The Office of Extended Academic Programs offers numerous training opportunities. Discounts of approximately 50 percent are available for UNC Charlotte faculty and staff. For more information, call 704-687-8900 or email ceregistration@uncc.edu.
Courses and program sessions for June include:
The Role Learning & Development Plays in Talent Management
Tuesday, June 2
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This course focuses on key components of talent management with an emphasis on learning and leadership development strategies. This course will highlight how one can build a talent management infrastructure for an organization or strengthen the program(s) currently in place. Key topics include HR trends, developing issues, regulatory changes and the changing business environment.
Paralegal Certificate Program
Thursday, June 4
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
UNC Charlotte’s Paralegal Certificate Program is like no other in the city of Charlotte. The program is topical, intensive and intellectually rigorous. It was designed to fit the needs of the Charlotte legal and business communities. The program’s goal is to equip graduates with the skills, knowledge and abilities they need to embark on their careers with professionalism and acumen.
Principles of Project Management
Thursday, June 4
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This course provides an overview of the fundamental principles, processes, knowledge areas and tools and techniques of project management and is designed for practical application in the workplace. The course covers the primary topics described by the Project Management Institute in its publication “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge,” fifth edition.
Overcoming Barriers for Success
Friday, June 5
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This course will help participants understand the typical “stallers and stoppers” for new managers and build strategies to develop, adapt to or compensate for the competencies required to be successful. Achieving managerial success depends on being able to adapt to many new and different situations and applying new learning to those situations.
#Successful Social Media
Wednesday, June 10
Noon to 1 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This free Brown Bag Series concerns social media, which represents one of the most significant changes in consumer media behavior in history. It has resulted in fundamental shifts in the way marketers communicate and interact with consumers. This workshop will address what social media is and how businesses can use it.
The Dynamics of Human Behavior in the Workplace
Monday, June 15
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This course provides an overview of the major concepts that explain human behavior and how it operates in the workplace. Knowing what drives someone to want to come to work and perform well begins with understanding human behavior and its impact in the workplace. Leveraging this knowledge can build more effective teams, and quite often, mean the difference between frustration and joy, mediocrity and greatness or failure and success.
Generational Impact to Business
Tuesday, June 16
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
This course provides an overview of the generations, and it takes a look at some of the key collision zones between the generations. It also provides insight on how to work well together and discuss the upcoming generations. By traditional definition, age defines a generation, but what are the differences between the generations and how can understanding the differences work to one’s advantage?
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Monday, June 22
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Center City
The course covers Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools used to improve existing processes or design new processes. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to lead Lean Six Sigma projects to improve processes within their workplace. This course is offered in partnership with the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems, a unit of the UNC Charlotte William States Lee College of Engineering.