Summer 2023 Course Catalog

ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE GUIDE

Summer 2023

University of Houston

ONLINE NON-CREDIT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The University of Houston’s Online and Special Programs partnership with Ed2Go provides non-credit online skill building and career training courses. Courses are taught by highly qualified instructors and provide discussion opportunities for you and your fellow classmates. Instructor-led and self-paced course options available. Choose from hundreds of topics to find an engaging course that’s right for you. All courses are offered 100% online.

PROGRAM OPTIONS

Skill Building Programs

Enroll in a wide range of highly interactive courses to learn a new hobby or enhance your skill level. Earn a certificate of completion upon successful completion of the program.

Career Training Programs

Learn new skills and prepare for industryrecognized certifications. Gain an immersive experience in the field of study. Earn a certificate of completion upon successfully completing the final course exam.

Course Bundles

Register for multiple courses within a value suite and receive a discount lower than the cost of registering for the same courses individually.

COURSE FORMAT OPTIONS

Instructor-led Courses

• Fixed monthly start dates

• 6 weeks of course access

• Asynchronous delivery

• Peer to peer and peer to instructor discussion

• 2 lessons released weekly

Self-paced Courses

• Start anytime

• Minimum 3 month course access

• All lessons available upon enrollment

COURSE CATEGORIES

GETTING STARTED

1. Find a course and register online:

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Phone: 713-743-1060

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Popular Careers

Business Management & Operations

Get started in a business role with our popular courses in Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Freight Broker/Agent Training, and many more course options to choose from.

Finance

Course options include Accounting Fundamentals, Stock Trading, Personal Finance, and several more courses to help you reach your occupational and personal goals.

Healthcare

Get started in healthcare with courses for becoming a Clinical Dental Assistant, Health Unit Coordinator, or ther many other course options to choose from.

Education & Human Services

Enhance your skills or get started with our courses in Creating Classroom Centers, Singapore Math Strategies, or Guided Reading and Writing. Many course options to choose from.

Design, Media & Writing

Our Certified Residential Interior Design, Introduction to Photoshop CC, and Writing Effective Grant Proposals can help you reach your personal or occupational goals.

Information Technology

Introduction to SQL, Webmaster, and CompTIA® Security + Certification are a few of the courses to help you get started with a career in information technology.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Administrative Professional

This course provides the information you'll need to know to sit for the Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) exam offered by the IAAP.

Business Coach

Learnhowtobecomea successfulbusiness coach while learning the fundamentals of coaching, including how to create winning strategies and how to address professional challenges. Students willbeable toserveentrepreneurs,business owners, and other professionals using timetested coachingmethods.

Career Counselor

TheCareerCounselorcourse willhelpyouassistothersintheir careerjourney.Learnthestagesof careerdevelopment,the fundamentalsofcareerplanning, andhowtoworkwithdiverse audiencestobeabletohelpjob seekersnavigatetheircareer changewithmeaningfulresults.

Certified Bookkeeper

This course helpsprofessional bookkeepers prepare to take the prestigious American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) certification.

Certified Business Data Analytics (CBDA) Prep Course

Prepare to learn in-demand data analysis skills and stay on top of industry trends in this immersive online course. You will also obtain the information needed to prepare for and take the CBDA exam.

Certified Internal Auditor

The Certified InternalAuditor Exam Review course isbuilt aroundan adaptive learning platform that focuses your study to your weaker areas, reduces your overall study time to concentrate on learning specific areas.

Entrepreneurship: Start-Up and Business Owner Management

This course covers everything from financing to leadership. You’ll learn the keys to business planning, communication skills, marketing, and management. Ever thought about owning your own business? This course can help make that dream cometrue!

Grant Writing + Non-Profit Management

In this course, you will learn how to write a grant proposal, how to supervise employees, as well as learnabouttheliabilities thatnon-profitsencounter

Management Training

If you’re thinking of starting a business or pursuing a MBA, learn the essentials here! This course is perfect for business owners, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to learn the basicsofbusinessmanagement.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS

Career Training Courses

Mastering Project Management with PMP Prep

In this intermediate/ advanced level course, you’ll translate your knowledge into skills by going beyond the basics of project management and exploring key topics in depth.

OMCA® Content Marketing Associate

Learn the hottest role in digital marketing and prepare for the nationally recognized OMCA content marketing certification.

OMCA® Mobile Marketing Associate

Prepare for the nationally recognized OMCA mobile marketing certification to start

or improve your career in digital marketing.

Professional Consulting Practice

The Professional Consulting Practice course will teach you how to leverage your existing skills to become a consultant. You will learn how to analyze an organization, how to serve diverse clientele, and how build a credible, solutionsdriven consulting practice.

Professional Interpreter

Master the skills and knowledge needed to begin a career as a professional interpreter.

Salesforce Administrator

This program is designed to ensure learning and the mastering the concepts as a Salesforce Administrator. You will also

prepare for the certification exam. Learn how to administer and configure Salesforce through a practical, hands-on learning approach followed throughout the program ensuring you get job ready by the end of the course.

The Senior Certified Sustainability Professional Online

This program prepares students for an exciting career as a leader in the green-collar economy. As a certified sustainability professional, you’ll be responsible for setting the course and coordinating an enterprise’s sustainability strategy.

The Complete Project Manager With CAPM and PMP Prep

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS

Skill Building Courses

New, instructor-led skill building courses start each month. Courses can be completed over a 3 month period and are affordably priced. Benefits of enrolling in a skill building course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material each week. Self-paced courses start upon enrollment and students can complete them at their own pace. Students can self-enroll at any time.

Achieving Top Search Engine Positions

In this course, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to boost your website’s visibility. By the end, you will have mastered proven, stepby-step SEO strategies that you can implement right away.

Building Teams That Work

Master the skills needed to manage projects, make decisions, and solve problems in a team setting. Plus, you will have a chance to learn the pitfalls of unhealthy group interaction and minimize any of its effects on your team.

Entrepreneurship Suite

Learn everything you need to know about starting a business. Discover tricks to picking the right opportunity for you, learn how to develop proven marketing techniques to easily build sales, discuss traditional and nontraditional financing options, and learn easy-to-implement employee-management procedures and how to write business policies that help you build your business.

High Performance Organization

Gain the information needed to help your organization with its efforts to become a HighPerformance Organization (HPO). The lesson begins by discussing the four principles of a HPO: Egalitarianism and Engagement, Shared Information and Trust, Knowledge Development and Performance Reward Linkage.

Interpersonal Communication

Learn how to manage the conscious and unconscious codes of meaning people send to each other and how to respond with appropriate codes in turn. Explore concepts of verbal and nonverbal expression including personal style, listening, relationship dynamics, self-esteem, conflict management, and cultural and gender communication differences.

Introduction to Microsoft Project 2019/Office 365

Discover how to effectively plan, implement, and control projects using Microsoft Project 2019. From sequencing tasks, producing a baseline, and assigning resources and costs, to tracking progress

and revising your project plan, Microsoft Project can help you organize all your project’s details.

Leadership Suite

Join this class and get helpful information for understanding yourself, solving people problems, and improving your relationships and personal and professional productivity.

Microsoft Office 2019/365 Value Suite

This course bundle will introduce you to Microsoft Word 2019, Microsoft Excel 2019, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2019. These programs are used to handle common workplace tasks like word processing and presentation design. Through hands-on activities, you will gain proficiency in each of these program areas.

Nonprofit Fundraising Essentials

Take your first step toward a rewarding career in fundraising for nonprofit organizations! In this course, you’ll explore the skills needed to become a successful fundraiser.

Explore Different Hospitality Career Options

Explore different hospitality career options through our multiple hospitality-related online career training courses. Prepare to enter a career in the hospitality industry in as little as 6 months. Courses provide an opportunity to study at your own pace.

Catering Professional

InourCateringProfessionalcourse,youwillhavetheopportunitytowork alongside a variety of skilled professionals and cater to an assortment of food and beverage requests.You will learn the foundations of event planning, food and beverage management, sales and marketing, human resources, accounting practices, and legal contracts.

Certified Wedding Planner

In this program, you will master the fundamentals of planning, orchestrating,anddeliveringstunningweddingsandparties.Thisprogram allowsyoutoearnyourcertificationasaprofessionalweddingplannerand will give you an opportunity to put your new skills to work in an optional internship.

Hotel Management with Executive Housekeeper

Learn the skills needed to manage any venue, hotel, motel, resort, or accommodation house and supervise housekeeping staff will position you for success within this growing field. This course bundle trains you in the complementary disciplines of hotel management and executive housekeeping. You will learn the theoretical principles of commerce, management, tourism logistics, and the supply chain.

Restaurant Management

Restaurant Management opens the door to world-wide employment opportunities and experiences in a variety of culinary environments.You willbeprovidedwiththeknowledgetosucceedintheareasofrestaurant designandconcept,menucreationandmanagement,foodandbeverage elements, human resources and business management elements.

• Enroll any time!

• Course access 24 hours a day

• Finish in as little as 6 months

HEALTH CARE

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Activity Director

This course is designed to give students the training and insight in working with the activity programs in nursing homes.

Administrative Dental Assistant

Learn how to perform the administrative tasks essential for managing the business aspects of a dental practice.

Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS)

Learn how to implement and utilize electronic health records and become a Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist.

Certified Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

Designed for those interested in a career in sales and marketing within the pharmaceutical industry. Learn the rules and regulations that govern the promotions of prescription sales drugs as well as industry best practices for starting a career in the field.

Certified Professional Life Coach

Learn life coaching techniques and business practices and proven methods established by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC) to serve a variety of clients. Upon earning your life coaching certification, you will hold the industry-preferred credential needed to launch your career.

CCA Certified Medical Administrative Assistant with Medical Billing and Coding

The CCA Certified Medical Administrative Assistant with Medical Billing and Coding is geared towards students who are interested in obtaining a career in the healthcare industry but have little to no experience within the sector.

Clinical Dental Assistant

This course provides you with the skills needed to become a dental assistant. After you’ve completed the course, you’ll be ready to pursue certification as a dental

assistant by passing the radiology and infection control portions of the Dental Assisting National Board examination.

Fitness Business Management

Learn how to manage a personal training program, department, or facility as a strategic business with completion of this innovative course.

NASM Certified Personal Trainer +Performance Enhancement

This course prepares you to pass and earn your NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification, one of the most respected certifications in the fitness industry with the addition of the NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES).

NCSF Sports Nutrition Specialist

The program will prepare you to sit for the NCSF-SNS Exam and to earn the Sport Nutrition Specialist certificate. This educational program covers all relevant content areas including Nutrients and Intakes, Physiological Aspects of Nutrition, Macronutrients, and much more.

HEALTH CARE Skill Building Courses

New, instructor-led skill building courses start each month. Courses can be completed over a 3 month period and are affordably priced. Benefits of enrolling in a skill building course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material each week. Self-paced courses start upon enrollment and students can complete them at their own pace. Students can self-enroll at any time.

Certificate in Mindfulness

Examine the many benefits of mindfulness for both your personal and professional life. You’ll also lay the foundation for a career in health and wellness coaching.

Explore a Career in Nursing

As you progress through the course, you’ll learn about several different fields of nursing—from traditional bedside work to critical care areas, like the OR and ICU, to lesser known branches of the field, like nursing informatics.

Handling Medical Emergencies

Learn to recognize the early signs and symptoms of common medical conditions to provide appropriate treatment for a better outcome.

Healthcare Entrepreneurship Bundle

This program guides you through the steps to building your own business. You’ll explore the different options for creating a business and learn how to develop a successful business plan that reflects your vision and allows you to compete in your target market.

HIPAA Compliance

By the time you finish this course, you will be confident and capable of implementing HIPAA’s Administrative Simplification rules, and the laws impacting it, in your own organization. If you are just starting your career in the health care field, gain a priceless addition to your resume.

Medical Math

Master medical calculations in an engaging environment with these fun and practical lessons. Gain the medical math skills needed for anything from calculation dosages to using scientific formulas. Learn to perform day-today math tasks quickly and easily.

Medical Office Basics Suite

Learn medical terminology according to each body system, medical math skills needed to do anything from calculating dosages to using scientific formulas, how to comply with the duties, rights, and responsibilities of Administrative Simplification rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and other basic tools.

Medical Spanish Series

Whether you’re new to the Spanish language or just want a refresher, this fun and simple course will give you the basic tools needed to bridge the communication gap. Gain a strong foundation in basic medical Spanish you can build on for years to come.

Medical Transcription

Learn how to transcribe the most common medical reports used in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This knowledge will help prepare you to work almost anywhere in the medical field— doctors’ offices, clinics, public health facilities, and hospitals.

Mind-Body Therapies Bundle

In this certificate, you’ll explore the fundamentals of energy medicine, examine the scientific evidence of the biofield, and explore Indian healing traditions regarding the chakras (the energy centers in the body).

Explore Different Healthcare Career Options

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Prepare to reach your healthcare goals with our career training and skillsbased health-care related courses. Choose from instructor-led or self-paced course delivery options. Course lengths vary from 6 weeks to 12 months depending on the level of coursework. Additionally, some courses offer a voucher for certification.

Administrative Medical Assistant

Master the basics of scheduling patients’appointments, surgeries, and hospital admissions. In addition, you will discover how to create, maintain, and file medical charts.You will also find out how to verify patients’insurance, create encounter forms (charge tickets), post charges,obtainpre-authorizationsfrominsurers,andschedulereturn visits.

Medical Coding

• New instructor-led courses start each month

• Self-paced courses start immediately

• 6 week to 12 month completion options

This is your chance to find out what it’s really like to be a medical coder.Inthiscourse,you’lllearnexactlywhatmedicalcodersdodaily. You’lllearntousetheCPTmanualandtheICD-10-CMtofindmedical codes for any disease, condition, treatment, or surgical procedure which will give you a leg up on other people who are new to this career.

Medical Transcription

Learn how to transcribe the most common medical reports used in both inpatient and outpatient settings.This knowledge will help prepare you to work almost anywhere in the medical field—doctors’ offices, clinics, public health facilities, and hospitals.With this foundation, you will be set to advance your education so you can work asasubcontractorforacompanythatoutsourcestranscription,or you can eventually even take on your own clients—all from the comfort of your own home.

Education and Human Services

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success

In this course, you will discover how students with special needs can become a part of the mainstream. Learn to see the inclusive classroom as a home for these students while exploring how all students can benefit from an adaptive learning environment.

Educator’s Fundamentals Series

This course reveals fundamental secrets and presents a step-bystep approach to effective, positive classroom discipline. You’ll also get the teacher training needed to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students you’re teaching make more responsible choices.

Enhancing Language Development in Childhood

This course will help you enrich your child’s life by stimulating his or her continued speech, brain, and language development in an enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural way.

Guided Reading and Writing Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement

In this course, you will examine the reasons reading and writing are so difficult for students. Then you will encounter the total literacy framework and see what it does to mitigate literacy problems. Since this framework is based on guided reading lessons that flow naturally into writing challenges, you will learn to successfully transition from guided readings to writing lessons.

Integrating Technology in the Classroom

Learn how to design presentations for auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles, how to teach keyboarding and word processing, and how to develop standardsbased lesson plans, and more.

Prepare for GED Test Series

Preparing for the GED® is key to passing the test. This course helps you prepare on your own time. The Prepare for GED Test Series will help you analyze your strengths

and weaknesses, so you can focus your studying on the areas you need the most. You will learn about the four GED® test modules, with an additional focus on the skills needed to pass the Mathematical Reasoning module.

Reading Strategies Suite

Explore current research that cuts through the media messages about reading wars and the right way to teach children. Learn by reading stories about children, doing interactive assignments, and exploring the latest in parent and childcare information

Singapore Math Strategies: Model Drawing for Grades 1 -6

In this professional development course for teachers, you will get the training needed to start teaching model drawing, the powerful Singapore Math strategy that gives word problems a visual context.

Education and Human Services

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Teaching Science: Grades 4-6

Throughout the course, discover worksheets and checklists you and your students can put to immediate use. You’ll see how helpful they are in the lessons on the scientific method, writing a research paper, and producing a science fair. Cover foundational content in both physical science and life science and learn how to use a study of the earth’s atmosphere to teach students how to make and interpret a variety of graphs—an important skill for standardized testing.

Teaching Smarter with SMART Boards

In this course, discover how to create outstanding presentations with a SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology. Explore the basics of using these tools and discover how to create your own SMART board lessons blending text, videos, and graphics. Go beyond the bells and whistles and look at specific ways to use SMART technology to broaden your content and make your lessons accessible to all students.

Teaching Writing: Grades K-3

The course covers ways to support the writers who struggle, whether due to a lack of motivation, fine motor skills, or ideas. And of course, you will explore techniques for getting parents involved so that they can help with writing at home.

TEAS Prep Series

Our TEAS Prep Series will prepare you for all aspects of the TEAS exam. TEAS Prep 1 focuses on Reading and English and Language Usage. TEAS Prep 2 focuses on Mathematics and Science. You will also learn valuable study skills, practice sample exam questions, and establish a test taking strategy for exam day.

The Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection

Explore different learning styles and delve into a concept called multiple intelligences. You will examine the factors that motivate students to learn in a child-centered classroom. Master the basics of both DI and RTI and learn how these two approaches work hand-in-hand to enhance children’s learning.

Writing Effective Grant Proposals

In this course, you will learn how to become fully familiar with the institution or project for which you are requesting support. Obtain valuable guidance in preparing a background statement and a brief financial statement to support your request. You will also research some charitable foundation and corporate giving sources.

SQL Series

Enroll in the SQL courses to learn more about one of the most requested skills from today’s data-driven employers.

Introduction to SQL

Learn the key concepts of Structured Query Language (SQL) and gain a solid working knowledge of this powerful and universal database programming language.

In this course, you’ll learn about the basic structure of relational databases and how to read and write simple and complex SQL statements and advanced data manipulation techniques. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid working knowledge of structured query language.You’ll also feel confident in your ability to write SQL queries to create tables; retrieve data from single or multiple tables; delete, insert, and update data in a database; and gather significant statistics from data stored in a database.

Intermediate SQL

In this second course, you’ll learn advanced techniques that will enable you to write powerful queries that perform complicated searches and sorts on your data. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to use a wide range of advanced SQL techniques with confidence.Your new skills with databases will enhance your competitiveness in the technical fields of software development and database administration.

This course series bundle is an instructor-led program. New courses start each month. Earn 48 course hours and a University of Houston certificate upon successful completion of the course.

Course Start Dates:

• May 17th

• June 14th

• July 12th

IT Bootcamp Training Courses

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IT Bootcamps will prepare you for indemand, high-paying jobs in the tech sector. Gain the skills and practical experience employers are looking for in an accelerated, 100% online format.

Get six months of interactive, self-paced IT job training that requires 15-25 hours a week to master the key concepts

Build the knowledge, skills, and industry certifications to land an entry-level IT job without experience

You will have access to five one-hour 1-on-1 coaching sessions

Complete multiple course projects and a final capstone to help you prepare a professional level portfolio to show prospective employers

AI Machine Learning Bootcamp

Learn to apply various AI and ML concepts in real-life projects in a variety of job roles, such as AI and ML researchers, entry-level data scientists, AI and ML developers, and more. Additionally, you’ll prepare to pass the Microsoft Azure AI certification (MS AI-102), which allows you to work as an AI Engineer.

Cybersecurity Bootcamp

Get hands-on training to identify, control, prevent, and resolve corporate data breaches and cybersecurity incidents using Python programming, ethical hacking, and more. You’ll also prepare to pass CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CySa+, Pentest+, and EC-Council CEH certification exams.

Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp

Earn the skills and knowledge necessary to become a full stack web developer. You will explore key concepts related to databases for web applications and several front-end to backend programming/scripting languages such as Python, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, and React.

Start any time!

Self-paced course based on your schedule.

Finish in as little as 6 months.

Information Technology

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

AWS System Operations Certification Bundle

You will be introduced to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. Gain preparation to sit for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam.

CCNA: Collaboration

Learn how to become an expert in all areas of Cisco telephony from call routing basics to advanced Cisco telephony architecture.

CCNA: Security

With a CCNA Security certification, a network professional demonstrates the skills required to develop a security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats

Certified Ethical Hacker

The Certified Ethical Hacker course is the core of the most desired information security

training system any information security professional will ever want to be in.

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

The CCNP Certification is highly regarded in the IT industry as one of the most valuable credentials in the market for IT networking security

CompTIA A+ with ITIL Foundation

This course is perfect for students wanting to enter a career in Information Technology. You will learn CompTIA A+ and ITIL principles and prepare for certification.

CompTIA IT Fundamentals

The CompTIA IT Fundamentals exam is designed to help you learn more about the world of information technology (IT) and its ideal if you’re considering a career in IT or if you work in an allied field that requires a broad understanding of IT.

COBIT 5 Certification Training

This course helps you understand COBIT 5 framework for management and governance of Enterprise IT. It covers COBIT 5 principles, enablers, COBIT implementation phases, and process capability assessment model.

Information Security Training

This course includes three of the most valuable certifications in IT Security. These credentials command some of the most lucrative salaries available in the IT field.

Management for IT Professionals

Learn leadership skills that will help you succeed as a manager in the IT field by exploring different decision-making techniques. This course focuses on developing a successful leadership style that facilitates team building, collaboration, and a corporate culture that promotes success.

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Information Technology

Skill Building Courses

New, instructor-led skill building courses start each month. Courses can be completed over a 3 month period and are affordably priced. Benefits of enrolling in a skill building course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material each week. Self-paced courses start upon enrollment and students can complete them at their own pace. Students can self-enroll at any time.

Basic CompTIA A+ Certification Prep

The Basic CompTIA A+ Certification Prep course teaches you about the hardware common to virtually every personal computer, including microprocessors, RAM, power supplies, motherboards, UEFI/BIOS, the system setup utility, the expansion bus, and input/output devices.

Blogging and Podcasting for Beginners

Learn how to develop a plan for the content, setup, maintenance, and how to use free blogging software like Blogger and WordPress to put that plan into action. Also learn how to record a professionalsounding audio podcast with a very simple recording tool you already have.

Creating Web Pages

Learn about the capabilities of the World Wide Web and the fundamentals of web design. Then, you will plan the content, structure and layout of your Web site, create pages full of neatly formatted text, build links between the pages and to the outside world, and add color, backgrounds, graphics, and tables.

Computer Networking Suite

Learn the fundamentals of networking and prepare for a career in an exciting and fast-growing field.

Computer Skills for the Workplace

This course is a great introduction to Windows 10 and Office 2016 and is designed to provide the fundamental computer competencies you need to survive and prosper in today’s fast-changing workplace. You will learn how to implement the powers of modern office software to work faster and more efficiently.

Digital Marketing Suite

Learn how to develop an Internet marketing plan, use popular social media platforms, and achieve higher positions with major search engines.

Hack Your Way to Security

Discover the complex method of electronic breaking and entering. You’ll learn the terms and programming behind the interaction between hardware and software when communicating through a network.

Introduction to PC Security

Understand and explore the vulnerability of operating systems, software, and networks. Then,

you will get into the minds of hackers and crackers, developing an understanding of the exploits they use to access your computer without your knowledge.

Java Programming Series

Start with the basics of programming and go on to write your own programs and integrate input and output, calculations, decision making, and loops. Then deepen your understanding of Java programming and start writing programs that are more sophisticated and professional.

Introduction to Photoshop CC

In this course, you will learn about a host of impressive new features for photographers and how to create simple digital paintings. Then begin editing your own photographs to get rid of dust and scratches, fix the color, and correct image exposure.

LPI Linux Essentials Exam Prep

Gain the support you need to study, prepare for, and pass the Linux Essentials exam. You will start with the history of Linux, how it was originally developed, and why there are so many different distributions available.

Design Media and Writing

Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Adobe Certified Associate

The Adobe Certified Associate course is designed for students who want to learn Adobe software programs and prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams.

Certified Residential Interior Designer

Prepare for a career as a residential interior designer by learning the basics of good design, getting familiar with design styles and movements, exploring the materials that interior designers use, and putting your knowledge to work as you create

your own design concept for a family room.

Digital Game Artist Certificate

This course prepares students to become professional video game artists by training on core skills for jobs related to Digital Art, 3D Art, Modeling, Character Design, and Environmental Art Design.

Graphic Design with Photoshop

Students will develop graphic design skills while learning the gold standard in photo editing and design software.

WEB DESIGN PROFESSIONAL CAREER TRAINING

Multimedia Arts Certificate

Gain the conceptual, technical, and visual design skills required to create multimedia applications and environments. You’ll explore Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects, as well as digital video editing.

Technical Writing

This course is designed for anyone who wishes to develop their technical writing abilities to a professional level. You’ll learn research methods, audience considerations, style, drafting and revision techniques, how to work in a collaborative environment, and more.

Video Game Design and Development

Using a comprehensive and analytical approach to game engine architectures, this course teaches you how to effectively design and develop games.

Web Design Professional

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to advance in the field.

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Upon course completion, students can expect to have a solid grounding in the skills and knowledge needed to become a Web Designer.

Design Media and Writing

Skill Building Courses

New, instructor-led skill building courses start each month. Courses can be completed over a 3 month period and are affordably priced. Benefits of enrolling in a skill building course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material each week. Self-paced courses start upon enrollment and students can complete them at their own pace. Students can self-enroll at any time.

Creating Web Pages

Create and post your very own Web site on the Internet using HTML in this extensive, workshop.

Creating WordPress Websites Series

This series of courses will take you from having zero experience and knowledge of web design to more advanced techniques. You don’t need any website publishing experience to get started.

Designing Effective Websites

Examine the tension between form and function, explore the six major states of the website development process, and learn the basics of user-centered design.

Discover Digital Photography

This course will teach you all about digital cameras, from DSLRs to smart phone cameras and what different equipment is used for.

Effective Business Writing

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a clerical worker, an engineer, or an executive. If you communicate with others in writing, you need this course to help you identify and eliminate problem areas.

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Introduction to CSS3 and HTML5

Learn how to create state-of-theart Web sites using modern CSS3 and HTML5 techniques. Take your existing HTML skills to the next level and start building sites like the pros.

Introduction to InDesign CC

In each lesson, you will learn an important aspect of InDesign CC and prepare a range of print and online products for a fictional company.Youwillgetdozensoffiles to work with, including a partially completed InDesign document used to start each lesson.

Introduction to Illustrator CS6

In this course, you will learn to apply color, create shading effects and painterly brushstrokes, and add special effects such as 3D to your drawings.

Mastering Your Digital SLR Camera

Start out learning about the many features and controls of your DSLR and look at the lenses you need for the kind of photography you enjoy. Next, you will learn about metering, exposure compensation, managing aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.

Web Design Value Suite

Learn about the capabilities of the World Wide Web and the fundamentals of web design. Then, you’ll plan the content, structure and layout of your website, create pages full of neatly formatted text, build links between the pages and to the outside world, and add color, backgrounds, graphics, and tables.

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Career Training Courses

Start the career training course at any time. Courses can be completed over a 6-12 month period and are affordably priced. Instructors/mentors are actively involved in the online learning experience. Benefits of completing a career training course includes learning in-demand job skills and gaining access to new course material weekly.

Certified Credit Counselor

This course helps you learn the specialized knowledge needed to pass the Certified Credit Counselor exam and start a career in independent credit counseling.

Certified Financial Health Counselor

Prepare for a career as a financial counselor while learning techniques to counsel clients on the financial life cycle planning and goal setting.

Accounting Fundamentals

In this comprehensive course, students will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. Gain a hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting with Excel Suite

Business Finance for Non-Finance Personnel

Using practical explanations and real-life examples, this course will showyouhowmoney flowsthrougha typical business. You will learn the basics of how a business operates, including how to develop successful business strategies and how to use financial statements to make better business decisions.

Financial Analyst Suite

You’ll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the endofthefiscalperiod.Accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities will also be discussed.

Purchasing Fundamentals

Improve your company’s bottomline profitability by learning and implementing key concepts such as negotiation, supplier sourcing and qualification, outsourcing and make-or-buy analysis.

Master the skills and develop the knowledgeyouneedto increase yourfinancial awareness, while taking your Excel skills to add time-saving functions to your repertoire.  Learn more at

Student Loan Counselor (Exam Included)

This course will train you for a career as a certified student loan counselor or specialist. You will learn how to counsel clients on borrowing, repayment, discharge, and curing default. This course will prepare you for the Certified Student Loan Counselor exam, offered by the National Association of Certified Credit Counselors (NACCC).

Certified Paralegal

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In this online course, you will train for a career as a paralegal.You will learn how to fulfill the standard duties associated with this vital role. By course completion, you will be prepared to sit for and pass the Certified Paralegal (CP) exam.

This career training course is taught by a licensed attorney inTexas and can be completed in under 12 months. Choose between two course options: with or without an exam voucher. Earn a certificate of completion from the University of Houston upon successful completion of the course.

The Paralegal course will help you gain the skills you need to enter the paralegalworkforce.Youwilllearnhowtoconductlegalresearchand legal interviews, how to perform legal analyses, and more. As you prepare for your paralegal career, you will also receive soft skills training to increase workplace effectiveness.The course concludes with a capstone project and a portfolio review.

You will first create a complete litigation file that includes: a legal analysisbrief,aninvestigativereport,clientinterviewchecklist,intake memo,complaint,legalresearch,andinterofficememorandumoflaw. Then,youwilllearnhowtocreateastrongresumethatencompasses your specialized skill set and showcases the impact you would make for your next employer.

Through a partnership with National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), you will also receive membership and access to NALA’s Certified Paralegal (CP) Exam Review courses should you choose to take the NALA CP exam at a future time.

• Complete in 12 months

• 225 course hours

Test Prep Series

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GRE Prep Series

If you're planning to apply to graduate school, you'll likely have to take the GRE. This series is here to help!

Part 1 takes you through all the question types on the verbal reasoning and analytical writing sections, including reading comprehension, text completion, sentence equivalence questions, and both essay tasks. Part 2 features a math review and techniques for tackling the quantitative comparison, data interpretation, and standard math questions that make up the quantitative reasoning sections, as well as how to tackle the GRE's unique new question formats. You'll also gain pointers on time management, anxiety relief, scoring, and general standardized test-taking. Be prepared to excel on exam day to achieve your best potential score!

LSAT Preparation Series

These comprehensive courses offer a flexible, best-in-class virtual LSAT training that fits your schedule, on your terms. LSAT Preparation - Part 1 provides an overview of law school entrance procedures, as well as what you can expect from a career in law. You will then work through analytical reasoning questions and practice the writing sample required in the admissions process. LSAT Preparation -Part 2 reviews reading comprehension and logical reasoning. You will learn techniques for identifying incorrect answers, explanations and interpretations of correct answers, and proven approaches for selecting the correct answers.

Test-taking is an extremely important skill for many professionals. Earning a degree or a certain certification can provide the boost you need to increase your earnings or open new doors in your chosen industry. Test prep courses are a great way to ensure you have all the knowledge you need to succeed. We make it easy to prepare to pass, with open-enrollment courses that are taught entirely online.

Course Start Dates:

• May 18th

• June 15th

• July 13th

University of Houston

Online & Special Programs

56B M.D. Anderson Library

Houston, TX 77204

Hours: Mon. - Fri., 8 AM - 5 PM CST

Office: 713-743-1060

Email: outreach@uh.edu

Online Professional Development