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Find your way forward. Whether you’re upskilling to advance your career, improve client/patient outcomes, pursuing a new passion or something in between, our flexible online, in-person and hybrid classes are designed to work with your schedule, here on the UW–Madison campus or wherever you are in the world. Use the search filters to find the class, badge or certificate that works best for you.

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Language Reading Knowledge Exam

Subject Area: Languages → Reading & Translation Courses
These translation exams test reading knowledge of French, German, Italian or Spanish and meet the requirements of UW–Madison graduate programs. Register at least one week prior to your chosen exam date. No refunds after registration. Honorlock will proctor these exams.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 12, 2024
    $65
    Self-paced
  • Jan. 9, 2025
    $65
    Self-paced
  • May 15, 2025
    $65
    Self-paced
  • Aug. 28, 2025
    $65
    Self-paced
  • Jan. 8, 2026
    $65
    Self-paced

French 1

Subject Area: Languages → French
This practical beginner’s course (A1.1), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Francophone world while helping you master the basics of French. Learn to talk about life, family, work and travel with this popular course.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 16, 2024–Nov. 25, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Sep. 16, 2024–Nov. 25, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Sep. 24, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online

German 1

Subject Area: Languages → German
This practical beginner’s course (A1.1), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of German culture while helping you master the basics of German. Learn to talk about life, family and travel with this popular course.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 17, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Sep. 17, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online

German 2

Subject Area: Languages → German
This practical high beginner's course (A1.2), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of German culture while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on the present tense with an introduction to the past tense.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 17, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online

Spanish 5

Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
This practical high-intermediate course (B1.1) designed for adult language learners will improve your ability to have sustained conversations about a wide range of topics. Learn the differences between the present subjunctive and indicative and improve your use of complex sentence structures.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 17, 2024–Dec. 17, 2024
    $349
    Live online

Ambiguous Loss

Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Grief and Loss
This one-hour live webinar with instructor Erica Srinivasan targets helping professionals, funeral home directors, clergy and others. It will help you understand ambiguous loss with an emphasis on evidence-based therapeutic guidelines for coping with and providing support to those impacted by loss.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 18, 2024
    $29
    Live online

French House Conversation

Subject Area: Languages → French
Continue to refine your French conversational skills, practice your pronunciation, and brush up on grammar with a convivial group and an experienced instructor at the French House on UW–Madison's campus.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 18, 2024–Oct. 16, 2024
    $249
    Hybrid

Managing Time, Multiple Priorities and Interruptions

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Identify behaviors, create strategies that help you manage multiple priorities and handle interruptions so you are more effective at work. Cover the myth of multitasking, how daily goals and objectives lead to success, strategies and best practices in putting out fires and doing more than one job.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 18, 2024
    $360; gov't/nonprofit $260
    Live online
  • Nov. 6, 2024
    $360; gov't/nonprofit $260
    Live online
  • Feb. 13, 2025
    $380; gov't/nonprofit $280
    Live online
  • April 17, 2025
    $380; gov't/nonprofit $280
    Live online

Management Assessment for Personal Planning and Development

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
This class uses the DiSC® assessment to boost self-awareness and explore how personality and behavior impact our interactions. Learn to see things from different perspectives and leverage these insights to create powerful synergies in your team. 
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 19–20, 2024
    $470; $370 gov't/nonprofit; $370 TIC 
    Live online
  • March 19–20, 2025
    $470; $370 gov't/nonprofit; $370 TIC
    Live online

Portuguese 1

Subject Area: Languages → Portuguese
This practical beginner's course (A1.1), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Lusophone world while helping you master the basics of Brazilian Portuguese. Learn to talk about life, family and travel with this popular course.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 23, 2024–Dec. 2, 2024
    $269
    Live online

Establishing a Foundation for Motivational Interviewing Skills

Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Motivational Interviewing
This 5-hour, interactive live webinar with instructor Sue EckMaahs provides the what and why of MI, an evidence-based skill for helping people change. Build a solid foundation for understanding MI and develop a plan to continue building your skills. Take this before the Building MI Competency course.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 24–26, 2024
    $149
    Live online
  • Jan. 28–30, 2025
    $149
    Live online

Portuguese 2

Subject Area: Languages → Portuguese
This practical high beginner’s course (A1.2), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of Lusophone cultures while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on Brazilian Portuguese and introduces the past tense.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 24, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online

Spanish 4

Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
This practical intermediate course (A2.2), developed fully by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Spanish-speaking world, while deepening your ability to discuss past events. Learn future and conditional tenses, command forms and relevant new vocabulary.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 24, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $279
    Live online
  • Sep. 24, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $279
    Live online
  • Sep. 26, 2024–Dec. 12, 2024
    $279
    Live online

Advanced Ethics and Boundaries

Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Ethics and Boundaries
This 4-hour live webinar meets Wisconsin requirements for ethics and boundaries continuing education. It addresses unique ethics, boundaries and confidentiality issues encountered during the provision of social services and therapy including changing technology trends.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024
    $148
    Live online

Applied AI for Non-Technical Leaders

Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
Customizable
Artificial Intelligence is not a trend. It is a revolutionary development in technology for which all workplaces should be informed and prepared. This course is designed for non-technical managers and professionals seeking to understand and leverage generative AI in their operations.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Oct. 9, 2024
    $590; gov't/nonprofit $490
    Live online

French 2

Subject Area: Languages → French
This practical high beginner’s course (A1.2), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Francophone world while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on the present tense with an introduction to past tenses.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Dec. 11, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Oct. 1, 2024–Dec. 10, 2024
    $269
    Live online

High Intermediate Book Club

Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
Boost your confidence with this short high-intermediate (B1.2) book club while deepening your understanding of the Spanish past tenses. Practice narrating in the past, learn new expressions and expand your vocabulary as you discuss a novel with your instructor and other participants.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Nov. 6, 2024
    $204
    Live online

Italian 1

Subject Area: Languages → Italian
This practical beginner’s course (A1.1), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of Italian culture while helping you master the basics of Italian. Learn to talk about life, family and travel with this popular course.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Dec. 11, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Dec. 11, 2024
    $269
    Live online

Italian 2

Subject Area: Languages → Italian
This practical high beginner’s course (A1.2), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of Italian culture while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on the present tense with an introduction to the past tense.
Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Dec. 11, 2024
    $269
    Live online
  • Sep. 25, 2024–Dec. 11, 2024
    $269
    Live online
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