reviewing more advanced grammatical concepts. Textbook required. Prerequisite: ELLC 186+.

Floral Design III About This Course Take your passion of floral design to an advanced level by improving your design skills and speed with the principles and elements of floral design along with floral terminology. Reviewing what you have learned from Design I and Design II, your knowledge of design concepts will expand. Sessions will include a lecture and demo, followed by each student creating a design. Costs All fresh flowers are included. Entry Requirements Completion of Floral Design I and Floral Design II or equivalent experience Required Materials Please bring scissors, knife, ribbon cutters and wire cutters to class Textbook required: Flower Arranging Complete Guide by Blacklock: ISBN# 9780955239175. Visit this link to order the textbook: https://a.co/d/ciF6qxY