Affirming Care: Unpacking Biases, Assumptions, and Minority Stress 04/04/25 - 04/04/25 04/10/25 - 03/31/26 Participants will understand the relationship between minority stress and mental health, use the gender staircase to explain the causes of gender and sexual minority stress in personal and professional scenarios and evaluate the gender playground as an alternative to the binary, and apply the model to personal and professional scenarios. Family and Domestic Mediation 01/20/26 - 05/15/26 This microcredential equips learners with an understanding of divorce mediation, a practice that began in the early 1970s. Mediation allows couples to create their divorce settlements through a cooperative, confidential, and private process that prioritizes the current and future needs of parents and children. It recognizes divorce as a family issue rather than a legal one, empowering those involved to take responsibility for solving their problems. The course covers the multidimensional aspects of divorce, including the legal, emotional, personal values, and individual needs and interests. Unlike the adversarial legal approach, which views divorce as a contest focused solely on legal issues, mediation seeks to address the holistic needs of the family. Learners will explore the role of mediation in resolving family conflicts, with specific discussions on elder mediation, parent-adolescent mediation, and the option of conducting mediation online. This microcredential provides a comprehensive overview of mediation as a constructive alternative to traditional divorce proceedings. Foundations of Program Evaluation 01/20/26 - 03/31/26 Develop foundational skills in program evaluation through a comprehensive online course that emphasizes real-world application and multidisciplinary perspectives. Learners engage in hands-on activities such as designing evaluation plans, analyzing data, and reporting findings tailored to a wide range of audiences. The course also fosters collaboration, ethical awareness, and critical thinking through peer interaction and reflective practice. Grant Development and Management Professional Course 01/20/26 - 03/14/26 The Grant Development and Management microcredential provides practical training in advanced grant proposal development for professionals, students, and community organizations. Learners gain hands-on experience reviewing funding announcements, writing compelling need statements, developing SMART objectives, designing project and evaluation plans, and preparing draft grant proposals. The course strengthens essential skills in project planning, program design, evaluation, budgeting, and professional communication to help participants create competitive, fundable proposals across nonprofit, education, health, and community settings. The learning experience requires approximately 45 hours and integrates both technical grant development methods and durable skills essential for effective proposal writing across professional contexts. Successful completion of required assignments with instructor feedback and an overall score of 75% or higher qualifies learners to earn the microcredential and a verified digital badge. Grant Writing Basics Registration is not available at this time. Grant Writing Basics is an applied grant writing course for new and experienced practitioners who want to strengthen their ability to develop competitive grant proposals. Participants learn how to identify grant opportunities, use data to document community needs, write clear problem statements, and build strong outcomes, activities, evaluation plans, and budgets. The course emphasizes practical grant writing skills alongside durable strengths in professional communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. The learning experience requires approximately 15 hours and includes instructional modules, small-group interaction, and hands-on writing practice. Successful completion of course assignments with an overall score of 75% or higher qualifies learners to earn the microcredential and a verified digital badge. Organizational Conflict 01/20/26 - 03/13/26 This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the theories, methods, research, and practice issues involved in identifying and assessing sources of conflict, and designing and implementing intervention plans in organizations and groups experiencing conflict. The organizations explored will include businesses, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, municipalities, and community groups. Students will learn about organizations, organizational development, and organizational psychology. Causes and consequences of conflict within organizations, dispute systems assessment and design, and how conflict resolution professionals work as interveners and agents of change will be the primary focus of the course. It is expected that this course will prepare students to: identify their own professional consultation strengths and interests, assess conflict, and build and evaluate dispute resolution systems. Storytelling and Peacebuilding Registration is not available at this time. This course explores the theoretical and practical foundations of storytelling in relation to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The intersection of theory and practice in storytelling approaches to trauma, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding will be explored in-depth. This course addresses the issues of power, identity, and meaning through the lens of storytelling. The course explores how storytelling can help individuals and groups build meaning and connection, across a range of cultural differences.

Affirming Care: Unpacking Biases, Assumptions, and Minority Stress 04/04/25 - 04/04/25 04/10/25 - 03/31/26 Participants will understand the relationship between minority stress and mental health, use the gender staircase to explain the causes of gender and sexual minority stress in personal and professional scenarios and evaluate the gender playground as an alternative to the binary, and apply the model to personal and professional scenarios.

Family and Domestic Mediation 01/20/26 - 05/15/26 This microcredential equips learners with an understanding of divorce mediation, a practice that began in the early 1970s. Mediation allows couples to create their divorce settlements through a cooperative, confidential, and private process that prioritizes the current and future needs of parents and children. It recognizes divorce as a family issue rather than a legal one, empowering those involved to take responsibility for solving their problems. The course covers the multidimensional aspects of divorce, including the legal, emotional, personal values, and individual needs and interests. Unlike the adversarial legal approach, which views divorce as a contest focused solely on legal issues, mediation seeks to address the holistic needs of the family. Learners will explore the role of mediation in resolving family conflicts, with specific discussions on elder mediation, parent-adolescent mediation, and the option of conducting mediation online. This microcredential provides a comprehensive overview of mediation as a constructive alternative to traditional divorce proceedings.

Foundations of Program Evaluation 01/20/26 - 03/31/26 Develop foundational skills in program evaluation through a comprehensive online course that emphasizes real-world application and multidisciplinary perspectives. Learners engage in hands-on activities such as designing evaluation plans, analyzing data, and reporting findings tailored to a wide range of audiences. The course also fosters collaboration, ethical awareness, and critical thinking through peer interaction and reflective practice.

Grant Development and Management Professional Course 01/20/26 - 03/14/26 The Grant Development and Management microcredential provides practical training in advanced grant proposal development for professionals, students, and community organizations. Learners gain hands-on experience reviewing funding announcements, writing compelling need statements, developing SMART objectives, designing project and evaluation plans, and preparing draft grant proposals. The course strengthens essential skills in project planning, program design, evaluation, budgeting, and professional communication to help participants create competitive, fundable proposals across nonprofit, education, health, and community settings. The learning experience requires approximately 45 hours and integrates both technical grant development methods and durable skills essential for effective proposal writing across professional contexts. Successful completion of required assignments with instructor feedback and an overall score of 75% or higher qualifies learners to earn the microcredential and a verified digital badge.

Grant Writing Basics Registration is not available at this time. Grant Writing Basics is an applied grant writing course for new and experienced practitioners who want to strengthen their ability to develop competitive grant proposals. Participants learn how to identify grant opportunities, use data to document community needs, write clear problem statements, and build strong outcomes, activities, evaluation plans, and budgets. The course emphasizes practical grant writing skills alongside durable strengths in professional communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. The learning experience requires approximately 15 hours and includes instructional modules, small-group interaction, and hands-on writing practice. Successful completion of course assignments with an overall score of 75% or higher qualifies learners to earn the microcredential and a verified digital badge.

Organizational Conflict 01/20/26 - 03/13/26 This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the theories, methods, research, and practice issues involved in identifying and assessing sources of conflict, and designing and implementing intervention plans in organizations and groups experiencing conflict. The organizations explored will include businesses, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, municipalities, and community groups. Students will learn about organizations, organizational development, and organizational psychology. Causes and consequences of conflict within organizations, dispute systems assessment and design, and how conflict resolution professionals work as interveners and agents of change will be the primary focus of the course. It is expected that this course will prepare students to: identify their own professional consultation strengths and interests, assess conflict, and build and evaluate dispute resolution systems.

Storytelling and Peacebuilding Registration is not available at this time. This course explores the theoretical and practical foundations of storytelling in relation to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The intersection of theory and practice in storytelling approaches to trauma, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding will be explored in-depth. This course addresses the issues of power, identity, and meaning through the lens of storytelling. The course explores how storytelling can help individuals and groups build meaning and connection, across a range of cultural differences.