Online Training

Building on Auburn University's mission to serve the citizens of Alabama and beyond, the Office of Professional and Continuing Education's online programs offer a variety of non-credit workforce and professional development training opportunities that will enable participants to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing and highly competitive global economy. The goal of these programs is to increase access to higher education by facilitating the creation and implementation of high quality, interactive, non-credit courses and certificate programs.

All of the courses offered through the Office of Professional and Continuing Education's online programs are available to anyone, regardless of background or career path. Participants will find these programs to be convenient because they are available any time and are accessible from anywhere. Once you have completed a program, you will receive a certificate of completion from Auburn University.

There are many benefits to taking an online course. They can help you become:

more productive in your current job by acquiring a new skill,
more valuable to your current employer by enhancing an existing skill,
more competitive on the job market by acquiring new skills

To browse our existing offerings, please click one of the links below.


Career Training Programs: Our unique learning methodology combines high quality online content, textbooks, CD-ROMs, supplemental materials and lab kits, and most importantly an online instructor/mentor committed to student success. Our programs are designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations. Visit our course pages to see a complete listing of all our Career Training Programs and to read testimonials from satisfied students.	All of Career Step's career training programs are designed to provide the practical experience students need in order to quickly obtain successful employment upon graduation. Advisors help graduates turn their education into a job by providing resume reviews, interview tutorials, job search tips, and additional valuable resources after graduation.	Health Ed Today provides leading healthcare education and training programs to students, professionals, and healthcare organizations nationwide. Through our relationship with Pearson Education and eCollege, Health Ed Today has created the most innovative and engaging healthcare courses on the market today. Now, with their online e-learning courses, students can learn anytime and anywhere.

Auburn University Test Prep Online courses are designed by a team of former standardized exam question writers and test preparation experts. Our experienced and professional instructors are highly trained and care about your success. Let our Test Prep Courses help you achieve your goals	JER Online lists over 1000+, cost affordable, non-credit Continuing Workforce Courses and Certificates. Start anytime or on a fixed time schedule and access your course anytime from anywhere for fast completion. As an extra added value and bonus, students will have 1 year access to their online courses, post course completion (applies to self-directed corporate developed courses only).	Ed2Go offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. Ed2Go courses begin monthly and are completed in six weeks.

ProTrain online courses provide building professionals the ability to earn certificates in a variety of topics in both renewable energy and green supply chain training. ProTrain courses begin at the time of enrollment; however, the length of each course may vary—please check the course description for more information.	Career Web School offers online real estate, appraisal and home inspection courses. Perfect for business professionals looking to get into, maintain, or keep up-to-date with the real estate industry. The length of courses offered by Career Web School varies by individual course, please check the course description to determine how long the course will take to complete.	Ag Certificate courses are courses that you may take that do not require official admission to Auburn University but are made available to you directly from the College of Agriculture at lower cost. You will not receive a transcript for the course. Instead, you will receive a Certificate of Completion, which you may use as evidence that you have successfully completed the course.

Employment of technical writers is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations as the need to explain a growing number of electronic and scientific products increases. Job prospects are expected to be good for those with solid writing and communications skills and a technical background. To meet the need for skilled technical writers, OPCE has partnered with JER Online to offer three levels of technical writing training; Basic, Professional, and Mastery. For complete course descriptions of the online technical writing courses offered, please visit our Technical Writing Certificate catalog.

Last Updated: September 21, 2012