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®) (begins 9/13/21)
- APICS® Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM®) Certification Review (begins 9/30/21)
Certified Recovery Specialist — Recertification
- Ethical Considerations for the CRS Practitioner
- From CPS to CRS — Confidentiality
- Self-Care for the CRS Practitioner
Engineering Licensure
- FE Review Course – Civil Review (begins 9/8/21)
- Civil Engineering P.E. Exam Review
- Mechanical Engineering P.E. Exam Review
Information Systems Security
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Exam Preparation(begins Spring 2021)
Management and Human Resources
- APICS® Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM®) Certification Review (begins 9/30/21)
- Project Management Certificate (begins 8/25/21)
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation(begins 9/14/21)
- SHRM® Human Resources Learning System (begins 9/23/21)
Real Estate Licensing
- Real Estate Fundamentals (begins 9/20/21)
- Real Estate Practice (begins 9/22/21)
Interested in working towards a professional certification? Request more information by contacting the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education office at 570‑675‑9253 or [email protected].