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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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    German for Reading and Translation

    Subject Area: Languages → German
    Gain the basic skills you need to read and translate German texts to English. Learn fundamental German grammar and vocabulary while translating texts from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. This course is excellent preparation for a German graduate-level reading knowledge exam.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 15, 2025–April 30, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • May 14, 2025–Aug. 27, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • Sep. 3, 2025–Dec. 17, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced

    Italian for Reading and Translation

    Subject Area: Languages → Italian
    Gain the basic skills you need to read and translate Italian texts to English. Learn fundamental Italian grammar and vocabulary while translating texts from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. This course is excellent preparation for an Italian graduate-level reading knowledge exam
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 15, 2025–April 30, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • May 14, 2025–Aug. 27, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • Sep. 3, 2025–Dec. 17, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced

    Spanish for Reading and Translation: Basic

    Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
    Gain the basic skills you need to read and translate Spanish texts to English. Learn fundamental Spanish grammar and vocabulary while translating texts from disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. This course is excellent preparation for a Spanish graduate-level reading knowledge exam.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 15, 2025–April 30, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • May 14, 2025–Aug. 27, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced
    • Sep. 3, 2025–Dec. 17, 2025
      $475; Graduate students $375
      Group-paced

    Spanish 1

    Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
    This practical beginner’s course (A1.1), developed fully by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Spanish-speaking world while helping you master the basics of Spanish. Learn to talk about life, family, work and travel with our award-winning approach.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 22, 2025–April 9, 2025
      $279
      Live online
    • Feb. 6, 2025–April 24, 2025
      $279
      Live online
    • April 1, 2025–June 10, 2025
      $279
      Live online
    • April 2, 2025–June 11, 2025
      $279
      Live online

    Business Spanish Certificate Program

    Subject Area: Languages → Spanish
    Improve your professional proficiency in Spanish and gain the cultural knowledge you need to do business with clients and colleagues from across Spain and Latin America. Learn to communicate professionally via email, telephone and videoconferencing in this practical skills-based certificate.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 29, 2025–May 30, 2025
      $749
      Group-paced

    Mentoring to Foster Inclusivity, Connection, and Engagement at Work

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Diversity & Inclusion
    Intentional, strategic, and constructive mentoring can be a powerful tool for building a greater sense of belonging and engagement at work. Learn the fundamentals of being a good mentor through the research and the storytelling and interactions with your learning community.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Jan. 29, 2025–Feb. 5, 2025
      $460; gov't/nonprofit $360
      Live online

    Etiology of Suicide and Provider Self Care

    Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Mental Health
    This 6-hour live webinar (offered over two days) with instructor Meghan Henderson targets social workers, therapists and other helping professionals. It discusses common etiology of suicidal behavior, as well as risk assessment, intervention, safety planning and prevention. We also review self-care.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Feb. 4–5, 2025
      $169
      Live online

    Fundamentals of Online Teaching

    Customizable
    Gain a basic overview of the knowledge and skills you need to teach in the online environment. Key topics include online course models, characteristics of online learners, understanding your role as an online instructor, how to plan content and learning activities and strategies to manage courses.
    Upcoming Dates
    • Feb. 6, 2025–March 17, 2025
      $745
      Group-paced

    Advancing Motivational Interviewing

    Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Motivational Interviewing
    This 20-hour blended (online and live Zoom sessions) course with instructors Laura Saunders and Melody Cole is for learners who want to strengthen their existing MI skillset. Develop strong skills and outline an implementation plan. Not sure which course is right for you? Check out our MI info page.
    Upcoming Dates
    • March 4, 2025–May 6, 2025
      $875
      Live online

    Leading for Racial Equity Certificate: Intensive Exploration and Practical Application

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Diversity & Inclusion
    Connect and grow within your learning community as you challenge norms and dominant thinking together. Learn tools and practices that can transform your team and organization. Become an anti-racist leader and drive real equity in budgeting, programs and policies.
    Upcoming Dates
    • March 4, 2025–May 6, 2025
      $1,300; gov't/nonprofit $950
      Live online

    Change Management for Projects

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
    Customizable
    Project management protocols don't often account for the changes in attitude and behavior that people will need to make to ensure the successful adoption of change. This workshop will focus on the integration of change management and project management processes and tools.
    Upcoming Dates
    • March 6–20, 2025
      $450; gov't/nonprofit $350
      Live online
    • June 9–23, 2025
      $450; gov't/nonprofit $350
      Live online

    Managing Organizational Change

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
    Customizable
    A key challenge for today's leaders is helping employees to understand the need for change. They must help employees discover new ways of working and embracing these new ideas. We explore strategies for communicating the need for change and building employee commitment to that change.
    Upcoming Dates
    • March 18–19, 2025
      $450; Gov't/Nonprofit $350
      Live online
    • May 7–8, 2025
      $450; Gov't/Nonprofit $350
      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
    • March 19, 2025–April 2, 2025
      $590; gov't/nonprofit $490
      Live online

    Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Transformation

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
    Customizable
    Strategic planning provides both a process and a set of outcomes that help you find answers to core questions about organizational identity and direction. Discover how to construct your organization's strategic plan, involve other stakeholders in its development and ensure successful implementation.
    Upcoming Dates
    • March 26–28, 2025
      $500; Govt./Nonprofit $400
      Live online

    The Manager's Role in Work Satisfaction and Engagement

    Subject Area: Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills → Leadership & Management
    There are many myths about what managers can and should do to support employee work performance, satisfaction and engagement. Learn what decades of real-world management experience reveal about best practices and tools, plus gain insights into today's diverse and fast-moving environments.
    Upcoming Dates
    • April 30, 2025–May 8, 2025
      $580 gov't/nonprofit $480
      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
    • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

    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
    • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.

    Establishing a Foundation for Motivational Interviewing Skills

    Subject Area: Behavioral Health → Motivational Interviewing
    This 6-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
    • Not scheduled at this time. See page for program description.
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