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Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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ONLINE SHORT COURSES

For program descriptions and to register for classes, click on the links below. Note: registration fees for onlines classes are non-refundable.

Instructor-Facilitated Courses

Online classes that have a specific starting and ending date, although the lessons can be accessed anytime of day. Classes run for six weeks, with two lessons a week released to the students for a total of 12 lessons. Instructors design course content and quizzes, participate in class discussions, answer student questions, and assign additional practice work.

Courses start the third Wednesday of each month.


Accounting: Increase your financial awareness and accountability while also gaining marketable new skills.

Art, History, Psychology, and Literature: Learn to draw. Gain a new appreciation for the masters of art and literature. Explore human nature, symbolism, history, and artistic expression.

Business Administration: Master the fundamentals of supervision and management, become an administrative assistant, or gain priceless experience in customer service, project management, human resources, employment law, business analysis, logistics, manufacturing, supply chain management, purchasing, and more.

Certification Prep: Save time and money and gain marketable new skills by learning to repair and network personal computers.

Child Care and Parenting: Care for the children in your life with confidence and ease. Keep your children safe, happy, healthy, and learning. Instill discipline and improve communication with your kids.

Computer Applications: Become proficient with Excel, QuickBooks, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Crystal Reports, Publisher, ...

Computer Literacy: Learn computer basics, keyboarding, Windows, or the Macintosh operating system.

Database Management and Programming: Save time and money and gain marketable new skills by learning to repair and network personal computers.

Digital Photography and Digital Video: Get the most out of your digital camera. Learn how to take, edit, and print professional-quality images and movies.

Entertainment Industry: Follow your dreams and bolster your chances of succeeding as an actor, songwriter, comedian, screenwriter, game programmer, or theme park engineer.

Graphic Design: Produce eye-catching photographs, ads, newsletters, catalogs, cards, and magazines with Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark XPress, PrintShop Deluxe, and other powerful design tools.

Grant Writing and Nonprofit Management: Career opportunities are plentiful in the fast-growing nonprofit sector. Our expert instructors will prepare you to take advantage of unprecedented demand for grant writers, fund-raisers, managers, and more.

Health Care Continuing Education: Unique accredited certificate programs for nurses and other health care professionals.

Health Care, Nutrition, and Fitness: Prepare for a career in the medical or veterinary industry, improve your health, survive a catastrophe, eat better, and promote wellness and balance in your daily life.

Internet: Master the ins and outs of the Internet, Outlook, search engines, doing business online, ...

Languages: Prepare for your next vacation or open up new career opportunities by learning Spanish, French, English, Italian, or Braille.

Law and Legal Careers: Gain expertise in criminal law and law enforcement, or prepare for an exciting career in the legal field.

Math, Philosophy, and Science: Develop your critical thinking skills, become better at math, discover how algebra is relevant to your life, learn basic engineering principles in an exciting way, and more.

PC Troubleshooting, Networking and Security: Save time and money and gain marketable new skills by learning to repair and network personal computers.

Personal Development: Learn film literacy, use hypnotic suggestion on yourself and others, research your family history, write your life story, move beyond divorce, assist your aging parents, and more.

Personal Enrichment: Learn film literacy, use hypnotic suggestion on yourself and others, research your family history, write your life story, move beyond divorce, assist your aging parents, and more.

Personal Finance and Wealth Building: Build wealth, eliminate all of your credit card debt, save money on major purchases, make wise investment decisions, protect your assets, and more.

Sales and Marketing: There are no shortages of opportunities for skilled sales and marketing professionals. Make sure you have what it takes to help any business meet its financial goals.

Start Your Own Business: Discover new home-based business opportunities or learn how to plan, finance, and grow your existing small business.

Teaching Professionals (Courses for): Ignite a desire for learning in your students. Master the art of classroom discipline. Guide children to greater success in reading and writing. Make better use of your classroom computer.

Test Prep: Don't take the GED, GRE, GMAT, or LSAT exam until you've had an opportunity to work with our instructors.

Web and Computer Programming: Create truly interactive Web sites with JavaScript, CGI, JSP, and Java.

Web Graphics and Multimedia: Bring your Web pages to life with images, sound, and audio. Learn Fireworks, Freehand, Flash, and Director

Web Page Design: Create and post your very own site on the Web. Learn HTML, CSS, search engine positioning strategies, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and more.

Writing and Publishing: Become a better writer, get organized, and get published with our growing collection of writing courses taught by experienced professionals.