Certificates available from Oregon Tech

New for Fall 2024, Oregon Tech is launching 12 new certificates designed to boost your knowledge and skills in new areas. Most of these certificates are only six classes and can be completed in as little as three terms, or completed over a longer period, based on your needs.

Why would you consider a certificate instead of a degree? Certificates have a direct focus and a shorter time commitment. For all certificates other than our Polysomnography program, we suggest you apply using our Non-Degree Seeking application. The Non-Degree application does not have an application fee and there aren't any admission requirements to meet!


 

This 18 credit certificate is designed to help you develop the skills to be an effective team leader, supervisor, or project manager. The certificate includes business management principles, marketing, project management, entrepreneurship, human resources, and more.

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This 18-credit certificate is designed to help you develop the skills and knowledge needed in understanding various business systems and how they are connected. By completing this certificate you gain an introduction to the technology-infused business skills, giving insight and knowledge required to get ahead in today's data-driven global marketplace.

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The Cultural Competency certificate focuses on health disparities and the underlying social, cultural, economic, and policy-related factors that contribute to health and illness. Courses include communication, ethics, sociology and population health.

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The Ethics certificate is designed to provide advanced ethical reasoning skills and an advanced ethically relevant knowledge base.

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Learn the essential skills needed to begin your career in GIS! This 18 credit certificate can be completed over several terms, so you can fit classes into your busy life!

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The Health Communication certificate prepares you to communicate clearly and effectively to a diverse audience across a variety of channels. Courses include interpersonal and intercultural communication, health communication, negotiation and conflict management and communication theory. 

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Learn the essentials in Management Information Systems with this 18-credit certificate. This path prepares you with entry-level skills and the foundation for a new career in information systems. Topics include networking, relational databases, cloud computing, and systems administration.

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PACS involves the acquisition, display, transmission and archiving of digital medical images. PACS handles images from all modalities, including ultrasonography, radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and computed tomography. They replace traditional film archives and enable off-site viewing and diagnosis. This 18 credit certificate can be completed in as little as nine months.

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Polysomnography is the study of sleep. Polysomnographic Technologists perform sleep studies on patients to help doctors identify and treat sleep disorders. This certificate is a full-time 9 month cohort. It is a combination of online courses and hands-on clinicals completed at your local sleep center. This program begins every September.

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The Proposal & Grant Writing certificate prepares students and professionals with the skills and concepts to produce documents that initiate and support projects, both logistically and financially. In addition to core-writing classes in composition and technical writing, students take at least three courses in proposal and grant writing, business, and ethics.

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The Social Determinants of Health certificate is a six-course focus on current health issues, population health, health inqualities, and ethics.

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The Technical & Medical Writing certificate prepares students and professionals with skills for writing in technical and medical contexts. In addition to core-writing classes in composition and technical writing, students take at least three courses focused on a healthcare context.

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The Tech-Infused Global Leadership certificate provides you with an introduction to global business skills needed in many industries. The certificate focuses on topics in international leadership and management skills with an infusion of technology-based curriculum essential in today's workplace.

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The User Experience (UX) Writing certificate brings together design and writing to create user friendly interactions for users when they engage with a product or service. Students and professionals in this certificate program will learn principles of technical writing with user research and product design.

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Application Process

Admission to Oregon Tech as a degree-seeking student is not required for most of the certificates above. Instead we recommend our Non-Degree Seeking application. Financial aid is not offered to certificate students but a payment plan is available. Applicants to the Polysomnography certificate must apply as an Online First-Year or Online Transfer student.

Follow the steps below to get started:

  1. Submit the Non-Degree Seeking Application.
  2. Watch for an email from the Admissions Office confirming you are admitted.
  3. Register yourself for classes when registration opens.

Non-degree seeking students do not pay application fee or matriculation fee since they are not attending a degree program. We also do not require official transcripts from your prior schools. You could complete up to 8 credits per term in fall, winter, and spring terms, and 15 credits in summer term.


 

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State Authorization and Complaint Resolution

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