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- Accounting
- Agile Management
- Business Administration
- Business Analysis
- Business and Professional Communication
- Business Process Management
- CPA Examination Preparation
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Finance
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Human Resources
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- Leadership and Management
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- Personal Financial Planning and Wealth Management
- Project Management
- Project Management in the Life Science Industries
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What Students Say
"For anyone responsible for managing a team or working in a team environment, the courses are indispensable. I found them to be transformative. I've improved my ability to assess team dynamics, reorganize priorities and identify and value each individual's strengths."
—Randy Nasson, Product Manager; Broad Vision, Belmont
"The diverse coursework provided me with a wealth of knowledge, tools and techniques. The practical experience I gained from the group projects gave me confidence to implement innovative project management techniques within my professional project teams and in my business. This program helps you build a skill set that is valuable both for career growth and for adding value to your organization."
—Blake Denison, PMP, Project Manager; Cepheid, Sunnyvale
Project Management
UC Berkeley Extension offers a rich array of courses, professional certificates and specialized programs of study—beginning through advanced levels—to help project managers and those in allied fields advance in their careers. Many courses are available online so that you can progress from anywhere in the world. From PMBOK-based Project Management and PMP exam preparation to Agile Management, Business Analysis and Business Process Management, you'll find professionally relevant, project-based programs with Berkeley-quality academic rigor and reputation, not to mention high-caliber students from many disciplines. UC Berkeley Extension is a recognized PMI® Registered Education Provider.
Classes are regularly offered in multiple locations throughout the Bay Area—including Berkeley, San Francisco and Belmont—and online.
View all courses in Project Management, Agile Management, Business Analysis and Business Process Management.
Featured Courses
Learn how to plan for a global project and to identify appropriate leadership, management, resource and control steps to keep the project on track. Learn more.
Project Management Master Simulation
Understand how to lead a realistic project using proven concepts and techniques. Learn more.
Project Portfolio Management/Leadership
Examine proven portfolio governance processes to evaluate, select and track individual projects and to consistently achieve a high degree of project success. Learn more.
This practical, hands-on course is designed for nonfinancial professionals who want to get a solid understanding of the key concepts and techniques of economic analysis. Learn more.
Emergent Strategies: Business Planning in Agile Management
Learn how to create an emergent strategy through learning games and active planning exercises. Learn more.
Events, Programs and Resources
Exam Preparation
Prepare for the PMP® exam with a hybrid or online exam prep course:
Accelerated Online Courses
All courses in the Certificate Program in Project Management are available online. Several of these online courses are available in an accelerated, eight-week format that allows you to complete the certificate in one year. The projects and assignments are the same as for the 12-week online courses, but you will be able to complete these accelerated courses in eight weeks.
Professional Certificates (What is a professional certificate?)
Project Management (EDP 152249) Also Available Online!
Acquire the skills to keep projects on task, on time and on budget. In six courses, this highly interactive curriculum builds from theories of project management to real-world practices applicable to all industries and fields. Learn more.
Business Analysis (EDP 312109)
Learn how to gather requirements and validate optimized solutions using an analysis process defined by a framework of knowledge areas. The Certificate Program in Business Analysis turns your familiarity with business operations into expertise in business analysis. Learn more.
Specialized Programs of Study (What is a specialized program of study?)
Agile Management (EDP 312124)
Learn how to apply an Agile approach to better involve your customers, embrace change, facilitate human interaction and achieve results. Learn to leverage the most current systems-based thinking to craft a value strategy and successfully create and effect change to solve problems and bring improved performance and productivity to your organization. Learn more.
Business Process Management (EDP 312116)
With the Professional Program in Business Process Management, you learn how to optimize business processes by blending traditional business and IT theories and practices. Learn more.
Project Human Resource Management (EDP 302901)
The Professional Sequence in Project Human Resource Management strengthens your communication skills and your ability to lead, motivate, coach and influence others to complete projects successfully. Learn more.
Project Management in the Life Science Industries (EDP 402339)
The Professional Program in Project Management in the Life Science Industries teaches biopharmaceutical-specific project management processes and offers exposure to the latest professional trends in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and diagnostics industries. Learn more.
Information Sessions
Learn more about Extension—without making a commitment. Come to a free, no-obligation information session to discover how we can help you achieve your goals. Learn more about courses and programs, meet other prospective students, talk to instructors and staff and ask questions.
Enroll in a free information session or call (510) 642-4111 to reserve your space.
Contact
To contact the department office, email business@unex.berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-4231. For more information on online courses, email online@unex.berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-7343.
