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If you are looking to gain new skills that will assist you in your current work role or aid you in a hobby or other area of interest, CPCE’s Personal Growth courses are for you!

Explore over 1,100 classes that are designed to help you gain foundational skills that can be applied to work, hobbies, and life in general!

Featured Courses

Discover Sign Language

Start your journey in American Sign Language (ASL) with our introductory ASL course. This course is offered 100% online, with self-guided and instructor-moderated options. Learn more

Accounting Fundamentals

Learn basic accounting concepts such as double-entry book-keeping, financial transactions, and financial reporting. This course is offered 100% online, with self-guided and instructor-moderated options. Learn more

Introduction to QuickBooks Online

This course will teach you to record income and expenses, enter payments, track inventory and payables, and more. This course is offered 100% online, with self-guided and instructor-moderated options. Learn more

General Firearm Safety

Liberty University faculty, staff, students, and family can learn safe firearm handling at Liberty University’s Gun Range. Completion of this class allows participants to apply for their state concealed carry permit. Learn more

Heartsaver CPR/First Aid/AED

This class is designed for those seeking First Aid and/or CPR and/or AED training to meet job or other requirements. Classes are held on the Liberty University campus in Lynchburg Virginia. Completion of this class grants certification from the American Heart Association for a 2-year period. Learn more

Full Personal Growth Course Catalog

Art & Design

Biblical Studies

Business

Accounting

Accounting Fundamentals*

Accounting Fundamentals II*

Accounting Fundamentals Series

Financial Analyst Suite

QuickBooks Online with Microsoft Excel 2019

Administrative

Administrative Assistant Applications*

Administrative Assistant Fundamentals*

Administrative Assistant Suite

Basic Computer Skills Suite

Computer Skills for the Workplace*

Google and Small Business Management Suite

Introduction to Nonprofit Management*

Nonprofit Management and Grant Writing Suite

Operations

A to Z Grant Writing*

A to Z Grant Writing II – Beyond the Basics*

A to Z Grant Writing Series

Advanced Grant Proposal Writing*

Becoming a Grant Writing Consultant*

Collaborative Problem Solving

Creating a Successful Business Plan*

Distribution and Logistics Management*

Entrepreneurship Suite

Get Grants!*

Grant Writing Suite

High Performance Organization*

Human Resource Management Suite

Introduction to Business Analysis*

Managing Customer Service*

Mastery of Business Fundamentals*

New Career Suite

Organizational Development & Change

Productivity and Benchmarking

Purchasing Fundamentals*

Six Sigma: Total Quality Applications*

Starting a Nonprofit

Supply Chain Management Fundamentals*

Supply Chain Suite

Talent and Performance Management*

Total Quality Fundamentals*

Twelve Steps to a Successful Job Search*

Understanding the Human Resources Function*

Writing Effective Grant Proposals*

Soft Skills

Achieving Success with Difficult People*

Building Teams That Work*

Fundamentals of Supervision and Management*

Fundamentals of Supervision and Management II*

Goal Setting and Workplace Efficiency Training

Individual Excellence*

Leadership*

Leadership Suite

Managing Remote Teams*

New Manager Suite

Resume Writing Workshop*

Self-Improvement Suite

Skills for Making Great Decisions*

Soft Skills Suite

Supervision and Management Series

Supervisor Suite

Communication

Customer Service Training

Effective Business Writing*

Interpersonal Communication*

Keys to Effective Communication*

Mastering Public Speaking*

Online Marketing Communications Suite

Persuasive Communication

Presentation Skills Suite

Winning RFP Responses*

Written Communication for Business Suite

Finance

Business Budgeting for Beginners*

Business Finance for Non-Finance Personnel*

Financial Hope (Developed by Liberty University)

Financial Literacy 101 (Developed by Liberty University)

Financial Literacy for Transitioning Veterans (Developed by Liberty University)

Financial Planning Suite

Introduction to Stock Options*

Keys to Successful Money Management*

Personal Finance*

Real Estate Investing*

Real Estate Suite

Stock Trading Suite

Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh, My!*

The Analysis and Valuation of Stocks*

Where Does All My Money Go?

Marketing and Sales

Achieving Top Search Engine Positions*

Blogging and Podcasting for Beginners*

Business and Marketing Writing*

Digital Marketing Suite

Effective Selling*

Growing Plants for Fun and Profit*

Growing Your Business with Digital Marketing*

Marketing Your Nonprofit*

Professional Sales Skills*

Sales Training Suite

Small Business Marketing on a Shoestring*

Using Social Media in Business*

Winning RFP Responses

Project Management

High Speed Project Management*

Nonprofit Fundraising Essentials*

Nonprofit Suite

Project Management Applications*

Project Management Basics with PMP Exam Prep Suite

Project Management Fundamentals*

Project Management Fundamentals II*

Project Management Fundamentals Series

Project Management Professional PMP Prep*

Project Management Suite

Small Business

Growing Plants for Fun and Profit

Learn to Buy and Sell on eBay*

Small Business Suite

Start and Operate Your Own Home-Based Business*

Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business*

Start Your Own Edible Garden*

Start Your Own Gift Basket Business

Start Your Own Online Business*

Start Your Own Small Business*

Starting a Consulting Practice

*Courses offer self-guided or instructor-moderated options.

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Computer Applications

Google

Getting Started with Google Workspace*

Microsoft

Accounting with Excel 2016 Suite

Accounting with MS Excel 2019 Suite

Advanced Microsoft Excel 2016*

Advanced Microsoft Excel 2019*

Intermediate Microsoft Access*

Intermediate Microsoft Access 2016*

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2016*

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2019*

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 365*

Intermediate Microsoft Word 2016*

Intermediate Microsoft Word 2019*

Introduction to Microsoft Access*

Introduction to Microsoft Access 2016*

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2016*

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2019*

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 365*

Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2019*

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2016*

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2019/Office 365*

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 365*

Introduction to Microsoft Project 2019/Office 365*

Introduction to Microsoft Publisher*

Introduction to Microsoft Word 2016*

Introduction to Microsoft Word 2019*

Introduction to Microsoft Word 365*

Introduction to SharePoint 2019

Master VLOOKUP in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access 2016 Series

Microsoft Access Series

Microsoft Excel – Pivot Tables*

Microsoft Excel 2016 Series

Microsoft Excel 2019 and Statistics Suite

Microsoft Excel 2019 Series

Microsoft Excel and Access 2019 Suite

Microsoft Excel and Project 2019 Suite

Microsoft Office 2016 Value Suite

Microsoft Office 2019 Value Suite

Microsoft Word 2016 Series

Microsoft Word 2019 Series

Database Management

Advanced PHP Database Integration

Intermediate SQL*

Introduction to SQL*

Oracle PL/SQL Training

Oracle SQL Training

Python Data Analysis with JupyterLab

QuickBooks

Intermediate QuickBooks Online*

Introduction to QuickBooks Online*

QuickBooks Online Series

Windows

Introduction to PC Troubleshooting*

Introduction to Windows 10*

Introduction to Windows 11*

Keyboarding*

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite

Blockchain Fundamentals*

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence*

Introduction to Machine Learning*

Programming

Advanced JavaScript Concepts

Advanced Python

Advanced Web Pages*

Creating Mobile Apps with HTML5*

Creating Web Pages*

Django Training for Python Developers

Intermediate Java Programming*

Intermediate Visual Basic*

Introduction to C# Programming*

Introduction to C++ Programming*

Introduction to Creating, Styling, and Validating Forms

Introduction to CSS3 and HTML5*

Introduction to Java Programming*

Introduction to JavaScript*

Introduction to jQuery

Introduction to MySQL for PHP Developers

Introduction to PHP

Introduction to Programming*

Introduction to Python 2.5 Programming

Introduction to Python 3 Programming*

Introduction to Visual Basic

Introduction to Vue.js Training

Introduction to XML*

Java Developer Suite

Java Programming Series

React Training

SQL Series

Things Every Developer Should Know

Visual Basic Series

*Courses offer self-guided or instructor-moderated options.

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Computer Science

Construction and Trades

Counseling

Health and Fitness

Medical

Become a Physical Therapy Aide*

Become an Optical Assistant

Explore a Career as a Clinical Medical Assistant*

Explore a Career as an Administrative Medical Assistant*

Explore a Career in Healthcare Suite

Explore a Career in Medical Coding*

Explore a Career in Medical Transcription/Healthcare Documentation*

Explore a Career in Medical Writing*

Explore a Career in Nursing*

Grammar and Writing Skills for the Health Professional*

Handling Medical Emergencies*

Health Care Entrepreneurship Bundle

HIPAA Compliance*

Introduction to the Medical Laboratory*

Medical Math*

Medical Office Basics Suite

Medical Secretary Suite

Medical Spanish Series

Medical Terminology II: A Focus on Human Disease*

Medical Terminology Series

Medical Terminology: A Word Association Approach*

Medical Writer Suite

Spanish for Medical Professionals*

Spanish for Medical Professionals II*

Veterinary

Animal Lover Suite

Become a Veterinary Assistant*

Become a Veterinary Assistant II: Canine Reproduction*

Become a Veterinary Assistant III: Practical Skills*

Veterinary Assistant Series

Veterinary Medical Terminology*

Safety

General Firearm Safety (Developed by Liberty University)

Heartsaver CPR/First Aid/AED (Developed by Liberty University)

Flames Self Defense (Developed by Liberty University)

Fitness

Certificate in Food, Nutrition, and Health*

Healthy Living Suite

Lose Weight and Keep It Off*

Luscious, Low-Fat, Lightning-Quick Meals*

Wellness

Aging and Health Bundle

Anxiety Disorders: An Integrative Approach

Aromatherapy: The Healing Power of Scent

Certificate in Brain Health*

Certificate in Depression*

Certificate in End of Life Care*

Certificate in Food, Nutrition, and Health

Certificate in Gerontology*

Certificate in Healing Environments for Body, Mind, and Spirit*

Certificate in Healthy Aging*

Certificate in Infectious Diseases and Infection Control*

Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health*

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare*

Certificate in Music Therapy and Sound Healing*

Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion*

Certificate in Pain Assessment and Management*

Certificate in Starting Your Own Business in Health and Healing*

Certificate in Stress Management*

Certificate in Violence Prevention and Awareness*

Depression: An Integrative Approach

Energy Healing

Explore a Career as a Pharmacy Technician

Food and Mood: What’s the Connection?

Genealogy Basics*

Music Therapy and Sound Healing

Nutrition and Health Bundle

Nutrition, Stress, and Immune Function

Pain Management and End of Life Bundle

*Courses offer self-guided or instructor-moderated options.

Browse Full Health and Fitness Catalog and Register for Classes

Hospitality

Information Technology

Language

Legal

Math and Science

Public Administration

Teacher Professional Development

Child Development

A Guide to Blooms Taxonomy and Cognitive Thinking

A Guide to Webb’s DOK: Understanding Rigor

Academic Discourse in the Classroom

Aligning Homework to Instruction

An Introduction to Logical Fallacies

Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning

Behavior Contract Design

Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance

Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom

Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students

Building Reading and Writing Fluency

Checking for Understanding in Elementary Math

Choosing The Right Assessments For Your Students

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in the Science Classroom

Classroom Management Processes

Classroom Writing Strategies for ELL Students

Collaborative Learning in the Classroom

Counseling for College Prep*

Creating a Structured Classroom for Students with Autism

Creating Classroom Centers*

Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success*

Creativity in your Gifted Students

Designing a Quality Sub Folder

Designing IEP Goals

Diagnostic Assessments: An Overview

Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom*

Differentiating K-12 Assessments

Educating Diverse Populations in Your Classroom

Educator’s Fundamentals Series

Empowering Students With Disabilities*

Enhancing Language Development in Childhood*

Explicit Instruction in Elementary Reading

Expository Writing & Embedded Grammar Instruction

Flipped Learning in the Classroom

Fostering Divergent Thinking for Student Creativity

Grouping English Language Learners

Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom

Guided Reading in Small Group Instruction

Homeschool With Success*

Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning

Inspire Family Engagement with Positive Communication

Instructional Strategies and Learning Activities

Instructionally-Aligned Field Trips

Integrating Technology with Blended Learning

Intro to Active Monitoring and Data Collection

Intro to Classroom Documentation

Intro to Online Learning

Introduction to Response to Intervention (RTI)

Introduction to Student Discourse

Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade

Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus

Maintaining Appropriate Teacher?Student Boundaries

Making the Most of your Limited Planning Time

Math Stations for PreK ? 2nd Grade

Measuring Growth in Writing Using Rubrics

Memorization Using the Memory Palace Technique

Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom

Outdoor Education: Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls

Peer Tutoring for English Language Learners

Planning for Differentiation in Every Classroom

Planning for Lab Investigations in the Science Classroom

Practical Action Research in the Classroom

Productive Methods of Struggle for Students

Professionalism Through Positive Personality

Project-Based Learning

Providing Actionable Feedback to Students

Recitation Through Rote Memorization of Text

Retrieval Practice for Understanding Math

Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies

Simple Ideas to Promote Student Engagement

Social-Emotional Support for Gifted Students

Solving Classroom Discipline Problems*

Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II*

Strategies and Tools for Co-Teaching

Strategies to Check for Understanding

Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Learning

Student-Led Classroom Management

Supporting Reading for Middle School Learners

Supporting Reading Instruction for K-5 Students

Survival Kit for New Teachers*

Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork

Teaching Adult Learners*

Teaching Effective Problem-Based Lab Reports

Teaching High School Students

Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems

Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons*

Teaching Proper Text Annotations & Evidence

Teaching Students With ADHD*

Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success*

Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities*

Teaching the Notecard System

Teaching Writing: Grades K-3*

The Creative Classroom*

The Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection

The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model

The Science Poster For the GT Student

Transforming Traditional Lessons to Online Learning

Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for Grades 6-12

Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for PreK-5th Grade

Understanding Adolescents*

Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD

Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia

Understanding Students At Risk of Dropping Out

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles

Using Graphic Organizers with Bloom’s Taxonomy

Using the ABC Method for Appropriate Student Behavior

Writing Effective Learning Objectives

Writing Support for English Language Learners

Classroom Technology

AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use

AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction

Classroom Technology Suite

Creating a Classroom Website*

Integrating Technology in the Classroom*

Teaching Smarter With SMART Boards*

Using the Internet in the Classroom*

Math and Science

A Financial Literacy Mindset for Teachers

IEP Goals and STEM Activities in Special Education

Teaching Math: Grades 4-6*

Teaching Science: Grades 4-6*

Reading and Writing

Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement*

Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom*

Merrill Ream Speed Reading*

Reading Strategies Suite

Ready, Set, Read!*

Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work*

Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6*

What is the Science of Reading? An Overview

Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASD: Relevant Considerations in Today’s Classroom (Developed by Liberty University)

*Courses offer self-guided or instructor-moderated options.

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Personal Growth Courses

Featured Courses

Discover Sign Language

Accounting Fundamentals

Introduction to QuickBooks Online

General Firearm Safety

Heartsaver CPR/First Aid/AED

Full Personal Growth Course Catalog

Art & Design

Biblical Studies

Business

Computer Applications

Computer Science

Construction and Trades

Counseling

Health and Fitness

Hospitality

Information Technology

Language

Legal

Math and Science

Public Administration

Teacher Professional Development

Writing

Liberty University Faculty/Staff Personal Growth Courses