Areas of Study
At Emory Continuing Education, we take pride in offering a broad curriculum that offers both personal and professional learning opportunities. If you have any questions about our certificates and courses, please contact us – we'll be happy to help you.
Art, Home & Garden
Interested in creating beautiful landscapes that draw praise and envy from your neighbors? How about kitchen and interior design projects that can boost the value of your home? Knowledge is the first step.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
No topic in technology or ethics has gained as much attention or spread as rapidly as Artificial Intelligence (AI). How can organizations navigate the challenges and benefit from AI? Emory Continuing Education offers learning to help navigate the challenges and possibilities for both leaders and those deploying AI solutions.
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Communication Skills
Genuine communication is more than talking and listening – effective interaction requires a deep understanding of another person’s perspective. Our courses help participants establish and adapt their communication styles in a way that creates better working alliances with colleagues while fostering a deeper sense of organizational engagement.
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Creative Writing
Our customizable Creative Writing Certificate program provides individualized guidance from experienced instructors who have published works in multiple genres.
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Cybersecurity
Become an Emory-certified cybersecurity professional, prepared to land a job in one of the world’s highest-paying industries.
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Data & Analytics
The job market for data professionals continues to grow – boost your career by learning the essential skills needed for popular data analytics roles. Companies need well-qualified individuals to fill these important technology roles – prepare for those positions by immersing yourself in one or more of these industry-disrupting topics: artificial and business intelligence, Power BI, Big Data, Python, Machine Learning and/or SQL.
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Digital Marketing
In this intensive, fun, and flexible Digital Marketing Certificate, students will learn the essentials to prepare for an entry-level or advancing career in the field. Designed specifically to work with a student's schedule, interests, and career focus, this unique 3 month program combines live class sessions with an instructor and weekly self-paced lessons.
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Event Planning
Event Planning is a blend of art and science. Join this program to explore both the design and sensory details which make events memorable, and the behind-the-scenes logistics which make them safe and functional.
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Finance
Personal money management and financial planning are critical skills to achieving financial freedom and independence. We aim to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to help make informed investment decisions, including how stocks, bonds, and other investments fit together as part of a diversified strategy.
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Graphic Design
In the world of print and digital design, good looks are everything. Fortunately, creating professional content for either your clients or your employer is made easier by understanding the fundamental concepts provided in our unique Graphic Design courses.
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Health & Healthcare
The Emory brand is synonymous with healthcare excellence, and Emory Continuing Education is adding more courses and programs for those in the healthcare industry. Our Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate program prepares students to help improve health and wellbeing for individuals, groups, and organizations by utilizing evidence-based relational/behavior change skills and approaches in a variety of settings.
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Human Resources
Human Resource (HR) employees often face a wide range of issues each day, ranging from legal matters to selecting qualified employees. Successfully navigating complex HR laws and current regulations regarding compensation, employment law, recruitment, benefits, risk management and more requires significant expertise.
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Interior Decorating
If you're interested in creating beautiful interior spaces, we will teach you the latest tips and techniques of interior decorating and home staging.
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IT Systems & Support
Gain expertise in providing comprehensive support to individuals and organizations by mastering front-end development, adeptly managing cloud infrastructure, and skillfully troubleshooting hardware and software installations and usage.
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Landscape Design
Interested in creating beautiful landscapes that draw praise and envy from your neighbors? Knowledge is the first step. Our Landscape Design Certificate program provides both foundational and cutting-edge concepts as well as techniques for creating functional, crowd-pleasing landscape plans for any type of budge.
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Language & Culture
Our courses develop and improve your command of the English language – pronunciation, accent, grammar and more.
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Leadership
Leaders in today’s business environments face a variety of challenges while overseeing staff and employees. Our courses provide best practices, tips and techniques for coaching, delegating, leading inclusively, building engagement, handling difficult people and situations, and managing finances, among other topics.
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Lean Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools utilized for process improvement across industries ranging from Manufacturing to Healthcare -- and everything in between. Lean Six Sigma aims to reduce process cycle time, waste and costs while increasing customer satisfaction and profit margins.
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Management
Both new and experienced managers can benefit from our Management courses, which provide valuable toolkits to handle common workplace challenges. Review best practices for coaching and delegating, as well as effective strategies for overcoming communication barriers and strengthening trust with employees. Participants can immediately apply newly acquired skills and demonstrate noticeable managerial performance improvement.
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Office and Productivity Software
There is a key set of powerful software applications that support all aspects of business today. ECE offers courses to grow skills in the most popular of these.
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Paralegal
As Georgia’s longest-running post-baccalaureate paralegal program, Emory Continuing Education (ECE)'s Paralegal Certificate Program prepares college graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the legal profession. Our comprehensive program — taught by licensed attorneys — consists of multiple core and elective courses totaling more than 100 classroom hours.
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Photography
Produce images that utilize digital photography's tools and tell great stories. Ideal for both enthusiastic hobbyists as well as serious amateurs, our courses utilize a combination of class lectures and photographic assignments to convey the importance of factors including composition, selective focus, saturated colors and proper exposure.
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Professional Skills
Discovering your professional strengths can impact your career opportunities – come join us to build your learning portfolio with classes on personal creativity, branding, self-advocacy, resiliency, stress management, networking, and other subjects. Develop personally and professionally with Emory!
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Project Management
As the global marketplace continues to grow and evolve, project managers will play a critical role in helping companies successfully adapt to changing needs while delivering products and services as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Our Project Management courses develop key concepts, tools, and techniques to help increase participants’ expertise in this profession.
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Self-Paced Learning
At Emory Continuing Education, we take pride in offering a broad curriculum that offers both personal and professional learning opportunities. All courses linked in this section are self-paced and require no live class sessions.
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Technology Bootcamps
With world-class instructors, project-based curricula, and an engaged and supportive learning community, Emory Coding Bootcamps will help you launch a lucrative tech career in an accelerated time frame.
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Test Prep
Standardized tests can be life-altering, career-enhancing opportunities resulting in preferred college admissions, increased earnings potential, and greater salary ceilings. Our panel of test preparation experts help you prepare using a combination of advanced learning techniques and traditional methods.
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