Jump-start your education, your career, your future with a Penn State Berks certificate program.
What is a certificate program?
A certificate program is a sequence of classes that provides you with core competencies in a specific area. Because certificate programs focus on a specific skill set, you are able to earn this Penn State credential in a relatively short time. Penn State Berks offers a number of professional and technical certificate programs that can help you meet your career goals.
Credit Certificate Programs
We offer the following credit certificate programs:
- Labor Studies and Employment Relations
- Information and Cyber Security Certificate
- Energy Systems Certificate
Contact Solange Israel-Mintz (610-396-6222 or sai3@psu.edu) for more information about these credit certificate programs.
Non-Credit Certificate Programs
Receive a certificate for completion of these non-credit courses:
In addition, we also offer courses to help prepare you for your professional certification and licensing exams:
- Professional Engineer Exam Review
- Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Human Resource Certification Exam Review
Contact Elaine Berish (610-396-6230 or emb1@psu.edu) or Jerry Bachert (610-396-6221 or jrb57@psu.edu) for more information about the non-credit certificate programs.
Things your employer should know:
We offer a wide variety of certificate programs designed by university and business experts in response to the needs of businesses and organizations throughout Pennsylvania. We deliver the programs at your site or ours at times that suit your workplace schedule. These high-quality education programs are affordable and backed by Penn State's reputation. If your employer would like more information on how certificates can benefit their employees and their business, have them contact Jerry Bachert in the Continuing Education office at 610-396-6221 or jrb57@psu.edu.
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Penn State Berks
Continuing Education
P.O. Box 7009
Tulpehocken Road
Reading, PA 19610
610-396-6220
OR
1-800-BERKS-CE