Continuing education in Southern California: CE courses in Los Angeles, online continuing education programs & professional development in business, accounting, engineering, journalism, dental care..
USC Continuing Education and Summer Programs: Located just minutes from downtown Los Angeles, The University of Southern California (USC) is one of the world's leading private research universities. Through our different schools and colleges, we provide a wide range of on-site and online continuing education courses for non-traditional (non-admitted) students who wish to further their education for personal or professional reasons.
Many of our CE courses offer the specific continued training and education you need to receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in a variety of professional fields. Each USC School runs its own continuing education courses using its leading faculty and vast resources to create the content.
Based in San Diego, California, RN.com is a leading provider of online Continuing Education (CE) courses for nurses and other healthcare professionals. We provide more than 150 online/distance learning courses that are accredited by the ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center), including many state required courses. All of our CE courses are nationally accredited.
We offer courses that will help educate as well as fulfill your licensure requirements, in subjects that include Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Acute Care, Oncology, Maternal Child / Women's Health, and Critical Care among many others.
We understand that it can be difficult to fit continuing education around your busy schedule, so we offer convenient, quality continuing education totally at your convenience. You can study online at times that best suit your schedule. You can choose to take individual courses, or become a member and take unlimited CE courses for an entire year for one low price.
RN.com is dedicated to providing the nursing and healthcare community with a comprehensive collection of professional education and information resources that our members can use to better their career.
Situated just 10 minutes south of Downtown San Diego, in Chula Vista CA, San Diego Medical College provides a wide range of allied health training programs including Continuing Education (CE) courses for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Home Health Aides (HHA) students and professionals.
We also have a campus in Miramar, just 20 minutes north of Downtown San Diego.
We are an institute with a vision to create the hub for health care professional certifications and educational development for professionals in the health sector.
All of our instructors have years of experience in their field of expertise. They bring that level of experience to every class they teach while updating their skills daily.
San Diego Medical College teachers are certified in their teaching area by the CDPH.
Continuing Education Units for CNA & HHA: - Introduction to Nurse Assistant
- Patient Rights
- Communication / Interpersonal Skills
- Prevention and Management of Catastrophe and Unusual Occurrences
- BLS - CPR for Health Care Providers
- Food Handler & Safety Training
Further Education Programs: - American Heart Association CPR
- CPR & AED & First Aid
- Pediatric CPR & First Aid
- ACLS Advanced Life Support
- PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
With three campus locations in the San Francisco Bay Area (in Hayward, Oakland, and Concord), California State University, East Bay Continuing Education provides professional development training and education for East Bay professionals. Courses are available both on-site, and online.
We offer more than 40 Certificate programs, Bachelor, and Masters degrees, and individual courses in a variety of industries and fields, including Behavioral and Health Science, Business and Management, Corporate Training, Education, Engineering and Project Management, Legal and Real Estate/Construction Management among others.
Whether you are looking to expand your horizons, advance your career, or enter a new field, Cal State East Bay has CE courses for a wide variety of professional areas. Each of our department's programs are taught by industry-experienced and academically acclaimed instructors. Its smaller class sizes and instructor-to-student ratio allows for more personal instruction, mentoring, and coaching.
Professional Development Courses:
- Notary Public Training
- Teacher Education
- Test Preparation
Certificate Programs:
- Criminal Justice
- Educational Therapy
- Green Business Mgmt.
- Human Resource Mgmt.
- Nonprofit Management
- Online Teaching & Learning
- Paralegal Studies...
Continuing Education Degree Programs:
- B.S. in Business Administration.
- One-Year Intensive MBA
- MBA for Global Innovators
- M.S. in Accountancy
- M.S. in Education
- M.S. in Educational Leadership
- Moscow MBA Program...
Based in San Francisco, California, Saybrook Graduate School is the world’s premier institution for humanistic studies. We offer WASC-accredited masters and doctoral degree programs in Psychology, Organizational Systems, Mind-Body Medicine and Human Science.
These individualized programs combine online, experiential learning with a minimum of two, six-day residential conferences annually in the San Francisco Bay area.
The exact mix of online and in-person instruction depends on the program, but all programs are designed to accommodate working professionals without requiring them to relocate.
Students work closely with their individual academic advisors to create a customized distance learning program, dedicated to humanistic values, which is supported through frequent faculty contact.
Saybrook University is a learning institution committed to the highest quality of graduate education, and regular assessments and reviews of degree programs are undertaken to sustain and enhance the quality of our programs, student learning, and the student experience.
Accredited Online Graduate Education for Adult Learners
Masters Degree Programs:
- Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology
- MA in Human Science
- MA in Organisational Systems
- Master of Science (MS) in Mind-Body Medicine
Doctorate (PhD) Programs:
- PhD in Psychology (including multiple specializations)
- PhD in Mind-Body Medicine
- PhD in Human Science
Based in Santa Clara County CA, Henley-Putnam University is an accredited school that provides online / distance learning Certificate & Degree courses in Strategic Security fields (Intelligence Management, Counter Terrorism Training & Studies, and Strategic Security & Protection Management).
Our mission is to serve professionals in the strategic security industry, especially within the law enforcement, military and intelligence communities, by increasing opportunities for advancement in the security industry.
Our focus is on delivering user friendly, high quality, online programs which further knowledge of deterrence and prevention.
TeachWisely - Online Professional Development Courses for Teachers
Courses / Programs
TeachWisely partners with Fresno Pacific University to provide high-quality, fully-accredited online professional development courses for teachers who are interested in increasing student engagement and raising the level of their own effectiveness.
Fresno Pacific University Continuing Education has been providing professional development for teachers for over 30 years.
Our courses are designed for busy teachers in the classroom, but can be completed in as little as three weeks. Teachers can register at any time and have up to one year to complete the assignments.
These courses provide high engagement with the instructor as well as other teachers. The instructor has over 30 years experience in education, with 25 in the classroom, and he enjoys providing specific feedback in each course. His courses include a course on preventing teacher burnout, a course on teaching watercolor sketching, and teaching students to how to use sketchnotes to improve retention of information.
Teachers who register for Gamification in the Classroom actually take part in an online gamified course with a pirate theme.
All courses are offered through Fresno Pacific University and are WASC accredited.
- Teacher Burnout: Prevention & Recovery (3 units)
- Teach Like a Pirate Book Application (1 or 2 units)
- Teach Like Finland Book Application (1 or 2 units)
- Gamification in the Classroom (3 units)
- Watercolor Sketching for Students (3 units)
- Sketchnotes for Comprehension (2 units)
- Helping Children Succeed Book Application (1 or 2 units)
- Mentoring New Teachers (3 units)
- How We Learn (in partnership with The Great Courses) (3 units)
- Formative for Innovative Educators (2 units)
- Biblical Worldview Integration (for ACSI certification) (3 units)