St. Norbert College launched its first non-credit online certificate offerings.
The certificates offer working professionals, current students, and others opportunities to develop new skills and advance their career pathways. By expanding access to career-focused education, St. Norbert College continues to fulfill its mission of fostering intellectual and personal growth at every stage of life.
These are fully online offerings that expand access to affordable educational opportunities for learners, whether they are seeking to advance their careers, change fields, or increase their earning potential. Open to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students, as well as alumni and community members, these certificates are offered outside the traditional curriculum. By providing affordable, online options, St. Norbert College is creating new, fast-track pathways for learners to gain valuable skills that can lead to better-paying jobs and greater social mobility – reinforcing the college’s commitment to meet the needs of the local, regional, and global communities.
“These certificate offerings reflect our commitment to the liberal arts tradition, which calls us to cultivate a passion for lifelong learning,” said Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D., President of St. Norbert College. “By offering flexible, high-quality online certificate programs, we support learners at all stages of life and career while honoring our Norbertine value of stabilitas loci – a deep commitment to serving the needs of our local community and beyond. With these additions, we now provide a full suite of offerings – residential, graduate, and online – that can meet the demands of today’s changing student population and higher education landscape.”
These non-credit programs offer industry recognized certification in high-demand fields, with most courses delivered in an asynchronous, on-demand format, in areas such as:
- Medical Assistant
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Applied Data Science with Python
- Project Management, and more.
In the coming months, St. Norbert College plans to roll out additional programs within healthcare, information technology (IT), cybersecurity, cloud computing, and management and leadership.
Core Education Services is the operational partner for this academic endeavor and has developed these programs with the academic leadership at St. Norbert College.
