UVA SCPS Noncredit Programs

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Sharpen your skills. Advance in your career. Noncredit classes and programs offer fast, skill-based learning at an affordable cost.

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers several noncredit course and program options to help students prepare to take the next step professionally. These courses are often shorter in duration than typical credited academic programs and offered at a lower cost.

Ziplines Education Programs

UVA SCPS partners with Ziplines Education, an industry-driven education company that delivers practical digital skills and hands-on experience to prepare learners for high-growth careers, to offer three noncredit academic programs. These programs use UVA-approved curricula developed by Ziplines Education, and the courses are taught by Ziplines Education instructors. After successfully completing a course, you’ll receive an Affirmation of Completion from the University of Virginia.  

Digital Marketing

This Digital Marketing Science program, run in partnership with Ziplines Education, will transform you into a digital marketer with expertise in the most in-demand marketing domains. Delivered online, this 10-week on-demand program is taught by industry experts and supplemented with optional live/online instructor-led classes. 

You’ll leave the course with industry-recognized certifications and qualifications, including Google Ads Search Certification, Google Analytics Individual Qualification, and HubSpot Email Marketing Certification. The course curriculum covers in-demand digital marketing channels, such as SEO, SEM, Facebook Ads, Content Marketing, Marketing Automation, and much more. 

Whether you're focused on a new job search, switching careers, or advancing your current role, you'll find the support you need to succeed and meet your unique career goals.  

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Business Analytics

Our Business Analytics Science program, provided in partnership with Ziplines Education, is taught by industry experts and covers the critical knowledge areas required to effectively leverage data to answer business questions and guide business strategy. 
Delivered online, this 10-week comprehensive on-demand program is supplemented with optional live/online instructor-led classes. Students will learn key analytics concepts and methodologies, get hands-on practice (with expert feedback) and finish the program prepared to take the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam.  

Students walk away with in-demand practical skills and a Strategic Business Analytics Playbook that showcases their data analysis, data modeling, data visualization, SQL, and analytical reasoning skills to current and future employers. 

Whether focused on a new job search, switching careers, or advancing your current role, you'll find the support you need to succeed and meet your unique career goals.  

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Sales Operations

Our Sales Operations Science program, offered in partnership with Ziplines Education, covers all the critical areas required to effectively drive the productivity and capacity of a company’s selling resources. 

Delivered online, this 10-week comprehensive on-demand program is taught by industry experts and supplemented with optional live/online instructor-led classes. You’ll learn strategic concepts such as Sales Ops Structure, Lead Management, Forecasting, Business Model Canvas, Performance Metrics & KPIs, and Pyramid Analysis. In addition, you’ll walk away with a curated collection of Salesforce Trailhead badges, including Sales Productivity, Data Management, Reports & Dashboards for Lightning Experience, Sales Team Enablement, and Sales Territory Planning.

Whether you're focused on a new job search, switching careers, or advancing your current role, you'll find the support you need to succeed and meet your unique career goals.  

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Project Management

Our Project Management program, provided in partnership with Ziplines Education, will transform your skills in project management with expertise in the latest, in-demand tools, techniques and methodologies. You'll gain practical training and technical certifications in Project Management you can apply on the job. Delivered fully online, this 10-week comprehensive program is taught by industry experts and supplemented with live/online mentor-led classes. 

Delve deep into essential project management topics, from stakeholder management, budgeting, planning, and scoping to risk management, team leadership, and Agile methodologies.

You’ll leave the course with proof of your project management skills: a Project Management Playbook and industry-recognized certification and qualifications, including the Jira Software Essentials Associate Certification, 23 hours toward the Project Management Institute’s Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Certification requirements, and hands-on experience working with Google Sheets and Microsoft Project.

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Other noncredit options

Certified Financial Planning

The noncredit Certified Financial Planning Certificate provides the skills and knowledge necessary for obtaining CFP® Certification. Coursework addresses competencies in financial planning, insurance, investment planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, estate planning, and ethics.

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SHRM Learning System and Exam Preparation

The SHRM Learning System and Certification Preparation standalone, noncredit class gets you ready for the SHRM-Certified Professional or SHRM-Senior Certified Professional exam. Please note that this is a noncredit course, does not award credit, and does not fulfill requirements to earn the SCPS Leadership in Human Resources certificate.

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Higher Education Program for Executive Level Assistants (HEPELA)  

HEPELA is an on-Grounds, 12-session program built for University of Virginia participants which aims to support assistants in staying relevant and making impactful contributions at all levels of the organization. The HEPELA program fosters executive assistants' personal growth and ability to navigate logistics, solve problems, and deliver results. 

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Research Administration Program for Higher Education Professionals

The Research Administration Program is an online, 12-session program built for participants who want to move into research administration roles or who have recently begun a role in this field. The program will support administrators and assistants in beginning their careers in this field by teaching the core competencies recognized by professional organizations and ensure they can make impactful contributions to key research initiatives through building skills and learning the roles and responsibilities of research administration from pre- to post-award.

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Safety as the Foundation for Excellence (SAFE) Academy

SCPS and the UVA Department of Chemical Engineering have partnered to create a collaborative learning environment for leaders in the manufacturing, oil, gas and related fields. The SAFE Academy will support middle and senior-level managers – such as division or plant managers, operating superintendents and process unit leaders – in growing personally, navigating workplace dynamics, solving problems and delivering results safely.

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