Cesar Chavez Holiday Notice

We are closed Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, in honor of farmworker activist Cesar Chavez.

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Personalized professional courses for every stage of your career—on-site, live-online, and in state-of-the-art flex classrooms.

Live-Online

We offer high quality remote learning experiences through our live Zoom classroom setting.

Industry Experts

Our instructors are pioneers in their fields, inventors, patent holders, internationally sought-after speakers, and authors.

Small Groups

Small groups allow a high level of personalization and interactivity, very similar to what one would experience in our classroom.

Career Success

Amazing instructors, a host of career events and a skilled career advising team help you fine-tune your job search.

Areas of Study

Bioscience
Bioscience
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Business
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Design
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Diversity Equity Inclusion
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Education
Technology
Technology

What Students Are Saying

"That next person you say hello to at the class in Extension may give you a lead to your next job. People in my classes all worked at some of the biggest companies in the area, from Gilead to Genentech."
— Fred Bauzon Field Application Scientist and Molecular Biologist
Fred Bauzon
Program: Regulatory Affairs
Course: Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics
"You have been a helpful guide throughout this course. I really whole heartedly appreciate the time you invested in helping and guiding me. I hope I have learned well and I will continue to grow."
— Kumari Khushboo, MD Cancer Clinical Research Coordinator
Program: Clinical Trials Design and Management
Instructor: Jeaneen C Wallis
"I just want to thank you for the amazing class on the GCP research process. I enjoyed the many real life examples you provided throughout the course. I found this to be very helpful. Dr. Wallis is an excellent speaker and communicator."
— Dita Papraniku Clinical Dietician
Dita Papraniku
Program: Clinical Trials Design and Management
Course: Good Clinical Practices
"Curriculum is an important class. It was done in a super fun way. The instructor had little mini projects—finger puppets, stories and cooking recipes. I still have all my work. I made it part of my professional portfolio."
— Nell Redaniel Lead Teacher
Nell Redaniel
Program: Early Childhood Education
Course: ECE 3: Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Programs
"Jagadeesh really prepares for the sessions and the assignments, not letting students to lose focus during classes, engaging all. He has got a lot of examples to share and makes people think to apply what we learn in the class."
— SasiKumar Arumugan Lead Software Engineer
SasiKumar Arumugan
Program: Computer Programming
Instructor: Jagadeesh Vasudevamurthy
"I have been using C++ for years, but still learned valuable new things from C++ Programming. I would highly recommend this class to anyone interested in learning C++. Instructor Mittal had a great personality and a sense of humor."
— Tom T. Hua Embedded Systems Engineer
Instructor: Ajay K Mittal
"I would argue that your certificate program is better than most degreed programs."
— Kristina Liu, PhD. ACRP-CP/CPM Clinical Research Coordinator, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Kristina Liu, PhD. ACRP-CP/CPM
Program: Clinical Trials Design and Management
Course: Good Clinical Practices
"The capstone project course was my favorite course for sure. I got to exercise my skill of coding but still do design. Everything we learned we got to put into it."
— Jumar Balacy UX Designer
Jumar Balacy
Program: User Experience and Web Design
Course: Capstone User Experience Project