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Essential Skills: Goal Setting, Time Management & Communication

Enhance your professional and personal skills in this 11-week online course that provides flexibility and a learn-by-doing approach.

Course Description
This online, non-credit course delivers essential and practical skills in goal setting and motivation, time management, and communication. Core concepts include professional communication (written, verbal, non-verbal, and listening), techniques to align motivation with short- and long-term goal setting, and time management strategies for prioritizing tasks and adapting to change. The course features three customizable skill development levels and a work-based learning approach that encourages you to apply new skills in real-time while reflecting on your growth—both professionally and personally. Learners have flexibility to customize their learning in a way that best fits their goals.

There are no required books! All course content will be provided to you in the course. Learners who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate of completion and a Skills Achievement Record to document skill acquisition.

Course Delivery: Online
Cost: $1900

Learning Outcomes
You will learn to:

• Set and pursue personal and professional goals using motivation-based techniques
• Manage time effectively, prioritize tasks, and adapt to change
• Communicate clearly and confidently across written, verbal, and non-verbal formats
• Build resilience through increased self-confidence and self-advocacy

Important Dates

• Enrollment Deadline: September 8, 2025
• Course Start and End Dates: September 15 - December 5, 2025
• Last Day for Full Course Refund: September 22, 2025
• Skills Achievement Record and Certificate of Completion Delivery: December 15, 2025

Course Completion
Certificate of Completion
Upon successfully completing the Base Camp 1 level or above in all three skills, you will be awarded a non-credit Certificate of Completion in Essential Skills from the Â鶹Çø.

Skills Achievement Record
The Essential Skills Certificate Program consists of three skill development levels – Base Camp 1, Base Camp 2, and Summit. Upon completion, all students receive a Skill Achievement Record (SAR). The SAR is customized to your level of skill achievement, highlights the skills you have learned in this course, and can be shared with colleagues and employers or posted to LinkedIn or other social media pages.

View an example of the. Skills Achievement Record (SAR)