Classes & certificates

Develop a deep understanding of what it means to "serve first" as a leader and explore your relationship to this ideal. Go beyond the philosophy and learn the practices and behaviors that embody this leadership style — and how you can integrate it to your own.

This 3-hour webinar with instructor Casey Meehan prompts adopting a lighter approach during challenging times. Rediscover your innate playfulness, understand why it's important and learn how to incorporate a bit more of it into your life and work!

Transform your career with our Salesforce Administrator boot camp. Gain hands-on experience and essential Salesforce training to excel as an administrator.

Project Management for Everyone is designed to offer a gradual and effective introduction to core project management principles. Establish an understanding of foundational knowledge, concepts and tools related to project management. This course is ideal for individuals with little to no prior experience in project management or those seeking additional reinforcement before progressing to "Fundamentals of Project Management."

The purpose of this final step in the Project Management (PM) Certificate is to give learners an opportunity to individually discuss their personal goals for applying best practices and skills of project management, to review important aspects of managing projects, to ask questions to further their learning and to demonstrate that they have achieved at least a basic level of understanding of project management.

Psychological health and safety at work is a risk management approach to helping humans be and do their best within your organization. Join us for this course preview webinar on "Psychological Health and Safety at Work."

This practical high beginner’s course (A1.2), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of Lusophone cultures while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on Brazilian Portuguese and introduces the past tense.

This practical beginner's course (A1.1), designed by UW–Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of the Lusophone world while helping you master the basics of Brazilian Portuguese. Learn to talk about life, family and travel with this popular course.

This three-part lunch and learn series (1 hour live webinar sessions), facilitated by Lauren Flunker and Kristin Radue will help Motivational Interviewing (MI) practitioners strengthen their skills and improve their practice. Attend any/all sessions.

This 3-hour live webinar with Michelle Drapkin is for practitioners interested in incorporating MI skills designed to help individuals achieve change into their practice or individuals interested in developing their own path to personal change.

Intentional, strategic, and constructive mentoring can be a powerful tool for building a greater sense of belonging and engagement at work. Learn the fundamentals of being a good mentor through the research and the storytelling and interactions with your learning community.

Our brains are hardwired to react and protect us. Through this skills-based training, we learn to calm our fear-based survival center and activate parts of the brain that facilitate creativity, critical thinking and interpersonal connection.

Participants will identify the unique challenges of Anticipatory Grief, Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief over three 1-hour live webinars with Dr. Erica Srinivasan.

This practical high beginner's course (A1.2), designed by UW–Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of Italian culture while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on the present tense with an introduction to the past tense.

This practical beginner's course (A1.1), designed by UW-Madison for adult language learners, explores the cultural richness of Italian culture while helping you master the basics of Italian. Learn to talk about life, family and travel with this popular course.

The messages we process internally often impact how we communicate with the world around us. This course helps individuals understand their inner voice, the types and forms of intrapersonal communication and the tools for successfully using this skill in personal and professional environments.

Communication across cultures often breaks down due to basic cultural differences that are misunderstood and frequently invisible. We introduce you to tools that enable you to identify and understand cultural differences and lay a foundation for strong cultural competency, domestically and globally.

In the 10-week Interaction Design and Prototyping for XR course, you will explore how to design new experiences for AR, VR and XR technologies, while equipping you with the best practices and fundamental toolbox to create intuitive and immersive user interfaces. We will cover a range of topics including, best UX and usability practices, visual design, prototyping and VR interactions, while giving you the theory behind XR development. Learning Outcomes Understand the process of designing new experiences for AR/VR/XR and how it differs from designing for web or mobile software. Learn the best practices and patterns of design applied to immersive environments and XR applications. Understand the usability considerations when designing for immersive experiences. Familiarize yourself with the tools, processes and techniques to design interfaces and layouts. Create prototypes for XR using industry-recognized tools such as Unity.

Continue to learn German conversation and grammar, the history and traditions of German-speaking people, and tips for travelers as you immerse yourself in a fun and relaxed environment. Prerequisites: German 2 or instructor's consent.

This practical high beginner's course (A1.2), designed by UW–Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of German culture while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on the present tense with an introduction to the past tense.