Class bulletins from the area’s continuing education institutions reflect future and current concerns. Listed next to traditional business courses like project management and Six Sigma are classes in water technology or green building. Foreign languages, including Spanish for health care workers, are always popular, but more people are opting to learn international business protocols, including languages like Farsi, Chinese and Korean.
“The breadth of courses offered is a sign of the global world we live and work in,” said Dr. Patricia Arredondo, associate vice chancellor and interim dean at the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education.
The way classes are taught to students has also evolved. Delivery methods include traditional classroom format to more online classes to courses delivered to a student’s doorstep.
Online delivery of courses reduces travel costs for employees and allows them to better manage their time, said Daniel Krause, training programs leader of GE Healthcare’s Installation Services. Krause worked with the UW-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education to develop a customized project management certificate program for GE employees.
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