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For Non-Degree-Seeking Learners
Unlock your potential with our cutting-edge micro-credential programs tailored to adult learners like you!
A micro-credential allows you to gain relevant skills needed in today's workforce and takes less time to earn than a degree. With diverse offerings spanning various disciplines, you'll find the perfect micro-credential to propel your career forward and stand out in the job market.
Micro-credentials are available to non-degree-seeking learners. It is not necessary to have a college degree to apply but some micro-credentials may require prerequisites.
Featured Micro-Credentials
Communication Campaigns
Unlock your potential with our Communication Campaigns micro-credential, tailored for professionals in diverse career fields like marketing, health or politics. Learn the principles of persuasive communication and how to apply these principles across media platforms, enhancing your qualifications in communication, sales or knowledge dissemination roles. Elevate your impact in today's competitive career landscape.
Literacy Coaching
Elevate your career with our Literacy Coaching micro-credential. Tailored for education professionals, our program equips you with the essential skills to excel as an elementary or secondary literacy coach. Through four comprehensive courses, you'll gain foundational knowledge of literacy, diversity and equity to prepare you to design, implement and evaluate literacy curriculum and instruction, and to support classroom teachers through professional learning, leadership and coaching.
Pharmacogenomics and Transport
Explore the future of personalized medicine with our Pharmacogenomics and Transport micro-credential. This program encompasses several aspects of pharmacogenomics from transport to current events incorporating cancer and nutrition. You will gain advanced knowledge through hands-on practice with clinical guidelines to lead you through developing personalized therapies. Join us to shape the future of healthcare.
Pharmacometrics Modeling
Unlock the power of pharmacometrics by gaining advanced knowledge and practical application of models for disease and pharmacological measurement. The Pharmacometrics Modeling micro-credential is designed to prepare you for an in-depth overview of Pharmacometrics and to guide you through pharma data and modeling problems using current application-based software. Advance your possibilities of pharmaceutical clinical practice and research.
Science of Reading Instruction
Elevate your teaching impact and empower students with effective reading instruction. Our Science of Reading micro-credential equips education professionals with a solid understanding of evidence-based instructional strategies for teaching phonics, reading fluency, comprehension and more. Unlock the power of scientifically proven reading instruction.
Strategies for Eliminating Health Inequities
Through the Strategies for Eliminating Health Inequities micro-credential, you can develop skills and a knowledge base for addressing health inequities. This micro-credential will help you become health inequity leaders within your organization, serve marginalized communities, understand the causes of health inequities, and leverage resources and soft power to improve the
social determinants of health.
Additional Micro-Credentials Available to Non-Degree-Seeking Learners
Micro-credential credits are paid for with tuition. View Tuition and Fees on the Office of Student Accounts website.
Applying as a Non-Degree-Seeking Learner
If you are not a University at Buffalo (UB) student but wish to enroll in a credit-bearing program, you will need to apply as a non-degree-seeking student. Once you are admitted to UB as a non-degree-seeking student, you can visit the webpage of the micro-credential program you are interested in to apply to the program. Lastly, you'll need to register for classes through MyUB.
For non-credit programs open to outside participants, please contact the program lead on the micro-credential program page. If a micro-credential is fee-based, you do not need to apply as a non-degree-seeking student.