Courses

Basic Game Design Series (Online Only Offering)

Games are increasingly recognized as a tool that can serve many business purposes beyond entertainment. Worldwide video game sales including console, online and mobile games are projected to reach $111 billion this year. Mobile games are the fastest-growing segment of the market as more and more people play casual games.

June 6, 2022 to July 29, 2022, Online

Beginning Conversational Spanish

Designed for beginners, this course will have you speaking and reading Spanish in no time. You will practice the basic building blocks of the language and common idiomatic expressions.

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Certification for Small and Diverse Business

This virtual event will provide small and diverse businesses with the tools they need create a capability statement to highlight their unique set of skills.

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Conflict and Conflict Resolution

You will learn basic strategies for conflict resolution, including personality differences and preferences in styles. Prior to the in-person course, you will fill out a few self-report measures regarding personality and conflict resolution style which will be used as a point for reflection.

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Customer Service Series (Online Only Offering)

Learning to build your customer service skills will have a powerful impact on your career success, as well as success in other areas of life.Transform your customer service into something extraordinary. As a result, more repeat business will improve your bottom line. Customer service separates you from your competition.

June 6, 2022 to July 29, 2022, Online

Data Analytics and Its Applications

Every discipline is becoming progressively more data driven. Although we now possess the ability to easily collect, store and analyze data, we are facing a shortage of data analysts in the workforce. This course is designed to be a crash course that will provide working professionals with intermediate and advanced skills in data analytics.

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Educard

Increase your learning through Educard! Educard allows anyone over the age of 16 to sit in on regular for-credit classes at SIUE for a reduced rate. While you do not gain credit for the courses, you can gain a whole new realm of knowledge in subjects that interest you most, from accounting to zoology. Join us and see what you can learn!

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Facebook and Instagram Marketing for Business

Facebook and Instagram offer simple and effective ways to market your business and connect with new and existing customers. We will begin with the basics on each platform, and you will learn to create professional Facebook and Instagram profiles for your business designed to effectively appeal to your target customer.

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Four Fits of Dynamic Leadership

Today's workplace is more nuanced than ever, filled with diverse, dynamic employees. Empowering employees to achieve objectives is the basis of leadership, no matter the personality or strategies of each individual leader.

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Google Analytics Series (Online Only Offering)

If you are not reviewing your website statistics, then you are missing several key opportunities to profit from your website traffic. This Certificate, aimed at non-technical users, will take you through all the key techniques and how to use website analytics using the world-standard Google Analytics, a free online tool.

June 6, 2022 to July 29, 2022, Online

Grant Budget Preparation for Novices

Obtain an overview of the budget development process and have an opportunity to develop a mock budget froma case study that will be provided. You are welcome to bring specific questions related to the budgets of the funding opportunities you wish to pursue.

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Grant Funding for Novices

Obtain an overview of funding opportunities for the four types of grant opportunities. You will have an opportunity toexplore various sites and identify potential funding sources in your area of interest.

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Grant Funding Opportunity Interpretation for Novices

Join us for the opportunity to explore critical portions in funding opportunity announcements. You are welcome to bring specific questions related to funding opportunities you wish to pursue.

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Grant Writing for Novices

Obtain an overview of the four types of grants and the common elements found in grant proposals. Funding sources for each type will be reviewed and various elements of proposals will be reviewed in detail.

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Heartsaver CPR/AED Certification

Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training and cover first-aid basics for the most common first-aid emergencies. Hands-on training also prepares students to perform CPR and use an AED in a safe, timely and effective manner.

Thursday, July 21, 2022, Peck Hall, Room 0314

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2019

Designed for students with previous Microsoft Excel experience, this intermediate level course will expand the users' Excel 2019 skill set with projects that demonstrate the application's higher capabilities.

June 29, 2022 to August 10, 2022, Alumni Hall Room 1201

Introduction to Data Analysis

Thanks to continuous improvements in technology, every industry is becoming progressively more data driven. Data analytics is the science and art of analyzing data and using that information to make informed decisions.

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Introduction to Data Organization, Preparation and Analysis

The world is full of data. However, before that data can be analyzed and insights can be gleaned from it, data must first be organized, integrated, cleaned and prepared for analysis. This course introduces the tools and techniquesthat students can use to format their data, leading to hassle free analyses

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Learn the Basics of Quickbooks Online

Learn basic accounting principles and how they are applied in the online version of QuickBooks. We will introduce the software, set up business accounts, record transactions, produce reports and learn how QuickBooks Online can be customized to fit your business needs.

July 5, 2022 to August 2, 2022, Online

Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling

In this age of "big data", machine learning and predictive modeling tools enable us to describe and analyze large and complex data that we could not begin to comprehend without the help of computers. This course introduces different machine learning and predictive modeling techniques, the strengths and limitations of each of these techniques, and how these techniques can be applied to real-world datasets.

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National Food Safety Certification

This ServSafeŽ Food Safety Manager course, conducted by faculty from the nutrition program at SIUE, is for individuals preparing for the ServSafeŽ Food Safety Manager exam (this is different than Food Handler). After attending the ServSafeŽ course and passing the proctored, multiple-choice exam with a score of 75% or higher, participants will receive a ServSafeŽ certificate.

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Non-Profit Leadership Overview

A sound structure is critical for a thriving organization. This course will reinforce the foundational practices necessary for leading a successful non-profit organization, and is designed to satisfy the needs of both staff and board of directors.

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Podcasting (Online Only Offering)

Businesses are turning to podcasting to grow their brand and connect with customers. People with a niche hobby are turning podcasts into a business. Podcasting is experiencing a rebirth as mobile devices are everywhere.

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Six Sigma Green Belt Series (Online Only Offering)

Six Sigma methods have been successfully deployed in many industries and organizations. To be successful, organizations must manage by fact. As such, organizations depend on the measurement and analysis of performance to make key decisions that affect the organization.

June 6, 2022 to August 26, 2022, Online

Spanish for Healthcare Professionals I

Health professionals work with many different people, and communication is key. This course will introduce you to the basic vocabulary, grammar and idiomatic expressions needed to communicate in Spanish in a health professional context.

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SQL Programming Series (Online Only Offering)

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the industry standard database programming language. It is one of the most in demand skills in occupations that require interaction with data and analyzing data. Through your knowledge of Structured Query Language, you will become more marketable in computer related career fields that pertain to database administration. Learning SQL can also lead to a job that is specific to analyzing data such as a data analyst, a quality assurance analyst, or a business analyst.

June 6, 2022 to August 26, 2022, Online

Stress and Coping in the Workplace

We will cover basics of the stress response, including an overview of what happens with our bodies, cognitions, emotions and behaviors, with a particular emphasis on its role in the workplace and workplace stressors.

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Work Attitudes

We will cover the importance of workplace attitudes, including job satisfaction/morale, organizational commitment and work engagement. Antecedents or predictors of these attitudes including individual personality traits, as well as organizational culture and contextual factors will be explored.

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Basic Economic Development Course

53rd Annual Illinois BEDC will be held in Naperville, Illinois. The event will be held on five consecutive days October 17 through October 21. Registration is open. A limited number of scholarships offered by corporate sponsors will be available. More information about these scholarships can be found at the BEDC Illinois website at bedcillinois.org.

October 17-21, 2022, Nicor Headquarters

Certified Recovery Support Specialist Program

Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) professionals provide a range of supportive services in healthcare and human services for persons recovering from mental health, substance use, and co-occurring conditions. The SIUE CRSS Training Program requires 110 hours of classroom training and 300 hours of internship experience under the supervision of a qualified mental health or substance use condition professional.

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Ethics of Self Care and Transforming Community, Transforming Care

This training will be in person at the LeClaire Room at N.O. Nelson and will award 6 CEU's. The morning session will recognize the ethical responsibility of social workers to engage in self-care. The afternoon session will integrate other ethical principles from the NASW Code of Ethics as they apply to queer and trans justice.

Friday, July 22, 2022, N.O. Nelson, LeClaire Room

Instagram Marketing: How to Use Instagram for Business

Instagram is a simple and effective way to market your business and connect with new customers. In this four-weekcourse, we will begin with the basics, and you will learn to create a powerful, professional Instagram profile for yourbusiness designed to effectively appeal to your target customer.

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Mastering Video Marketing

Find out how to shoot simple, effective videos without costly fancy equipment or savvy technical skills. Learn how to get your YouTube video on the first page of Google Search. Just like Facebook, YouTube is a social network that needs to be set-up, optimized and used regularly to be effective.

June 6, 2022 to July 29, 2022, Online