The Center for Professional Education at UT Austin offers courses, certificate programs and workforce training designed to build individual careers and support productive and efficient work teams.
Use the catalog below to explore our offerings.
For quick review of upcoming opportunities, you can also download this printable PDF that lists information sessions, certificate programs and courses starting in the next couple of months.
The seven-course Business Analysis Certificate Program gives you the tools to investigate needs and propose solutions to problems within your organization, both crucial skills for successful project delivery and organizational change.
Taught by working professionals who are leaders in their fields, the Business Management Certificate Program will enhance your management skills with a variety of practical, skills-based learning experiences covering an array of topics. These include coaching, data analytics, emotional intelligence, project management and human resources.
Learn to communicate with poise, diplomacy and confidence. Designed for individuals interested in developing essential skills for effective writing and speaking, you will learn practical tools and techniques to help you project a positive, polished and professional image in all written and verbal interactions. This certificate program requires completion of seven courses.
Businesses rely heavily on data to efficiently and effectively operate in all functional areas, generating a growing demand for professionals who are all around data-literate. This course will introduce you to data analytics concepts, tool and techniques such as: translating business questions into data questions, preparing data for analysis, running analytics processes using select business intelligence applications, deriving actionable insights and visualizing and presenting data. Hands-on exercises are incorporated throughout the class, utilizing business intelligence platforms such as Tableau, as well as different types of data sets.
This course is designed to help build your confidence and ability to communicate authentically during uncomfortable workplace interactions. If you need to provide sensitive feedback, confront disrespectful behavior or address a “hard to talk about” workplace issue, this course will provide you with useful strategies and enhance your ability to navigate these situations effectively.
Businesses rely heavily on data to efficiently and effectively operate in all functional areas, generating a growing demand for professionals who are all around data-literate. This course will introduce you to data analytics concepts, tool and techniques such as: translating business questions into data questions, preparing data for analysis, running analytics processes using select business intelligence applications, deriving actionable insights and visualizing and presenting data. Hands-on exercises are incorporated throughout the class, utilizing business intelligence platforms such as Tableau, as well as different types of data sets.
The Financial Planning Certificate Program consists of 6 core courses, each of which details a particular facet of financial planning, taught by Austin-area expert practitioners. Courses include Fundamentals of Financial Planning, Investments, Tax Planning, Insurance and Risk Management, and more. Following the successful completion of the 6 core courses, program participants may proceed to the final course, Financial Plan Development. The capstone course requires students to complete a mock financial plan along with an oral presentation and defense of the devised plan.
This program is designed to challenge your perceptions about leadership and the values that shape it. It encourages you to think differently as you experience a variety of learning situations, in-depth discussions and valuable peer interaction. No matter your job title or career level, you will learn to use leadership skills to influence direction, achieve goals, build trust and create passion in your organization. And, significantly, you will do it your way—by creating a customized eight-course program will establish a solid foundation for your own style of leadership and catapult you to higher performance
This course introduces best practices and practical techniques for managers, supervisors and team leaders who lead remote teams. You will identify the skills required for managing virtual teams, apply techniques for building and maintaining a foundation of trust among virtual teams, learn how to keep employees engaged and connected, and explore strategies for effectively providing direction and feedback to virtual employees. During this course, you will gain the critical skills and strategies you need to build strong teams and achieve desired results in a remote working environment.
Successfully leading and managing teams requires a specific skill set, which often can’t be acquired “on-the-job” without painful trial and error. Learn the essential skills needed to jump-start your management career, from interpersonal communication skills needed to support and empower your team to the fundamentals of basic financial management.
Improve crucial writing skills for a wide variety of business applications.
Strategic communications help organizations and their key audiences communicate across the right channels and with the right effect. To succeed, communications professionals need to think creatively about what will resonate with their audiences and use the right tools and media to reach them and have an impact.
