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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. 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 queries or instructions into AI systems like ChatGPT to generate outputs, such as text, images, or code. Unlike the more specialized and technical skill of prompt engineering, AI prompting is an accessible skill anyone can quickly learn and use.

Who Should Take the University of Arizona AI Prompting Program?

The University of Arizona Continuing and 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 is a skill 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 University of Arizona non-credit Certificate in Translation is awarded upon successful completion of the program (three courses).

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Courses

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

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.

A payment plan is available for students registering for this program. 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.

Please apply early (at least a month and a half before a course starts) if you would like to take advantage of the payment plan and/or other applicable discounts

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 Continuing & Professional Education 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.

earn the essentials of writing, researching, obtaining, maintaining, operations and strategies within the grant system.

What You Will Learn

This course covers grant research, grant writing, technical writing, budgeting, fundraising techniques and more.

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Who Should Take the Grant Writing Course?

The Grant Writing course is suitable for anyone wanting to learn the essentials of writing or acquiring grants for private, public, or government use.

Those who would prefer a shorter introductory course may be interested in Grant Writing Fundamentals.

Class Schedule and Format

This non-credit professional development program includes 180 hours of self-paced online training. You will work at your own pace to complete course activities, and a course mentor is available to answer questions and help you understand the material.

This is an open enrollment course, so you can enroll and start learning at any time. Once you enroll, you will have 12 months to complete the program.

What Is Included

• 180 hours of self-paced online training
• All necessary course materials are included
• Upon successful completion of this self-paced online program, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from University of Arizona Continuing & Professional Education

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.
 

Weight Inclusive Health is a four-part non-credit certificate program that aims to provide healthcare providers with foundational knowledge of weight inclusive care.

Weight inclusive approaches use non-weight based markers for health promotion and are rooted in health equity.

The Certificate in Weight Inclusive Care offers four different courses that are meant to explore weight bias, weight inclusive frameworks, eating disorders, and counseling from a weight inclusive lens.

Who Should Take the University of Arizona Weight Inclusive Health 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, Physicians, Therapists, Pharmacists and Public Health professionals.
• Those who are looking to make a shift into weight inclusive care or become more knowledgeable about other aspects of weight bias and eating disorder awareness.

What You Will Learn

• Personal bias awareness and introspection about your relationship with food and bodies.
• Addressing weight bias in health care by considering the social determinants of health, and practicing addressing and modifying weight-centric approaches.
• Weight inclusive approaches to counseling using an overall trauma-informed approach; this includes how to start conversations, practice motivational interviewing, hold space for weight concerns, and the whole person.
• Eating disorder and body image support with an intersectional lens and understanding of body autonomy.
• Overall weight inclusive framework applications in practice, from counseling, to nutrition and healthcare visits.

Schedule and Format

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

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

Weight Inclusive Health 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.

Continuing Education Units: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available from Continuing and Professional Education for an additional fee. One CEU = 10 clock hours of instruction, so each course is eligible for 1.5 CEUs. Note that these CEUs are not occupation-specific.

Some of these courses are pending approval through the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 15 CEUs per course and will provide updates on that as needed.

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 and graduate students:

Katelyn Barker, MS, RDN is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.

Ashley Carrillo, MPH, RDN, CDCES is an Instructor at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.

A Message from the Weight Inclusive Health Team: "We look forward to providing this information and would like to share that the aim of this program is to be the start of a continuing education journey. We acknowledge the importance of learning from a variety of individuals, especially those with lived experience. It is vital that throughout our career we have ongoing and critical evaluation of our learning."

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. 

Paying for Your Weight Inclusive Health Courses

A 10% discount is available for those who register for all four courses. The discount will be applied automatically during registration when you register for all four courses.

A 10% discount is also available for group registration (three or more individuals from the same organization). Contact us if you are interested in group registration.

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.

Introduction to Greenhouse Environmental Control for Crop Production is a 14-week certificate course designed and offered by ADVANCEA. The course will provide students with foundational information about the essentials of greenhouse environment control for a variety of commonly-grown crops.

Based on our previous experience offering this course, it was substantially revised and improved with the aim of making it most relevant to beginning and intermediate greenhouse growers.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course will provide a strong understanding of greenhouse environment control to those who are already employed in the industry, or those enrolled in an academic program with desire to learn about environmental controls in greenhouse systems.

The course is designed to be equivalent to an upper-level college course and requires entry-level understanding of modern greenhouse production systems.

What You Will Learn

In this course with newly updated contents, you will:

• Review various greenhouse crop production systems
• Be able to describe why and how important environmental parameters are controlled using sensors and control systems
• Gain sufficient insight in the basics of energy and mass transfer to understand the key plant-environment interactions in greenhouses
• Learn the basics of sensors and control logic to optimize greenhouse conditions
• Become familiar with recent developments in greenhouse control strategies 

A certificate of completion will be granted to participants who successfully complete the course.

About the ADVANCEA Project

This collaborative research and extension program ADVANCEA Project is funded by the USDA NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and its objective is to assist U.S. growers in creating the most ideal crop-growing environment using real-time data and AI-based climate optimization processes.

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Instructors

• Dr. AJ Both, Professor, Rutgers University
• Stijn Jochems, Researcher, Delphy
• Dr. Murat Kacira, Professor, University of Arizona
• Dr. Chieri Kubota, Professor, Ohio State University
• Dr. Peter Ling, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
• Dr. Guil Signorini, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
• Dr. Ken Tran, Koidra Inc.

In an increasingly data-driven world, employers need people who can leverage data to solve problems. 

The University of Arizona Business Analytics Science Certificate Program is a fully online noncredit professional development program that teaches you the fundamental data and business analytics skills that employers need.

Who Should Take the University of Arizona Business Analytics Certificate Program?

This noncredit program is open to all. You do not need prior business analytics experience.

What You Will Learn in the Business Analytics Course

• Business Analytics Fundamentals: Learn how data can help you solve problems, drive growth and influence decision-making.
• Data Modeling: Organize and use data to answer key research questions effectively.
• Accessing Data with SQL: Retrieve and summarize data with SQL. Develop SQL queries and learn techniques such as filtering, working with joins and using aggregate functions.
• Data Visualization and Technology: Learn data techniques and visualization types to highlight insights, and get hands-on with Excel and Tableau.
• KPIs, Business Objectives, and More: Develop business objectives and align metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve business performance.
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Get an introduction to AI and Machine learning and the role these tools can play in business analytics.

The program is designed to equip you with practical, workplace-ready skills. In fact, 94% of learners who completed the course say that they are applying what they learned back on the job.

What Is Included in the Business Analytics Certificate Program

• Approximately 80-100 hours of learning
• Tableau eLearning: one full year of free access to Tableau eLearning content (a $120 value), so you can do a deep dive into Tableau during and after the course.
• Technology certification: By the end of the course, you will be prepared to take the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam. Note: cost of the exam is not included in course cost.
• Career services support, including resume and cover letter review, optimizing your LinkedIn profile, career workshops and career coaching.
• University of Arizona Continuing & Professional Education digital badge and digital certificate of completion upon successful completion of course

Business Analytics Class Structure 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 ten-week class includes weekly on-demand online learning 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 4-6 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.