Bringing UCF to You
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Welcome To fit your educational needs, discover distinctive, high-quality, and cost-effective opportunities through the vast array of the University of Central Florida’s resources for re-education, training, professional advancement, and personal growth. You will find that UCF Continuing Education’s partnerships with the academic, business, and professional communities bring you the best in courses and seminars, certifications, degree programs, and professional development. We invite you to review all course offerings and services UCF Continuing Education provides at www.ce.ucf.edu. You may also contact us at 866-232-5834 (toll free), 407-882-0260 (local), or email us at ce@ucf.edu.
Linda Cirocco, Division Director
UCF Continuing Education 3280 Progress Drive, Suite 700 Orlando, FL 32826
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OURPROGRAMS Business & Workforce Our goal is to assist you, your organization, and your individual employees with attaining the necessary tools to promote the skills and knowledge needed to survive in today’s competitive climate. We are able to provide you with the latest in business solutions from industry recognized partners and experienced faculty and trainers. • • • • • •
Accounting and Finance Certificate Programs Certifications Communication Conferences Engineering and Technology • General Business Skills • Insurance • Law and Legal
• Leadership, Management and Supervision • Marketing/e-Marketing • Real Estate • Start Your Own Business • Technology in the Classroom • Tools for Teachers
COMPUTER TRAINING Are you looking to update your skills or acquire new ones? Consider us your partner for computer training. UCF CE has the perfect program to fit your busy schedule by offering training on-line, face-to-face, or by bringing UCF to your organization with on-site training. • • • • •
Business Applications Certificate Programs Graphic Design Microsoft Applications Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe, and CompTIA Certifications • Technology in the Classroom • Web Design and Programming 4 UCF CONTINUING EDUCATION
DEGREE & CREDIT PROGRAMS UCF Continuing Education offers a number of graduate degree programs in partnership with UCF Colleges. • Master of Science in Executive Health Services Administration • Master of Research Administration • Master of Science in Health Care Informatics • Master of Nonprofit Management • Professional Master’s in Engineering Management • Graduate Certificate in Hospitality and Tourism Management • Graduate Certificate in Computer Forensics
Achieve. health The health care industry is one of the few career fields that continues to grow despite the economic climate. As a leading educational institution, UCF CE is here to help you start a new career in health care or help you advance in your current one. • • • • • • •
Alternative Medicine Certificate Programs Graduate Degree Programs Health Care Specializations Medical Coding and Terminology Risk Management Veterinary CE.UCF.EDU
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LIFE & LEISURE Learn a new hobby or improve your day-to-day life. We strive to develop programming that is pertinent, up to date, and informative. We promise you an outstanding educational experience with programs such as: • • • • • •
Mystery Writing Conversational Japanese Start Your Own Edible Garden Introduction to Interior Design Get Paid to Travel Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness and Sports • Lose Weight and Keep It Off • Speed Reading and Study Strategies
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TEST PREPARATION Prepare yourself with a higher score on the entrance exams or pass with confidence the most popular certification tests...at a lower price. In fact, our price is at least one-half that of what you’ll pay at most national test prep chains. So, while preparing for the big exam is smart, preparing with UCF Test Prep is smarter. Visit www.testprep.ucf.edu.
UCFTestPrep Expert. Local. Affordable.
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Prepare. CERTIFICATIONS Advance your career or start a new one. Certifications are one of the best ways to stay competitive in the workplace and to show employers you have the skills to get the job done. UCF CE offers a variety of industry standard certification programs using top experienced trainers. • • • • •
PHR/SPHR GPHR PMP Fiber Optics Risk Management
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Microsoft Cisco CompTIA Adobe CFP
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OURSERVICES CEUs Let Us Provide Your Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEU stands for Continuing Education Unit. A CEU is a unit of credit equal to 10 hours of participation in an accredited program designed for professionals with certificates or licenses to practice various professions. Doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, CPAs, real estate agents, financial advisers, and other such professionals are required to participate in continuing education programs for a certain number of hours every year in order to keep their certificates, or licenses to practice, current.
conference & Meeting planning Our mission is to provide our clients with professional, high-quality, cost effective services customized to meet each of our client’s needs. Our experienced staff is ready to assist you with the details and delivery of your conference, institute, or meeting in Central Florida, or anywhere your event takes you. Some of our services include: Pre-Conference Planning • Program Planning • Financial Services • Registration Services • Marketing • Exhibits/Sponsors • Speaker Management and Support • Facility • Continuing Education Units • Other Logistical Arrangements
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Post-Conference Planning • Financial Services • Evaluations • Speaker Support • Conference Analysis Onsite Support • Registration Services • IT Support • Help Desk • Oversees exhibit set-up/tear-down • Tracking/ROI/Analytics • Email management
custom training UCF Continuing Education offers a variety of customized/private corporate training programs to meet organizations’ needs in a cost-effective and flexible format. We focus on obtaining solutions to your organization’s bottom-line efficiency and employee-based skill gaps.
We will custom design a program for you. UCF CE can design and devlop interactive and practical programs. The courses can be offered at your site, at our facilities, or via several distance learning options. We can even design programs that meet the needs of several organizations with common training requirements. Training and Development Topics Leadership Development, Supervisory and Management skills, Human Resource Development, Project Management, Team-oriented strategies, Business Communication, Work Styles and Behaviors, Strategic Planning, Computer and Information Technologies, Health Care, Fiber Optics, and more!
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it services UCF Continuing Education offers a variety of technology services for internal UCF departments and the private sector. Some of the services include: • Web Services • Audio/Visual Planning • eMarketing • Graphic Design
Create. facilities UCF CE has great classroom facilities available at a special rate for the community! The classrooms contain walltalkers®, a dry erase surface (applied directly on the walls) that is used for writing on with special dry erase markers and which also serves as a surface for projection needs. Other goodies in the classrooms include the latest projectors, document cameras, wireless gyro mouses, and computers with Blu-ray players. Creston units control all of the technology, including the lights, from one user-friendly and easy-toactivate touch panel on the podium.
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“I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed a class more. The history, the theory, the knowledge is at the top of the scale.” Certified Fiber Optics Technician Participant
“The instructor recognized the importance of adult learners needing to share our experiences to connect to the material presented.” HR Director, PHR/SPHR Participant
“I am really excited to get back to the office and try these new techniques.” Excel Participant
“Without this course I never could have accomplished what I did. I am so happy with my score and so blessed to have found such a great program. Thank you again. You are truly the best!” LSAT Review Program Participant
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