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Engaged Social Distancing through Online Continuing Education

Staying home to support the Coronavirus quarantine does not mean isolating ourselves from our future. Let's stay engaged with one another as well as our dreams for a new career, a better job, starting a business, quenching a curiosity, or building skills that turn individual creativity into innovative solutions. CSU offers hundreds of online, non-credit certificate courses in career and workforce development you can attend from the safety of your own home. Change your life. Change the world. Start today.

All colleges and schools at Cleveland State University offer continuing education courses including: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law; College of Education and Human Services; College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; College of Sciences and Health Professions; Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs; Monte Ahuja College of Business; School of Nursing; Washkewicz College of Engineering, Confucius Institute; English as a Second Language; Test Prep. 

We design continuing education courses to meet national and international quality standards as well as CSU’s own learning values, teaching methods and rigorous academic standards. 

Why pursue a short-term credential, certificate or professional certification? Because Education is the surest path to economic advancement in the United States today. Non-degree programs in the form of micro-credentials, certificate programs and professional certifications are increasingly in high-demand by employers.

Did you know adults without a postsecondary degree who hold a certificate or certification have higher full-time employment rates than their peers with no credentials?

Adults who earn a credential have a median income of $45,000 versus $30,000 for those without a credential. For some occupations, the income premium from a certificate or certification is as high as $25,000 per year.

Earning a certificate or credential from Cleveland State University means your employer will trust your new expertise because of CSU’s reputation for innovative collaboration with business, industry, and government and for its reputation as a critical force for education excellence.  

*Source: Strada/Gallup/Lumina report, “Certified Value” 2019.