Course List & Schedule

Spring 2022

The schedule is tentative and subject to change

Most courses take place once a week. Duration varies from eight to twelve weeks. Courses have different start dates. Participants are required to take at least one technical course and at least one Communications and Culture seminar. 

The Built Environment: Structures & Buildings

Course Title

 Day Time Start/End Date

AISC Structural Steel Design

ACI Structural Concrete Design

 Saturday 12–4 pm Mar. 5–Apr. 30
Advanced AutoCAD and Revit Tuesday 6–9 pm Mar. 1–May 17
Building Cost Estimating & Bridge, Highway, Railroad Eng. Thursday 6–8:12 pm Mar. 3–May 12
OSHA 30 for Construction * Monday 6–10 pm Mar. 7–Apr. 25

 

Environmental Engineering & Sustainability

Course Title

 Day Time Start/End Date
Data Architecture Principles, Data Structure and SQL Monday 6–8:30 pm Mar. 7–May 9
Green Building Guidelines, Environmental Safety Tuesday 6–10 pm Mar. 29th–May 17
Python Saturday 12–2:15 pm Mar. 5–May 7

 

Operations Infrastructure & Transportation

Course Title

 Day Time Start/End Date
Advanced AutoCAD and Revit Tuesday 6–9 pm Mar. 1–May 17
Building Cost Estimating & Bridge, Highway, Railroad Eng. Thursday 6–8:12 pm Mar. 3–May 12
Building Operation, Maintenance, & Safety Regulations Sunday 10 am–1 pm Mar. 6–May 15
Python and Date Science Saturday 12–2:15 pm Mar. 5–May 7

 

Data Infrastructure & Security

Course Title

 Day Time Start/End Date
C# Programming Sunday 10 am–12 pm Mar. 6–May 15
Cyber Security Thursday 6–9 pm Mar. 3–May 5
Data Architecture Principles, Data Structure and SQL Monday 6–8:30 pm Mar. 7–May 9
Java Programming and Android Development Sunday 12–2 pm Mar. 6–May 15
Linux (Unix) Administration Saturday 9 am–12 pm Mar. 5–May 14
Python and Date Science Saturday 12–2:15 pm Mar. 5–May 14

Software Quality Assurance–Manual Testing

Software Quality Assurance–Automated Testing

 Tuesday and Friday 6–9 pm Mar. 8–May 9
Data Science for Sustainability Analysis Tuesday 6–8 pm Mar. 8–Mar. 22

 

Communications and Culture Seminars 

Course Title

 Day Time Start/End Date
Presenting Topics in Engineering Saturday 3:00-4:30pm Mar 5
Shaping a Career Narrative Monday 6:00-7:30pm Mar. 7
Developing & Implementing Technical Vocabulary Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm Mar. 8
Issues in Engineering: Local Interventions and Problem-Solving in Our Communities  Saturdays 10:00-11:30am Mar. 5

* OSHA 30 is open to mechanical, electrical, civil or architecture professionals with at least 3 years of construction project management experience. This course must be taken in combination with other classes in the student’s specialty.

Sponsors

The Retraining program is made possible through generous donations from the Robin Hood Foundation and Con Edison. The Retraining Program would also like to thank our individual donors for support.

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Instructor

Course #

Course Title

# of Session

Day

Time

Dates

Avra Spector

237

RPIE-237 Intermediate Technical Writing 

10

Friday

11:30-1:00pm

10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19

Avra Spector & Olena Radiuk

246

RPIE-246 Career Planning (Part 1)

10

Thursday

6:00-8:00pm

10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18

Avra Spector

245

RPIE-245 Intermediate Critical Thinking

10

Thursday

1:00-2:30pm

10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18

Anna Ayala

  

AutoCAD

10

Mondays

8:00-10:00pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8

Anna Ayala

309

Revit 

10

Sunday 

12:00-2:00pm

10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14,

Annette Finnegan

241

Interview Preparation

10

Saturday

10:00-11:30am

10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13

Danielle Chernouski 

220

Intro to Project Management

10

Mondays

6pm-8pm

10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15

Danielle Chernouski 

304

Intermediate Project Management 

10

Tuesday 

6-8pm

10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16

Danielle Chernouski 

301

Project Management: Introduction to Process Improvement & Operational Efficiencies

10

Tuesdays 

8-10pm

10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16

Dustin Fraser

216

Linux Administration

10

Saturday 

9-12pm

10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13

Dustin Fraser

208

Cyber Security 

10

Tuesday 

6-9pm

10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9

Eugene Ruderman

207

Building Operation Maintenance

10

Sunday

10am-1pm

10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14,

Gary Yurkovsky

209

Data Architecture Principles, Data Structure and SQL 

10

Monday

6–8:30 pm 

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8

Gary Yurkovsky

230

Software Quality Assurance–Manual Testing / Software Quality Assurance --Automated Testing

18

Tuesday & Friday

6-9pm

10/7, 10/10, 10/14, 10/17, 10/21, 10/24, 10/28, 10/31, 11/4, 11/7, 11/11, 11/14, 11/18, 11/21, 11/25, 12/2, 12/5, 12/12

Iryna Dubrowski

243

Financial Literacy

10

Wednesdays

12:00-1:30pm

10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10

TBA

219

Presenting Topics in Engineering

10

Sunday 

10:00-11:30am

10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14,

Mark Drozdov

218-A

OSHA30 

8

Monday

6pm-10pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1,

Mark Drozdov

212

Green Building Guidelines, Environmental Safety

8

Tuesday

6pm-10pm

10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9

Megha Madan

225

Intermediate Excel

10

Thursday 

6:00-8:00pm

10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18

Olena Radiuk

247

Intermediate Web Development

10

Monday

8:00-10:00pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8

Stella Tan-Torres

235-A

Shaping a Career Narrative

10

Monday

8:00-9:30pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8

Stella Tan-Torres

235 - B

Shaping a Career Narrative

10

Tuesday 

8:00pm-9:30pm

10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9

Suzanna Schmeelk

227

Python & Data Science

10

Saturday

12pm-2pm

10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13

Suzanna Schmeelk

215

Java Programming and Android Development

10

Sunday

12pm-2pm

10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14,

Tom Panayotidi

203

ACI Structural Concrete Design / ACI Structural Concrete Design

8

Saturday

12pm-4pm

10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29

Asilia Franklin

232

City of Immigrants: A Technical History 

10

Monday

6:00-7:30pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 

Yael Demedetskaya

210

Data Science for Sustainability Analysis

8

Monday

6:00-8:00pm

10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 

Arkady

244

Principles of Cost Estimating

10

Thursday 

6:00-8:00pm

10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18

Various 

251

Understanding AI

10

Thursday

8:00-10:00pm

10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18

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