Welcome to External Education

UIC External Education
Ready for a change? Gain the skills to set you apart with UIC’s professional development and personal enrichment courses.

UIC offers a catalog of over 300 unique personal enrichment and professional development programs and courses to help you get ahead at work, reach personal goals or excel in a new skill area. Choose from courses in business, writing, health sciences, nonprofit management, social work and more. Explore a sampling of our offerings listed here. Customized group training is also available for most courses.

Take the time now to create a profile with External Education so you can easily register for courses without having to re-enter your information each time you register.

Featured Courses

New online course! Explore how nonprofits achieve success by working outside of their organizational boundaries in Introduction to Nonprofit Management & Civic Engagement. Register by Jan 27.

Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Professional teaches fundamental financial and accounting concepts coupled with the practical analytical skills required of business professionals. Register by February 20, 2012.

Featured Programs

The UIC Public Health Geographic Information Systems online certificate program provides students with an understanding of fundamental GIS tools and their practical applications. Application deadline for summer 2012 is April 15, 2012.

Learn to design, manage and analyze surveys with the Survey Research Methods online certificate program. Application deadline for fall 2012 is July 15, 2012.





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