Program Areas
Agriculture and Landscape
UCR Extension's agriculture programs include courses, certificate programs and conferences in gardening, arboriculture, professional landscaping and crops and are targeted for everyone from the average backyard gardener to the advanced agricultural businessman.
Programs draw on the expertise of the UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the university's Cooperative Extension Program.
Among the certificate programs offered are the popular Turfgrass Management and Landscape Irrigation series, which provide participants with the expertise of turfgrass and landscape specialists and researchers from within the university and the turfgrass/landscape industry.
Through our international agricultural programs, we offer opportunities for participants so they can come and compare agricultural methods.
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Arts and Humanities
The Arts and Humanities programs offer a palette of creative courses designed to help you perfect your professional skills or introduce you to your inner artist or writer. Instructors with real-life experience help nurture your creativity and encourage spontaneous expression.
Subject areas include:
- Art
- Calligraphy
- Culture
- Film and Visual Culture
- Graphic Design
- Health and Wellness
- Interior Design and Decorating
- Language Arts and Writing
- Legal Programs
- Museum Studies
- Music
- Native American Studies
- Personal Enrichment
- Photography
- T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- Viticulture and Brewing Science
- Writing
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Business and Management
Helping you to forge your way in today's rapidly-changing business world, our business and management courses and certificates cover subjects in every corner of the business world.
You can take courses and earn certificates in:
- Accounting and Taxation
- Administrative Professional
- Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
- Construction Management
- Construction and Facilities Management
- E-Marketing
- Event Management
- Exam and Test Preparation
- Facilities Management
- Human Resources Management
- Management
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Nonprofit Organization Management and Fundraising
- Organizational Leadership
- Payroll Administration
- Personal Career Development
- Programming and Web Development
- Project Management
- Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Real Estate
- Risk Management
- Seminars
- Small Business Management
- Supervision, Leadership, and Team Excellence
- Technical Writing
- Workplace Health and Safety
Education
Helping you to become the best teacher possible is the goal of the education programs offered through UCR Extension. Whether you are just getting started, refining your existing skills, or looking to acquire that next level of expertise, you can become one of the nearly 10,000 teachers from around the world who annually participated in our 800 plus courses or earned one of our 25 certificates. Course subjects include:
- Accreditation
- Adult Education
- Advanced Placement
- Authorizations in Mathematics
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Chief Business Officials
- College Admissions Counseling
- Conflict Resolution for Educational Environments
- Drivers Education and Training
- Early Childhood Studies
- Educational Facilities Planning
- Educational Technology
- Educational Therapy
- Exemplary Teaching and Instructional Leadership
- Facilities Management
- Field Studies
- General Programs
- Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Instructional Aide
- Language Arts and Writing
- Mathematics for Educators
- Multiple Intelligences
- Parenting and Communication Skills
- Reading Certificate -Biliteracy Emphasis
- Resource Specialist
- Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Science for Educators
- Supplementary Authorizations in Mathematics and Science
- TESOL
- Visual and Performing Arts for Educators
- Writing
- Youth Enrichment Programs
Education Credentials
Each year, nearly 10,000 teachers come to UCR Extension to earn their first teaching credentials, to maintain existing ones, or to acquire new credentials that will help them advance in their careers. With 50 years of experience working the California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing, we can help you learn the skills, and get the paperwork, that will allow you to impart your love of learning to others. The credential programs available include:
- Added Authorization in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Added Authorization in Early Childhood Special Education
- Adult Education
- Authorization in Computer Concepts and Applications
- Authorization in Graphic Arts
- Authorizations in English
- Authorizations in Mathematics
- Authorizations in Science
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Bilingual Authorization
- CLAD Through CTEL
- Career Technical Education
- Child Welfare and Attendance Credential
- Clear Credential Program
- Driver Education and Training
- Early Childhood Studies
- Multiple/Single Subject/Designated Subjects
- Pupil Personnel Services Credentials
- Reading Certificate
- Reading Certificate – Biliteracy Emphasis
- Reading Credential
- Resource Specialist
- SDAIE
- Special Education
- Vocational Education
Engineering and Technology
Learn the skills that will help you stay on top of some of the fastest growing careers. From system administration to software certification, from global positioning system technology to telecommunications, UCR Extension offers a wide range of courses and certificates taught by some of the best talent in the industry. Areas of study include:
- Biotechnology
- Computer Support and Networking
- Construction Management
- Construction and Facilities Management
- Database Administration
- Geographic Information Systems
- Global Positioning System Technology
- Green Job Training
- Information Technology Management
- Office Workshops
- Online GIS Courses
- Programming and Web Technology
- Project Management
- Software Applications
- System Administration
- System Engineering
Environment and Sustainability
Environment and sustainability courses are rooted in the philosophy that a broad, integrated understanding of the relationship between man, society and the environment will result in responsible planning and decision making and, ultimately, economic success.
Our courses do more than just train you to follow rules and regulations, but rather provide an understanding of the science, technology and social issues behind environmental issues and decisions.
Courses and certificates are offered in the fields of:
- Air Quality Management
- American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Continuing Education
- Applied Sciences
- Arboriculture
- Astronomy
- Biology
- California Registered Environmental Health Specialist Continuing Education
- Energy Management
- Entomology/Archnology
- Field Botany
- Field Geology
- Field Ornithology
- Field Studies
- Field/Desert Ecology
- General Programs
- Geologic Studies
- Green Job Training
- Hazardous Materials Management
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- Home Gardening
- Land Use and Environmental Planning
- Landscape Irrigation
- Landscape Management
- Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
- Natural Resource Protection
- Personal Enrichment
- Pest Management
- Plant Studies
- Sustainable Development and Green Design
- Systems Engineering
- Turfgrass Management
- Water/Wastewater
- Wildland Fire Science and Management
- Workplace Health and Safety
Instructors and advisors for the programs are drawn from the university, regulatory agencies, environmental services fields, industry and community.
Healthcare and Wellness
Health care and wellness are two sectors that are guaranteed to grow. Up to three million new jobs are expected to be generated within the next seven years and highly-trained medical professionals are needed to fill positions in hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers and allied health organizations. Awareness of the need for wellness programs has expanded in recent years.
Many courses in the health care and wellness programs are offered online, allowing you to take the course from the comfort of your home of office, wherever in the world that may be.
Certificates and courses include:
- Biology
- California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Continuing Education
- California Registered Environmental Health Specialist Continuing Education
- Certified Case Manager Continuing Education
- Chiropractic
- Electronic Health Record Management
- Forensic Nursing
- General Programs
- Gerontology
- Legal Nurse Consulting
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Medical Case Management
- Medical Coding and Billing Inpatient/Outpatient
- Medical Transcription
- Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
- Nursing
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy Technician Examination Training
- Recreation and Fitness
- Sexual Assault Examiner
- T'ai Chi Ch'uan
- Vocational Education
- Yoga
- Yoga Specialized Study
- Yoga Theory and Practice
Languages and Interpretation
Learning a new language creates new paths in your mind and your life. Whether you are a beginner or are ready for advanced conversational courses, you will have plenty of opportunities to practice the language you choose to learn with instructors who are knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and humorous.
If you are interested in becoming an interpreter, then our courses in professional interpretation and translation are ideal. From courtrooms to emergency rooms, professional interpreters serve as a crucial link between those who cannot understand English and those serving them. Our certificate program can train you to work as a translator in law, medicine, business, education, immigration or conferencing.
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Law and Forensics
Stay on top of the latest information on the law, or learn the ins and outs of crime scene investigation through UCR extension.
We offer many law-related, legal and public policy programs, workshops, courses and conferences, some of which can fulfill mandatory continuing legal education requirements. Other programs help lawyers and judges expand their knowledge in important subjects, such as our unique "Science for Lawyers" program, which teaches the science behind the evidence such as DNA, genetics, neurobiology or statistics.
Our respected Paralegal Certificate Program, approved by the American Bar Association, is the number one choice for many in the area.
If you are interested in the investigative side of things, then crime scene investigation may be the perfect career for you. Our courses and comprehensive certificate programs in crime and intelligence analysis and crime scene investigation are offered in cooperation with the California Department of Justice.
You will learn the latest forensic science techniques from veteran law enforcement professionals working in the field today. Study real-life cases that will prepare you for the real world of forensic science.
Courses and certificates include:
- Crime and Intelligence Analysis
- Crime Scene Investigation/Forensic Sciences
- Land Use and Environmental Planning
- Law-Related Programs
- Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
- Paralegal Studies
- Personal Enrichment
- Public Policy Programs
- Sexual Assault Examiner
Youth Programs
Our youth programs are geared toward academically gifted, eager-to-learn and motivated students. Each summer we offer a new edition of Expanding Horizons, our popular "day camp" for students in grades 3-7. It's two weeks filled with fun, challenging and motivational activities to truly expand the horizons of each learner.
We also offer individual youth enrichment classes for students in grades 5-8. Topics cover areas such as algebra and learning skills. Spend some time during the summer getting ready for success in the fall!
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