Advance Your Career
You've established a successful career, and now it's time to move up. We offer a number of short-term certificate programs designed to give you new skills, knowledge, and experiences to hep you stay relevant and qualify for your next promotion. Developed to address the region's most in-demand jobs in advanced manufacturing, IT, health care, our courses are designed for working adults with evening class times and flexible online and hyrbid options.
Advanced Manufacturing
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Technical Training Lab
The Technical Training Lab has a mix of hands-on and online training for manufacturing workers. You can sign up as an individual or get sponsored by your employer.
Noncredit Training | 20-136 Hours
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Engineering Technologies
For more in-depth training, see our Engineering Technologies programs, which are offered for college credit.
For College Credit | 2-Year Degree or Short-Term Certificates
Information Technology (IT)
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Artificial Intelligence IT Certificate
Employers need professionals who can apply AI and machine learning technology. Columbus State’s Introduction to AI is a flexible, noncredit program designed to grow in-demand skills for the digital economy.
Noncredit Training | 30 Weeks
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Cybersecurity
The noncredit cybersecurity certificate provides broad introduction to the field of cybersecurity and prepares students to take the SSCP certification exam.
Noncredit Training | 31 Weeks
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Data Analytics
The noncredit data analytics certificate equips students with practical, foundation-level skills in data analytics through a hands-on approach.
Noncredit Training | 31 Weeks
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Dev Ops
Information Technology (IT) systems management and software development professionals are relied upon to develop and maintain resilient solutions using emerging cloud technologies.
Noncredit Training | 12 Weeks
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Software Development
The noncredit software development certificate will help you become a Java developer. Students begin by learning the fundamentals of programming logic and advance to building complex programs with Java and cloud technologies.
Noncredit Training | 56 Weeks
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AWS Academy
AWS Academy courses help current students and IT professionals develop the cloud technology skills needed for today’s rapidly changing IT landscape.
Noncredit Training | 2 Weeks