Noncredit Courses | Michigan Tech Global Campus

Types of Short (Noncredit) Courses

Currently, Global Campus offers three types of short, noncredit courses, which help students achieve different educational goals. These short courses include the following:

Bridge Courses

These are short, intensive, preparatory online courses that help learners develop the knowledge and skills that are required to enter advanced study, such as an undergraduate program, graduate degree, or graduate certificate. Often, students who are provisionally accepted into a program must take these courses in order to enroll. These courses are also resources for those who want to review certain areas, such as algebra, statistics, and grammar.

Professional Development and Professional Learning Courses

Often known as continuing education and career training, professional development courses allow those in the workforce to

develop and/or hone skills (leadership, project development, conflict management, digital marketing strategies)
stay up-to-date on current trends (Lean/Six Sigma, Search Engine Optimization, automotive focus areas)
acquire specialized training (GIS, GPS)
develop strategies and resources for designing, teaching, and/or delivering courses or course materials (specific content, standards, approaches, methodologies)
gain relevant job-specific badges and certifications. (For instance, some employees are required to earn a certain number of professional education units (PEUs) per year.)

Specialized Corporate Education

These are short courses that are developed in collaboration with a specific corporate clients to provide essential knowledge, training, and skills for their workforces. For instance, an automobile company might collaborate with Michigan Tech Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create a short course on control systems or hybrid electric vehicle drives.

"I appreciate the resources like video examples and checklists. Having a checklist while I’m trying to implement a new strategy like productive talk makes me feel like I have a road map for trying it!"Mi-STAR Teacher on the course Productive Talk

Short Courses Currently Offered

To fulfill the various continuing education needs of diverse learners, Global Campus is working diligently to grow our selection of online noncredit course offerings. As we add online courses, this page will be updated.

Bridge

Linear Algebra: A Bridge Course for Prospective Applied Statistics Students

This online ten-week course helps students satisfy the admissions requirements for Michigan Tech’s Online MS in Applied Statistics. This bridge course is ideal for those who do not have the required college course work in linear algebra, but who still want to apply to our online statistics program. The practical curriculum provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of linear algebra as they are used in applied statistics courses. Some topics include, but are not limited to, equations, vectors, matrices, orthogonality, subspaces, and the eigenvalue problem.

Professional Development and Professional Learning

APS Labs Professional Development Short Courses (Open to All)

APS LABS offers several professional development/training short for-credit courses on various topics in power systems. These courses are offered both online and in-person (F2F). Visit the APS LABS page for more details. Check back frequently for available courses.

MEDC-Approved Professional Development Short Courses Offered by APS Labs (Restricted to Specific Groups)

These short courses, the result of a collaboration between Michigan Tech and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC), help current and future employees in the automotive industry develop high-tech skills in electric vehicles, electrification, and mobility. These courses, which are available on demand, are explained in greater detail on this page as well as listed in this short document. Please contact Vinicius Vinhaes for information about availability, cost, and registration.

Mi-STAR Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Toolkit courses

Currently, Mi-STAR offers three versatile two-hour courses, which are aimed at Grades 5 through 9 teachers. These professional learning courses help teachers build their next generation science standards toolkit: Introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards, Systems and System Models, and Productive Talk. Visit the Mi-STAR course page.

Basic Hydraulics Bootcamp

This 20-hour, in-person course, which is spread over five days, offers an introduction to fluid power components and systems. Learn more about this short course.

Python for Modern Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing

This 7-week, noncredit, professional development course introduces students to fundamental Python applications in a GIS environment.