NJIT's Division of Continuing Professional Education provides enriching career-long learning opportunities through extension programs, Online Learning, graduate certificates, and through its non-credit technical programs, professional development training and corporate customized training.

Twelve-credit undergraduate certificates related to information technology, which are also applicable to NJIT master's and bachelors degrees, are available to those seeking a career upgrade and change. Certificates can be acquired in one calendar year by attending classes on campus, at extension sites or via online learning.

Professional development programs include short courses, certificates and license reviews, with some leading to the award of continuing education units (CEUs). The CEU is used nationally to document the type, quality and duration of study. In general, one CEU is defined as being equal to classroom hours. Taught throughout the year, individual classes typically last one to five days. Certificates and license review programs can entail a significant number of hours of instruction spanning several months.

NJIT's Division of Continuing Professional Education's non-credit training programs are available via both classroom and instructor-led eLearning virtual classrooms. Typical topics include computer and technology; and safety and environment.

All professional development courses can be adapted to meet a particular organization's needs and conducted as a custom-designed training program at a company site. For more than 50 years, NJIT has been designing and conducting non-credit courses that meet technology-based organizations' needs for high-quality, lifelong workforce education. More than 375 courses are available in 13 subject areas.

For further information contact the Division of Continuing Professional Education, at (800) 624-9850 or http://cpe.njit.edu.

Online Learning
Online Learning offers three graduate degrees (MS in Engineering Management, MS in Information Systems and MS in Professional and Technical Communication), four undergraduate degrees (BS and BA in Information Systems, BS in Computer Science and BS in Information Technology), select Graduate Certificates, and courses in many disciplines including the physical sciences, computer science, mathematics, engineering and management. Online Learning offerings are listed in the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) catalog, available upon request from the Division of Continuing Professional Education and via http://cpe.njit.edu.

Online Learning provides students the opportunity to earn college credit through enrollment in online electronic-based courses. These courses are virtual learning communities with instructor-led online classrooms that utilize various technologies such as WebCT, WebBoard, and Lotus Learning Space for presenting course material, online quizzes, asynchronous and synchronous communication.  Online courses are flexible and rigorous educational experiences suited to motivated students.

The program's reach is worldwide. Course material is transmitted through the Internet, cablecast, wireless cable, compressed digital teleconferencing, CD ROM and VHS tape distribution.

Online Learning furnishes a convenient alternative to distance learners and students who have scheduling conflicts. In addition, any NJIT student needing course review can use Online Learning course material. Several campus workstations in the Van Houten Library are set up for viewing.

For more information, contact the Division of Continuing Professional Education at (800) 624-9850.