I've found the same dilemma.  I took an Oracle DB Design course at 
MCC about a year and a half ago.  Since then all Oracle classes 
(except for the most beginner levels) have been dropped due to low 
enrollment.  I even tried taking a Java class at SCC and it too was 
dropped due to low enrollment.  At the time I took my Oracle class, I 
spoke with the director of the school and she said that this has been 
a big problem since the dot-com burst.  There simply aren't enough 
students enrolling to make it profitable for the school to offer 
these classes.  One of the other students in my class at the time, 
mentioned he was has been trying to get into certain Oracle classes 
for more than a year with no luck.  They just kept dropping the 
classes.  I thought I'd be able to get take some good Oracle courses 
for less money by going through the community colleges, but it looks 
like that's not really an option these days.  It seems one must 
either do self-study with some books or go to one of those expensive 
one week "boot camp" type places.

Peter


At 03:48 PM 1/31/2006, you wrote:
>   The drop in enrollment I believe is valley wide. I took all the 
> Cisco classes and even became CCNA certified. This did nothing for 
> my chances at actually attaining employment in IT; I think most 
> people realize this and just don't bother taking such classes. I am 
> still employed as a surveyor and am satisfied with being a 
> Linux/Unix learner for my own personal satisfaction. I have noticed 
> the web design classes, HTML/Flash/Photoshop ETC. have rather 
> impressive enrollment at MCC.
>
>
>Mark Jarvis wrote:
>>Most of the community colleges offer an advanced *nix class, but 
>>it's hard to get enrollees, so they're often offered only once a 
>>year. (PVCC offers one spring semester only.)
>>Computer class enrollment all over the district has been dropping 
>>the last few semesters. This semester at PVCC, both basic Linux 
>>classes (CIS126DL) and the advanced Linux class (CIS238) were 
>>dropped due to too few students signing up for them.
>>-mj-
>>Dan Lund wrote:
>>
>>>I know there are quite a few beginner unix classes, but are there any
>>>fairly advanced ones?
>>>I need to broaden my knowledge....
>
>
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