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What is the NielsenIQ Retail Measurement Systems and Analytics Certification?

Master the tools retail professionals use every day. 

The NielsenIQ Retail Measurement Systems and Analytics Certification teaches you how to use NielsenIQ's Retail Measurement Services (RMS) platform to analyze point-of-sale data and develop actionable business recommendations. RMS is the industry-standard tool for measuring sales performance, market share, distribution, promotional effectiveness, and pricing across retail channels.

This course is built around practical application. You will work with real NielsenIQ tools, data sets, and analytical methods across six sequential modules. Four hands-on challenges simulate actual business scenarios, and the course concludes with a proctored certification exam. A score of 80% or higher is required for certification. All assessments can be retaken an unlimited number of times.

Learners who successfully complete the course receive a digital Certificate of Completion from Arizona Online. A printed certificate is available upon request. This micro-credential does not provide academic credit toward a degree program.

Who Should Take This Course?

This certification is open to anyone. No application is required. It is especially well suited for:

• Professionals working in retail, CPG, category management, trade marketing, or merchandising
• Students preparing for careers in retail analytics or brand strategy
• Business analysts and data professionals looking to add retail measurement expertise
• Anyone who works with NielsenIQ data and wants formal, credential-backed training

A general understanding of retail business practices and basic Excel skills are expected. No prior experience with NielsenIQ tools is required.

What You'll Learn

Immediately Apply What You Learn:

• Interpret point-of-sale data across retail channels including Food, Drug, Mass, Club, Dollar, and Convenience
• Evaluate brand and category performance for data-driven decision-making
• Develop promotional and pricing strategies backed by NIQ RMS analysis
• Build competitive intelligence reports for manufacturers and retail buyers
• Prepare for professional roles in retail analytics, category management, and CPG brand strategy

Course Information 

This is a fully online, self-paced course delivered through the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies. Enroll and begin on your own schedule. 

A score of 80% or higher is required to pass each module quiz, each hands-on challenge, and the final certification exam. All assessments may be retaken an unlimited number of times. Pass the final exam to earn your Certificate of Completion from Arizona Online Professional Studies.

You do not need to be located in Arizona or be a University of Arizona student to take this program.

Get Started with the NielsenIQ Retail Measurement Systems and Analytics Certification

Registering is easy. No application required. Start anytime.

Cost: 

• $300 for current University of Arizona students and faculty with .edu email addresses
• $450 for all other enrollees

Credential: 

• Certificate of Completion from Arizona Online Professional Studies

About this course

The Digital Marketing: Social Media Strategy Certification is a fully online, self-paced course that teaches professionals how to plan, execute, and measure digital marketing campaigns across every major channel and platform.

Learners develop a thorough understanding of digital marketing strategy, including how to use social media, SEO, SEM, content marketing, mobile marketing, and AI-powered tools to reach target audiences, build brand equity, and drive measurable results. The course also addresses the ethical responsibilities that come with marketing in a data-driven digital environment.

No prior marketing knowledge is required. This course is designed for working professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, and career changers at all experience levels. Earn a Digital Badge of Completion from the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies upon successful completion of the course.

What You'll Learn

Apply What You Learn

The course content connects directly to real marketing work. Here is what you will be able to don on the job.

• Plan and launch campaigns across social media, search, email, and mobile channels
• Target the right audiences using platform data, demographics, and behavioral insights
• Optimize content for search using SEO best practices and keyword strategy
• Manage paid search ads in Google Ads and track performance against ROI goals
• Read analytics dashboards and use data to improve campaign results
• Recognize and respond to ethical risks in digital advertising and data privacy

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for anyone who wants to build practical, in-demand digital marketing skills. No prior marketing experience is required.

• Marketing professionals looking to formalize their digital skills and stay current across channels, tools, and platforms
• Business owners and entrepreneurs who want to grow their brand, reach customers online, and manage their own digital marketing efforts
• Career changers seeking to move into digital marketing, social media, content, or communications roles
• Communications and PR professionals expanding their skill set to include digital strategy, SEO, and paid media
• Recent graduates building foundational marketing knowledge to compete in a digital-first job market
• Anyone managing social media for an organization who wants a stronger strategic foundation behind their day-to-day work

Course Information

This is a fully online, self-paced course delivered through the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies. Enroll and begin on your own schedule. 

A score of 80% or higher is required to pass each module quiz, each hands-on challenge, and the final certification exam. All assessments may be retaken an unlimited number of times. Pass the final exam to earn your Digital Badge of Completion from Arizona Online Professional Studies.

You do not need to be located in Arizona or be a University of Arizona student to take this program.

Upon successfully completing the course and passing the final exam, you may apply for University of Arizona credit through the credit-by-exam process. You must be accepted to the University of Arizona to be eligible.

Get Started with the Digital Marketing: Social Media Strategy Certification

Registering is easy. No application required. Start anytime.

Cost: 

• $595

Credential: 

• Digital Badge from the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies

What Is the Marketing Communications: Messaging and Brand Positioning Certification?

The Marketing Communications: Messaging and Brand Positioning Certification is a fully online professional development program that teaches you how to build, execute, and evaluate integrated marketing communications strategies.

This certification covers three core areas of modern marketing practice:

• Consumer Behavior: Understand how people make decisions, what motivates action, and how social influence shapes purchasing and brand loyalty.
• Customer Journeys: Map the stages customers move through from awareness to advocacy, and learn how to guide them with the right messages and media.
• Culture and Branding: Discover how brands become cultural symbols, how meaning is created and managed over time, and how storytelling drives differentiation.

You will work with to reposition a real brand, develop a marketing communications strategy, and produce sample marketing communications across multiple channels. Integrated marketing communications (IMC), covered in this program, is a strategy that coordinates all marketing and communications channels to deliver a consistent, unified message to consumers. This program covers how IMC connects advertising, digital media, public relations, promotions, packaging, signage, and corporate communications into a single brand voice.

This program is designed for marketing professionals, brand managers, communications specialists, and business leaders who want to strengthen their ability to create compelling, audience-focused marketing communications.

Why This Program Matters?

Marketing budgets are wasted when messages miss the mark. Campaigns that do not connect with consumer motivations, ignore cultural context, or fail to guide customers through a clear journey often generate awareness without action.

This program directly addresses the challenges marketers face most:

• Audiences that tune out generic messaging
• Brand stories that do not resonate across channels
• Campaigns that generate clicks but not conversions
• Difficulty translating consumer insights into clear communications strategy
• Brands that struggle to stay culturally relevant over time

The Marketing Communications: Messaging and Brand Positioning Certification gives you the frameworks, tools, and applied practice to solve these problems and communicate with confidence on behalf of any brand, organization, or cause.

Immediately Apply What You Learn

Throughout this program, you will work to take on a real brand challenge. You will reposition a brand, research and define its target market, develop a full integrated marketing communications strategy, and create sample marketing communications.

Learners can immediately apply program skills to:

• Build brand positioning strategies grounded in consumer insight
• Design multi-channel communications plans that reach the right audiences
• Create persuasive marketing content across advertising, digital, PR, and more
• Lead IMC planning conversations with stakeholders, clients, or leadership teams
• Evaluate campaign effectiveness and recommend improvements

Course Information

This is a fully online, self-paced course delivered through the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies. Enroll and begin on your own schedule. 

A score of 80% or higher is required to pass each module quiz, each hands-on challenge, and the final certification exam. All assessments may be retaken an unlimited number of times. Pass the final exam to earn your Certificate of Completion from Arizona Online Professional Studies.

You do not need to be located in Arizona or be a University of Arizona student to take this program.

Upon successfully completing the course and passing the final exam, you may apply for University of Arizona credit through the credit-by-exam process. You must be accepted to the University of Arizona to be eligible.

Get Started With The Marketing Communications: Messaging and Brand Positioning Certification

Registering is easy. No application required. Start anytime.

Cost: 

• $595 (Pricing is introductory and subject to change)

Credential: 

• Digital Badge of Completion from Arizona Online Professional Studies 

Explore the emerging field of precision nutrition and examine how diet, genetics, and early environmental conditions shape individual health.

This program provides an overview of how nutrition influences gene expression, metabolic responses, and long-term wellbeing. Learners will gain insight into how genetic and epigenetic diversity affects health outcomes across the lifespan. 

The goal of this program is to provide a foundational understanding of precision nutrition and its relationship to human health and disease.

Who Should Take the University of Arizona Precision Nutrition Certificate Program?

This noncredit program is open to all. You do not need prior healthcare experience. This program is ideal for:

• Recent college graduates working in the helping professions.
• Experienced healthcare professionals looking to update their skill sets, including Dietitians, Wellness coaches, and Public Health professionals.
• Those who are looking to make a shift into precision nutrition or become more knowledgeable about other aspects of personalized nutrition science.

What You Will Learn

• How diet interacts with the genome and epigenome, including how early environmental conditions and human evolutionary adaptation have shaped today’s genetic and epigenetic diversity.
• Mechanisms through which nutrition influences gene expression and metabolic pathways, highlighting how diet contributes to chronic disease risk and long-term health outcomes.
• Ways aging and obesity affect genetic and physiological responses, and how these changes influence personalized nutrition needs.
• Applications of nutrigenomics in real-world contexts, including how genetic variations impact nutrient metabolism, dietary responses, healthy aging, weight management, and disease susceptibility.
• How to interpret and use biomarkers to assess nutritional status, inflammation, metabolic function, and chronic disease risk to support evidence-based personalized nutrition strategies.

Schedule and Format

The program is completely online, asynchronous, and self-paced. You will have eight weeks to complete each course.

There are three available courses within the Precision Nutrition Program: 

You should expect to spend about two hours per week on course work, including watching videos, reading, participating in online discussions, completing assignments and taking quizzes.

You can take all three courses or choose to take only one or more individual courses. You may take the courses in any order.

Registration opens August 1, 2026

Precision Nutrition Certificate Program Courses

What is Included?

• Approximately fifteen hours of learning per course.
• A digital (PDF) Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of each individual course, as well as upon completion of the full four-course program.
• A digital badge upon successful completion of each individual course, as well as upon completion of the full four-course program.

Learn from University of Arizona Faculty 

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These courses are designed and facilitated by University of Arizona School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness faculty members:

Ken Wilund, PhD is a Professor and Director at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.

Maria Luz Fernandez, PhD is an Instructional Designer at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.

In addition to this non-credit professional certificate program, the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness also offers credit-bearing Weight Inclusive Health courses. Learn more about undergraduate weight inclusive health courses. 

Registration

You do not need to be located in Arizona or a University of Arizona student to take these courses.

Registering is easy. There is no application required. Just click the red button below to choose your classes and register in our convenient online registration system.

Who Should Take The Online AI Automation Certificate Program?

This course is designed for professionals who need practical AI workflow solutions to boost efficiency and drive impact at work—without relying on a development team. If you’re focused on gaining practical skills in artificial intelligence and advancing your current AI skills, you'll find the support and mentorship you need to meet your unique professional goals. 

What You Will Learn 

This fully on-demand course is the next step for you to grasp the power of AI automation and generative AI tools, like ChatGPT and Claude, and apply your AI skills to building efficient, automated workflows. It answers key questions like:

• What’s worth automating?
• How do I create a functional workflow?
• How do I strategically use no-code tools, AI agents, and agentic AI?
• Once it’s built, how do I get my team to adopt it?

With a hands-on approach, this course helps learners move from AI theory to practical AI automation.

Taught by AI automation experts and supplemented with live/online mentor-led classes, you’ll focus on real-world scenarios and hands-on projects. You can expect to gain an advanced understanding of AI automation with the help of no-code tools, such as Make.com and n8n, to streamline processes, reduce manual work, and enhance efficiency in the workplace. You’ll also explore the differences between AI agents and agentic AI, and identify use cases for applying them in workflows. 

What Is Included In The Online AI Automation Certificate Program

Successful program completion earns you a university-issued certificate of completion from the University of Arizona Online Professional Studies. You'll also receive:

• 5 weeks of access to expert AI practitioners who will help you fine-tune your workflows and apply them on the job.
• Updates throughout the course about what’s new in AI, keeping you in the know about the latest in AI technology.
• Access to Learner Success Advocates.
• A complimentary 2-month ChatGPT Plus subscription.
• A complimentary 3-month Make.com Core subscription

If you’re focused on gaining practical skills in artificial intelligence and advancing your current AI skills, you'll find the support and mentorship you need to meet your unique professional goals

Class Schedule and Format

Class Dates: Classes start monthly

Format: The convenient online format allows you to learn from any location in Arizona or around the world.

The five-week class includes weekly on-demand online learning content such as videos and reading, plus assignments to reinforce your learning and provide you with practical hands-on experience. All activities can be completed online, on your own schedule, each week.

You can also attend optional (but recommended) mentor-led live broadcasts once a week via video conference.

You should expect to spend 6-8 hours per week working independently (learning, working on assignments), plus an additional 1-2 hours per week attending the optional weekly mentor-led live broadcasts.

Paying for Your Certificate Program

Payment plan options are available for qualifying participants. Payment plan options may include additional fees.

Discounts are also available for veterans and for University of Arizona alumni and staff members.

This program is offered in collaboration with Ziplines Education.

The Data Analytics Bootcamp empowers you with the essential technical skills for a thriving career in data analytics. Master business statistics, data visualization tools, and advanced analysis techniques to unlock valuable insights from raw data.

Our comprehensive curriculum goes beyond technical expertise, focusing on developing strategic thinking – a crucial skill for data professionals. With personalized support from mentors and career coaches, along with hands-on projects, you'll gain the confidence and practical experience needed to launch your career in this high-demand field. Learn at your own pace and on your own schedule, with the guidance and resources you need to succeed.

• Duration: 6 months
• Ways to Learn: Online (Self-Paced)
• Monthly cohorts offered, so you can choose to start your bootcamp when it's convenient for you.

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prompting?

AI prompting involves entering specific instructions or queries into AI systems like ChatGPT to generate desired outputs, such as text, images, or code. It involves crafting text prompts to achieve the user's goals. Unlike the more specialized prompt engineering, AI prompting is an accessible skill anyone can quickly learn and use.

This course equips you with essential AI prompting capabilities, focusing on OpenAI’s ChatGPT, to enhance productivity and prepare you for future technological advancements while giving you the skills to use and innovate at work now.

Who Should Take the University of Arizona AI Essentials Program?

The Arizona Online Professional Studies AI Prompting course is a fully online professional development program that teaches you in-demand AI prompting skills in just 5 weeks, focusing on OpenAI's ChatGPT.

This noncredit program is open to all. AI Prompting teaches skills anyone can learn and use, and this course is designed for learners with no prior experience.

This program is ideal for business professionals looking for tangible, hands-on practice with ChatGPT AI prompting, including entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals looking to use innovative approaches to drive innovation, growth, and impact

What You Will Learn

• AI prompting fundamentals
• Solving business problems with AI
• Expediting and improving written and visual content creation with AI
• AI data analysis and visualization
• Other productivity-boosting AI tools

Career Support

Get the support you need to meet your career goals, including:

• Resume and cover letter review
• LinkedIn profile optimization
• Small-group workshops on topics such as negotiating tips, how to effectively communicate your skills, and Q&As with hiring managers/recruiters
• Access to career coaching

Class Schedule and Format

Class Dates: Classes start monthly

Format: The convenient online format allows you to learn from any location in Arizona or around the world.

The five-week class includes weekly on-demand online learning content such as videos and reading, plus assignments to reinforce your learning and provide you with practical hands-on experience. All activities can be completed online, on your own schedule, each week.

You can also attend optional (but recommended) mentor-led live broadcasts once a week via video conference.

You should expect to spend 6-8 hours per week working independently (learning, working on assignments), plus an additional 1-2 hours per week attending the optional weekly mentor-led live broadcasts.

What Is Included in the AI Prompting Program

• Approximately 40 hours of learning
• Career support
• Complimentary 2-month ChatGPT Plus subscription
• Digital badge and digital certificate of completion upon successful completion of course

Paying for Your Certificate Program

Payment plan options are available for qualifying participants. Payment plan options may include additional fees.

Discounts are also available for veterans and for University of Arizona alumni and staff members.

This program is offered in collaboration with Ziplines Education.

This three-course non-credit professional development certificate program is designed to train entry-level translators in Portuguese to meet the needs of doctors' offices, hospitals, public health settings, courts, legal offices, schools, etc.

Who should take Portuguese/English Translation?

The program is intended for bilingual (English-Portuguese) speakers with no formal training in translation who wish to improve or expand their knowledge and skills in written translation.

The online format is ideal for professionals who, due to career and family obligations, cannot attend face-to-face classes.

What Will You Learn?

Upon completion of the program, students will have attained the following:

• Practice translating medical, legal, and business content from English to Portuguese and Portuguese to English
• Knowledge of English/Portuguese health, legal and business terminology and of how to expand on it
• Knowledge of how to make translation decisions on the basis of the translation requirements
• Training in cultural competency
• Preparation to work in health and legal settings

A digital badge is issued upon successful completion of each individual course, as well as upon completion of the full three-course program.

Courses

Each course is usually 16 weeks long and offered one time per year. Courses start in January, May and September.

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Course Format and Schedule

Courses are self-paced, with weekly deadlines for activities such as reading, translation assignments and exams. You do not need to be online at a particular time to complete your course work.

The focus of the Translation Certificate courses is not on theoretical content. These are skills-based courses, whose goal is to facilitate acquisition of translation competence, more specifically the transfer component of competence. Given the short duration of the program (each course is only 16 weeks), we focus on core skills, which require rich feedback (from instructors and peers) and guided practice.

Unlike transfer competence, content (terminology, field specific knowledge) can be learned independently and through intensive specialized webinars, widely available in the field. Certificate courses teach content and terminology in the context of translation tasks (rather than as separate discrete units) and aim to teach students how to identify and remedy knowledge gaps (something they will have to do throughout their careers as translators).

The Translation Certificate courses are practical, workshop-style courses, as indicated on the syllabus. The assignments provide opportunities to learn (with purposely selected texts and guided activities to help students learn translation skills). Exams do not test content, but skills and thus, no preparatory materials are needed. Students prepare for exams throughout the entire course (through guided practice and feedback).

Application, Registration and Payment

To apply, you will need to complete and submit a background information form and a written entrance exam to test your proficiency in English and Portuguese. Applying to the program is free, and you can apply any time. Please allow 2 weeks before contacting us about the results of your application.

If you are accepted into the program, you will be notified when classes open for registration.

Discounts are available for University of Arizona employees and military, as well as early registration (1 month before course start). Only one discount can be used per registration.

Payment plans are not available for the August 2026 session. However, learners can reserve a seat by selecting the third-party payment option at checkout. You will receive a payment link 10 days before the course start date, at which point full payment will be due.

For more information, please contact us or see the Portuguese-English Certificate Program FAQs.

Victim advocates assist and support crime victims in progressing through the criminal justice system and toward a successful recovery.

Advocates may work for domestic violence shelters, crisis centers, crisis hotlines, or with state and county governments to assist crime victims.

What You Will Learn

Course topics include legal terminology, legal process, legislation regarding victims rights, jurisdiction and venue, ethics, effects of victimization on the victim, victim advocate skills, guardianships and crisis intervention. It also covers counseling skills for victims of assault, battery, robbery, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and other crimes.

View full Victim Advocacy course syllabus.

Who Should Take the Victim Advocacy Course?

This noncredit professional development program is designed for those who wish to learn victim advocacy and assistance skills.

This program is also pre-approved by the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP) for those who wish to apply for an NACP credential. Those who successfully complete this program are eligible to apply for the NACP Provisional Credential. Those with experience in victim advocacy may be able to apply for a Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Credential based upon their experience in the field. 

Class Schedule and Format

This noncredit professional development program includes 45 clock hours of training.

The course is fully online, and you can work at your own pace to complete the course activities each week. You do not need to be online at any particular time to complete your course work. You will interact with the instructor via email and an online discussion board.

You will be expected to spend an average of at least 8 hours per week completing course activities. Course activities include reading assignments, writing assignments, exams and online discussions.

Victim Advocacy Course start dates: see start dates in the right sidebar.

What Is Included

• 45 clock hours of training
• A Certificate of Completion from University of Arizona Online Professional Studies upon successful completion of the program
• A digital badge upon successful completion of the program
• Eligibility to apply for the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP) Provisional Credential and possibly for the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced Credential based upon their experience in the field. 

NOTE: cost of books/materials and cost of applying for NACP credential is not included in registration fee.

The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 Center for Human Space Exploration (CHaSE) Spacesuit Training Course is an invaluable opportunity to gain comprehensive knowledge and expertise with spacesuits.

By the end of the course, participants will have had a thorough introduction to spacesuits and their operational protocols, including practical hands-on experience with donning (putting on), doffing (taking off) and pressurizing spacesuits safely and efficiently.

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What You Will Learn in the Spacesuit Training Course

Over one full classroom day, the course covers a brief history of suits, basic human physiology, and basic life support, as well as cleaning protocols for the suits.

During this time, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the components and construction that make these complex systems.

Most importantly, you will also get fundamental hands-on experience with donning, doffing and pressurizing spacesuits.

What Is Included?

• One full day of in-person training, including practical demonstrations and hands-on experience with donning, doffing and pressurizing spacesuits.
• A non-credit certificate of completion from the University of Arizona’s Center for Human Space Exploration upon successful completion of the course. The certificate serves as evidence that the participant has completed all requirements for this professional development course.

Who Should Take the Spacesuit Training Course?

The course is open to individuals of all backgrounds with no prerequisites.

All participants will leave the course with a greater understanding of how to safely use and maintain these suit systems, enabling the next generation of space operations and exploration.