Professional Development

Get the basic skills you need as an adult learner to write effective documents in the workplace.

Get a comprehensive introduction to spreadsheets in this course that covers everything  first-time users need to know.

Learn how to format spreadsheets with formulas and functions, build multi-page spreadsheets, chart data, create tables with database features, and create pivot tables.

Learn how to prepare and deliver a presentation on any topic that demonstrates an organizational pattern, with supporting materials and appropriate references that support or establish credibility and authority. Explore how to use proper tone, volume, rate, and modulation of voice, body language, eye contact, and other forms of nonverbal communication. Discover how to present online, and strategies for managing public speaking anxiety and planning for the unexpected.

Develop a criteria framework for evaluating, analyzing, and rating sources and references for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.

Learn how to showcase your personality, strengths, interests, and abilities to potential employers through the interview process.

Explore the fundamental concepts behind Bitcoin and how everyone can use this open-source, strictly limited digital money that operates on a peer-to-peer network.

Investigate interpersonal communication in formal and informal settings by building and managing personal and professional relationships through effective communication.

Explore management by investigating what management is and the role managers play in fulfilling an organization's objectives.

Explore aspects that are important to the climate of a company – organizational culture, diversity, and business ethics – and why they are important.

Explore the planning functions of managers, including management strategy frameworks, components of business strategy, and setting and achieving goals and objectives.

Explore organizational structures and how traditional management practices are making way for more modern approaches.

Study how our culture views and values the ideas, qualities, and ideals of ethical leadership. Consider the essential qualities of good leadership: honesty, moral courage and moral vision, compassion, fairness, intellectual excellence and willingness to listen to others, creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity, good timing, and selflessness.

Learn the basics of object-oriented (OO) programming, a paradigm that uses objects that contain data in the form of instance variables and methods that control the behavior of the objects. This course is suitable for anyone and uses Java to demonstrate key OO concepts.