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The Faculty of Extension offers a number of non‑credit continuing and professional education programs.
Analytics for Business
In the Analytics for Business Series, students acquire an overall understanding of analytics and how you can apply data analysis to improve decision-making within their organizations. Through a set of three workshops, students examine the key concepts and the unique skills required to develop and execute strategies in business analytics. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/business-analytics, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
Applied Geostatistics
The Citation Program in Applied Geostatistics (CPAG) is designed to provide geoscientists, as well as mining and petroleum engineers, with knowledge and skills that will allow them to better quantify resources and reserves. This program fills an important niche between the conventional one-week intensive course and a two-year master’s degree program.
Topics covered include geologic rock types and stochastic modeling, trends and non-stationarity, variograms for spatial continuity modeling, kriging for optimal estimation of resources, simulation for uncertainty quantification, multivariate modeling, and decision-making in presence of uncertainty.
For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/geostatistics, email cpag@ualberta.ca or phone (780) 492-5532.
Applied Land Use Planning
The Applied Land Use Planning Certificate is designed for practicing professionals involved in municipal planning development and bylaw enforcement. The applied and academically based curriculum provides solid theoretical grounding while ensuring that practitioners can apply theory to practice. Land use planning is based on a multidisciplinary body of knowledge, including planning, geography, landscape architecture, environmental science, and use of Geographic Information Systems. The certificate is comprised of four core courses and 117 instructional hours of electives. A combination of face-to-face and online instruction is used in delivering the program. The program can also be completed fully online. For more information, visit uab.ca/alup, e-mail alup@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-6914 or (780) 492-5532.
Business Analysis
The Business Analysis Certificate provides students with a valuable set of knowledge and skills needed for this profession, covering topics such as enterprise analysis and architecture, interface and data design, solution verification and validation, requirements elicitation, and scope management. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/business-analysis, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5066.
Business Seminars are offered for busy professionals who want to expand their current knowledge and skills, sharpen their competitive edge, and stay up-to-date on emerging trends. Numerous seminars are offered throughout the academic year. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/business-seminars, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5066.
Creating business strategies positioned for success requires not only knowledge and comprehension of the rapidly evolving business environment, but a detailed plan for how to communicate and implement strategy throughout the entire organization. In the Business Strategy Series, learners will examine key concepts and required skills necessary to create successful business strategies for their organization. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/business-strategy, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
The Change Management Series is designed for professionals in entry to mid-level management who are change agents within their organizations. This series is comprised of three workshops, designed to provide students with a comprehensive change management skills set. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/change-management, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5066.
The City-Building and Community Engagement Series explores community engagement, city-building, and change. This series is intended for passionate urban citizens interested in exploring the challenges and promises presented by our changing cities. Courses encourage learners to interact with contemporary local case studies and with current practice-based research. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/public-sector/city-building, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-9957.
Construction Management and Administration
The construction industry is one of the largest economic driving forces in Alberta and Canada. The University of Alberta’s Construction Management & Administration Certificate explores the planning, technical, financial, and legal aspects of the construction business to allow learners to develop and expand their managerial skills and advance their careers.
If you work in the construction industry and are seeking a competitive edge to further your career, the Construction Management & Administration Certificate will greatly increase your ability to compete and succeed.
Courses in this program are accredited for the Gold Seal certification (Canadian Construction Association) and for the Blue Seal certificate (Alberta Advanced Education - Apprenticeship and Industry Training).
Select courses within this program are recognized by the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors toward the Professional Quantity Surveyor and Construction Estimator Certified designators.
For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/construction-administration, email cst@ualberta.ca or phone (780) 492-5532
Editing and Proofreading
The Editing and Proofreading Series provides students with the opportunity to develop fundamental editing and proofreading skills for a range of fields spanning traditional and multimedia web-based applications. For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/communications/editing-and-proofreading, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-1185.
The Spring Term for Adults 50+ is offered in partnership between the Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association (ELLA) and the Faculty of Extension. The program is offered annually during the first three weeks of May on the University of Alberta North campus. Participants choose up to four classes daily from more than 50 general interest courses in areas such as anthropology, history, philosophy, drawing, and painting, psychology, music, literature and political science. To register, participants must be members in good standing of ELLA. For more information, visit my-ella.com, e-mail exella@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5055.
Environmental Remediation
This certificate will provide environmental professionals with specialized knowledge in the management of contaminated sites. Courses offer hands-on applications with real-world situations, covering subjects such as Phase 1 and 2 environmental site assessment, risk management, provincial Tier 1 and 2 guidelines for soil and water elements, bio and phytoremediation concepts and applications, and emerging technologies.
For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/environmental-remediation, email erm@ualberta.ca or phone (780) 492-5532
Environmental Resource Management
Specialized and up-to-date knowledge is crucial for professionals to effectively respond to the ever-changing world of environmental management. The Environmental Resource Management (ERM) Certificate from the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta blends theory and practical exercises to provide students with strategies and techniques in environmental planning and management.
This program offers a solid foundation in soil, air and water processes; environmental monitoring; biotechnology; instrumentation; and experimental design. Students learn about strategies for decision-making and quantitative methods of analysis, as they explore how resource decisions are affected by biological, physical, social, economic, and institutional factors.
Join the growing number of environmental professionals in Alberta and across Canada [“Canada’s fastest growing green jobs”]. Our program is recognized by leading environmental associations - AIA, ASPB, APEGA - and may fulfill the educational requirements for the ECO Canada’s Environmental Professional (EP) designation.
For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/environmetal-resource-management, e-mail erm@ualberta.ca or phone (780) 492-5532.
Global Leadership
The Global Leadership Advanced Citation is for individuals interested in working within a global context. This advanced citation is comprised of three self-paced online courses which cover communication across cultures; complex intercultural situations; cultural perspectives; what influences individual values, beliefs and actions; understanding different cultures and leadership styles. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/global-leadership, e-mail global.leadership@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-4315.
Human Resources Management
The Human Resources Management Certificate is for anyone working in human resources, as well as for individuals working in, or aspiring to fill, a supervisory role. This certificate is comprised of eight courses that cover such topics as managing organizational change, interpersonal communication, maintaining healthy labour relations, organizational behaviour, and interviewing techniques. Participants review current challenges and issues to gain a greater understanding and effective strategic thinking applied to the day-to-day operation of the human resources role. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/hr-management, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
Indigenous Community Engagement
The Indigenous Community Engagement Citation is designed to provide learners with skills and knowledge that foster better relationships between Canada’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. A land-based course is taught by Indigenous scholars and Elders. Learners will leave with a better understanding of Indigenous worldviews and the way in which differing worldviews may impact relationship building and engagement. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/indigenous-relations/indigenous-community-engagement, e-mail arep@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-7237.
Indigenous Community-Industry Relations
The Indigenous Community-Industry Relations Certificate (ICIR) is designed as a catalyst for community engagement between Indigenous people, industry, and government. Lessons build upon Indigenous culture and worldviews as they pertain to legal processes, community development, and the environment. Participants will leave with knowledge, skills, and attitudes that foster better relationships between government, industry, and nations. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/indigenous-relations/indigenous-community-industry-relations, e-mail arep@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-7237.
Information Access and Protection of Privacy
The Information Access and Protection of Privacy Certificate provide an overview of access and privacy legislation and the application of access and privacy principles. It is comprised of five courses. This award winning program is relevant to both the public and private sectors and is offered entirely via online delivery. For more information, visit extension.ualberta.ca/iapp, e-mail iappuofa@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5052 or (780) 492-2862.
Land Reclamation
Sustainable land use relies on efficient and relevant reclamation through the application of scientifically supported procedures. The Land Reclamation certificate includes courses focused on soil and vegetative principles, land use guidelines and related regulations, soil classification, testing, and evaluation, as well as restoration and rehabilitation methods. These courses offer hands-on applications with real-world situations and responsive education. Students will enhance their professional skill set and knowledge based on current research, regulations, and applications.
For more information, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/land-reclamation, email erm@ualberta.ca or phone (780) 492-5532.
Leadership
The Advanced Certificate in Leadership is designed to provide emerging and mid-career leaders with the opportunity to learn, experience, develop, and practice leadership skills. This advanced certificate is comprised of six courses that cover topics such as leadership styles and theories, negotiation, relationship management, change leadership, persuasive communication, generating buy-in, goal setting, and problem-solving. For further information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/leadership, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
Management Development
The Management Development Certificate is designed to equip participants with practical managerial skills and knowledge. The certificate is comprised of three core courses and 156 hours of elective courses. Opportunities are available for those who wish to specialize through the Management Development for Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geoscientists or the Management Development for Police Services Certificate programs. Additionally, some courses are eligible for recognition by various professional associations. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/management-development, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
In the Managing Organizational Risk Series, students will learn about risk management concepts and how to apply them in their day-to-day work. Focused on risk management frameworks, tools, and techniques, this three-workshop series will examine risk management looking inwards within the organization and risk management looking outwards. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/managing-organizational-risk, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
National Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration
(NACLAA) Level I and Level II
The National Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA) Level I and II are long-running, award-winning programs that focus on the fundamental theories relating to the ideas, structure, and processes that define local government administration. Courses are offered in online and face‐to‐face format and are open to students across the country. The NACLAA Level I students are required to complete either eight online courses or five core online courses and 117 elective hours. Level II credential requires students to complete four online courses. In essence, the NACLAA Level I and II programs can be completed entirely online, but the Level I students that want to have an in-class experience can choose to take up to four face‐to‐face elective courses.
Completion of both the NACLAA Level I and Level II fulfills the educational requirements for the provincial professional designation of Certified Local Government Manager, which is conferred by the Society of Local Government Managers of Alberta. For more information, visit NACLAA Level I ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/public-sector/naclaa, NACLAA Level II ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/public-sector/naclaa2, e-mail naclaa@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-4315 or (780) 492‐2870.
Occupational Health and Safety
The Faculty of Extension offers two credentials in the field of Occupational Health and Safety. The Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and the Occupational Health and Safety Professional Diploma help practitioners from many different backgrounds develop the competencies needed to effectively develop, implement, and evaluate health and safety programs and systems in a wide variety of occupational settings. The certificate program ladders into the professional diploma program. Both programs are recognized by the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP). The program also assists Registered Occupational Hygienists to maintain registration with the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH) and the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/health-and-safety/occupational-health-and-safety, e-mail ohs@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3037 or 1-800-808-4784.
The Project Management Series is comprised of three workshops in which learners will work through an entire case to learn practical skills and knowledge that can immediately apply to their current projects. Courses cover project management principles, project scope, documentation, estimating and budgeting, scheduling, resources leveling, risk, managing stakeholders, and communication. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/project-management, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5066.
Residential Interiors
The Residential Interiors Certificate is comprised of nine courses and provides a comprehensive study of the application of the art and design of interior decorating and the use of principles from related areas of fine arts, architecture, and business. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/art-and-design/residential-interiors, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3034 or (780) 492-2408.
Social Media Certificate
The Social Media Certificate provides an in-depth understanding of how to use various social media platforms for communication and marketing. Explore tools used to actively engage stakeholders through meaningful content development, learn to measure success using analytics, gain an understanding of how to use social media to promote online sales, and discuss best practices for creating social interactions and responding to challenges online.
For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/communications/social-media-certificate, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-1185.
Soil science applications are integral within numerous aspects of economic, agricultural, environmental, commercial, recreational, and innovative advancements. Courses in the Soil Science certificate explore topics related to the solid and liquid phases of soils, reactive chemical constituents, fertility and plant growth, as well as soil formation, evaluation, sustainability and management.
These courses offer hands-on applications with real-world situations and responsive education. Students will enhance their professional skill set and knowledge based on current research, regulations, and applications.
For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/soil-science, e-mail erm@ualberta.ca, or phone 780-492-5532.
Supervisory Development
The Supervisory Development Citation provides existing, prospective, and new supervisors with the essential theory and applied skills required to be effective leaders within their organizations. The citation is comprised of seven courses. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/supervisory-development, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5066.
The Supply Chain Management Training program will equip entry to mid-level practitioners with the necessary skills to support the supply chain function and the related business skills to help advance their careers. Offered in cooperation with the Supply Chain Management Association of Canada, the program meets this need with a series of tactical courses and seminars. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/business-and-leadership/supply-management-training, e-mail busprog@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3027.
The front lines of engineering are shifting and growing every day. Stay ahead of the curve on some of the fastest-evolving technologies in North America with the Trenchless Technologies series, a set of workshops offered jointly by the UAlberta Faculty of Extension and the Consortium for Engineered Trenchless Technologies (CETT).
Combining hands-on applications with real-world situations, the Trenchless Technologies series helps students to build an understanding of trenchless construction and technology within applications geared for the oil and gas, telecommunications, and infrastructure industries.
Workshops also offer concepts to maximize material selection and procurement, streamline construction, and increase output while minimizing disruptions and risk. Geotechnical considerations and related construction innovations will also be covered.
For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/series/environmental-studies/trenchless-technologies, e-mail erm@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-5532.
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts Citation and Certificate are entry-level programs that provide instruction in the techniques and skills of drawing, painting and design. Professional artists/instructors provide critiques and help in building a portfolio reflective of the learner’s artistic vision and mastery. Visual Arts courses can also be taken for general interest. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/art-and-design/visual-arts, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3034.
The Water Resource Management certificate provides specialized training to increase your professional capacity of managing the aquatic resources in our environment. Course content explores the management, evaluation, and monitoring requirements of both surface water (hydrology) and groundwater (hydrogeology) resources, as well as soil classification and wetlands delineation.
The program offers hands-on applications with real-world situations and responsive education. Students will enhance their professional skill-set and knowledge based on current research, regulations, and applications.
For more information please visit https://www.ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/environmental-studies/water-resource-management email erm@ualberta.ca or phone 780-492-5532.
The Workplace Wellness Leadership Series is designed to empower managers, HR personnel, and OHS professionals to design, create, and lead workplace health and wellness initiatives, while addressing the psychological hazards and elements needed to overcome them. In this series of three seminars, learners will examine the key leadership concepts and skills necessary to effectively lead workplace wellness initiatives for their organizations. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/health-and-safety/workplace-wellness, e-mail ohs@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3037.
A range of general interest courses is offered, such as Chinese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. The focus is on the development of language proficiency through the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing with a greater emphasis on oral communication. The cultural, historical and social aspects of the various languages provide learning contexts. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/communications/world-languages, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-3034.
Writing and Editing
The Writing and Editing program offers general interest courses and workshops dealing with the basics of general writing, creative writing (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, writing for digital media, technical and professional writing, editing, and publishing. These areas are of interest to those who have chosen writing as a career, write primarily for personal expression and satisfaction, or would like to improve their writing for business or academic purposes. For more information, visit ualberta.ca/extension/continuing-education/programs/communications/writing-and-editing, e-mail codesign@ualberta.ca, or phone (780) 492-1185.
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