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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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