Enhance your career with ASU certificates.
Whether you’re exploring new fields, preparing for a career change, or building expertise in your current profession, ASU’s certificates are designed to give you the skills and credentials that employers value—all while earning college credits.
Certificates designed to highlight your areas of interest
College Foundations
College Foundation certificates are designed to provide opportunities to explore particular areas, and build core skills before committing to a specific degree pathway.
Career Mastery
Mastery certificates demonstrate specific skills, knowledge and training in a specific topic area. They focus on fine-tuning skills that complement your proficiency once you commit to a degree path.
College Foundation Certificates
Certificates designed to explore and build skills aligned with particular degree programs.
College Foundations
Explore various first-year college topics and earn general education requirements that will count towards a degree.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Health Education
Gain an overall understanding of the health industry by learning about different aspects of the healthcare industry. Familiarize yourself with healthcare-related occupations, professional ethics, the culture of health and an introduction to anatomy and physiology.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Business
Learn the building blocks of business by studying macroeconomics, microeconomics, computer applications and business-related algebra.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
STEM Foundations
Gain a broad understanding of careers within the STEM field by learning natural science courses in chemistry, biology or physics, alongside courses in computer applications, IT systems and sustainable systems.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Engineering
Get acquainted with various aspects of engineering by exploring classes that introduce you to technological, social, sustainable, chemical engineering and more.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Behavioral Sciences
Explore human behavior from different perspectives while learning about psychology, sociology and basic biological systems to inform your education in all areas of human development.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Sustainability
Sustainability is about more than just the environment. It impacts our daily life. Build your understanding in sustainability by learning about sustainable systems, environmental science and sociology.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Education
Learn about the current state of education and how it continues to evolve by understanding the building blocks of education and gaining problem solving skills with technology.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Computer Science
Get an inside look at different areas of computer science by learning about computer applications, information technology, principles of programming, technological systems and an overview of engineering.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Career Mastery Certificates
Earn college credit while learning key skills to prepare you for a successful career.
Applied Business Data Analytics
Learn the skills business analysts use when they work with data to help make decisions, streamline business processes and more.
- 6 courses
- 18 credits
Project Management
Obtain job-ready skills used by project managers to understand a project life cycle, determine time and sequencing, create a needs assessment and cost estimation and plan project resource management.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
AWS Cloud Computing
Prepare for an introductory-level job in cloud computing. In this program, you’ll learn the essentials of AWS, from understanding cloud architecture to building optimized infrastructures and diving into data analytics. This certificate is your step-by-step guide to the cloud.
- 3 courses
- 9 credits
Google Information Technology Support
Prepare for an introductory-level job in the high-growth field of Information Technology. In this program, you’ll learn the foundations of networking and operating systems, providing end-to-end customer support and solving problems using code.
- 5 courses
- 12 credits
Frequently asked questions
No, but we encourage you to submit an application if you’re taking courses for Earned Admission. Anyone who is not enrolled at ASU can work towards College Foundation and Career Mastery Certificate courses — no application required. Upon completion of the courses, you’ll get a certificate with the ASU logo, your name and the name of the certificate you completed, along with transferable college credits.
It’s easy! Begin completing the courses listed on the specific certificate page. Once you successfully complete all the courses required for a given certificate, you will receive an email containing your certificate.
You can enroll at any time. Many courses are on-demand, meaning you can start and finish on your own schedule. Some courses run in an 8-week session with specific start and end dates. Each course start date is listed on the course page.
Certificates consist of 3-6 courses, and learners typically take 1-2 classes at a time. The average completion time of each course is 8 weeks.
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