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Professional Certification Preparation

What is professional certification?

Professional certification validates and recognizes an individual’s existing experience, competency, knowledge, and skills to perform a specific job. The certification is earned by passing one or more exams that were developed by a professional organization or association that upholds the standards for that particular industry.

Professional certification gives potential employers confidence in your abilities and knowledge, so you’ll have a competitive advantage over candidates without certification. Certification makes you more valuable to employers, so you can expect to earn more than someone without certification; it also opens the door to advancement and management opportunities.

A non-credit professional certification preparation program is a sequence of classes that provides students with core competencies in a specific area and prepares them to take the industry’s certification exam.

Professional Certification Preparation Programs

APICS®

  • APICS® Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP®)
  • APICS® Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM®) Certification Review

Certified Recovery Specialist

  • Certified Recovery Specialist Program
  • Certified Family Recovery Specialist Program
  • Ethical Considerations for the CRS Practitioner 
  • From CPS to CRS — Confidentiality  
  • Self-Care for the CRS Practitioner

Engineering Licensure

  • Civil Engineering P.E. Exam Review (coming Fall 2021)
  • Mechanical Engineering P.E. Exam Review

Information Systems Security

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Exam Preparation(begins 5/13/21)

Management and Human Resources

  • APICS® Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM®) Certification Review
  • Project Management Certificate (both certification preparation and non-credit certificate)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation(begins 5/3/21)
  • SHRM® Human Resources Learning System

Real Estate Licensing

  • Real Estate Fundamentals
  • Real Estate Practice

Interested in working towards a professional certification? Request more information by contacting our Continuing Education office at 570‑675‑9253 or [email protected].

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