Classes & certificates

Learn how to ethically assess and strategically implement AI solutions that enhance your organization's mission. Gain practical skills in using AI tools for tasks like grant writing and impact reporting. Develop sustainable AI practices that prioritize and serve your organization's values.

Participants will identify the unique challenges of Anticipatory Grief, Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief over three 1-hour live webinars with Dr. Erica Srinivasan.

This program offers the essential skills and knowledge needed to lead a coaching culture inside of an organization. Practical and applied, this program teaches frameworks and tools leaders can adopt right away to implement a coach approach for continuous improvement, innovation, and deepened engagement among team members.

Communication across cultures often breaks down due to basic cultural differences that are misunderstood and frequently invisible. We introduce you to tools that enable you to identify and understand cultural differences and lay a foundation for strong cultural competency, domestically and globally.

In the 10-week Interaction Design and Prototyping for XR course, you will explore how to design new experiences for AR, VR and XR technologies, while equipping you with the best practices and fundamental toolbox to create intuitive and immersive user interfaces. We will cover a range of topics including, best UX and usability practices, visual design, prototyping and VR interactions, while giving you the theory behind XR development. Learning Outcomes Understand the process of designing new experiences for AR/VR/XR and how it differs from designing for web or mobile software. Learn the best practices and patterns of design applied to immersive environments and XR applications. Understand the usability considerations when designing for immersive experiences. Familiarize yourself with the tools, processes and techniques to design interfaces and layouts. Create prototypes for XR using industry-recognized tools such as Unity.

This human-centered leadership training certificate consists of coursework designed for leaders and aspiring leaders committed to developing teams that demonstrate resilience and adaptability. By focusing on individual team members' contributions, motivations and development, the human-centered leader fosters the kind of confidence and sense of well-being needed to confront change productively and prevent burnout. Registering for the Certificate from this page declares your intention to complete it and incurs no cost. To earn the certificate, learners shall register separately for, and complete, four core courses and one elective, totaling approximately 35 class hours.

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.

In this course, you will have the opportunity to practice conversational French while learning about French and Francophone cultures in an informal and relaxed group atmosphere.

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.

Designed for working professionals, this hands-on course equips you with practical tools to tackle real-world challenges in both business and everyday life.

Join UW–Madison's online AWS boot camp for comprehensive training in AWS Cloud Solutions and to prepare for cloud certification.

Learn what is necessary to create an effective and high-performing team in today's workplace. Explore the unique challenges facing teams today and the elements you'll need to nurture as a leader to overcome them.

Elevate your web development skills with AI-powered techniques in Next.js, TypeScript and React.

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.