Continuing Education offers a minor program in Workplace Learning. A minor field of study is composed of five full-course equivalents or 400 hours of specified certificate credit. Students may transfer into the minor once they have earned one of the following Continuing Education certificates:

1. Management Certificate (excluding Environmental Management)
2. Certificate in Adult Learning
3. Certificate in Career Development

See "Program Details - Minor in Workplace Learning" below for more information.

Degree Programs

Special Sessions administers degree programs for academic departments and faculties on weekends, evenings and during the Spring and Summer. Courses are held on the university campus, and in and around the Calgary community.

Degree programming areas include:

1. Off-Campus Degree Programs
2. Spring and Summer Sessions
3. Weekend University
4. French Language Instruction Program (FLIP)

See "Program Details - Degree Programs" below for more information.

Continuing Education works in cooperation with the various faculties and departments of the University, as well as with outside individuals and organizations, to offer a wide range of educational opportunities through flexible/non-traditional learning methodologies of course and program delivery. A number of these courses and programs are also offered in an e-learning format (self-directed or instructor-led learning online).
Programming areas include:

1. Adult Education, Languages and Lifestyles

2. Avid Learners' Academy
3. Business and Professional Programs

4. Computing and Information Systems

See "Program Details - Non-Degree Programs" below for more information.

Computing and Information Systems:

Software Development Specialization

Web Development Specialization

A number of certificates are available through the non-degree programs including:

1. Adult Learning:

a) General (also online)

b) Workplace Learning (also online)

2. Canadian International Freight Forwarding

3. Career Development

4. Co-Active Coaching

a) Certified Professional Co-Active Coach

b) Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching

5. Computer Desktop Applications Certificate

6. Conflict Resolution

a) Family Mediation

b) Mediation/Third Party Intervention

c) Negotiation

d) Workplace Conflict

7. Decision Training

8. E-Learning: Design and Facilitate Learning Online

9. Emerging Leaders

10. Financial Planner

11. French Language Studies

12. Heritage Resource Management

13. IC3 Internet and Computing Core Certification

14. International Freight Forwarding

15. Linux and Open Source System Development

16. Management Certificates:

a) Construction Administration

b) Environmental Management

c) General Management (also online)

d) General Management P.E.G.G. (for Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists) (also online)

e) Human Resource Management (also online)

f) Information Technology Management

g) Leadership Development

h) Marketing Management

i) Occupational Health and Safety

j) Public Relations Management

k) Risk Management

l) Security Management (online)

m) Strategic Management

n) Workplace Communication

17. Production and Inventory Management

18. Purchasing

19. Real Estate Development

20. Supply Chain Professional

21. Spanish Language and Culture

22. Systems Development

a) C++ Programming

b) C# .NET Development

c) Java Programming

d) SQL Server Development

e) .NET Development

f) Visual Basic .NET Programming

23. Systems Management

a) Business Analysis and Quality Assurance

b) Project Leadership

24. Teacher Assistant (also online)

25. Teacher Assistant Professional Development Certificate:

a) General

b) Specializations in Childhood Disorders, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and Visual Impairment

26. Visual Design

a) Art Theory and Practice Specialization

b) Interior Design Specialization

c) Photography Specialization

27. Web Designer

28. Web Developer