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No matter what your business is, you know that ongoing education and training keeps your workforce well prepared for future growth and development. The University of Arizona works closely with employers to provide employee training and educational needs by offering a variety of opportunities both on and off campus.

• Continuing Education
  Certifications, continuing education units, professional programs and other educational opportunities.
• Distance Learning Programs
  Graduate programs in engineering, optical sciences and systems engineering as well as a professional graduate certificate in Reliability and Quality Engineering are among the courses and programs that are available through distance learning. Single courses, other certificate and degree programs and noncredit professional development courses are delivered through several options such as videotapes and the Internet.

Executive Education:

Executive educational programs tailored to develop business skills, optics, and information technology professionals are just a few of the programs available onsite or at various University locations:

• Executive Education and Professional Programs
  Provides custom, semi-custom, and open enrollment programs designed to meet the educational requirements of both individuals & organizations.
• Optical Science Professional Certificate
• Professional Master's Degree Program
  Educates students to work in interdisciplinary teams on complex problems involving rapidly changing science and technology, gain proficiency in computational techniques, effectively communicate, and understand business and legal issues.
• Applied and Industrial Physics and Applied Biosciences
  Offers students a curriculum tuned to their professional interests, preparing them to enter industry, government, or national laboratories.
• Mathematical Sciences
• Programs for Information Technology Professionals
• Retail Certificate Programs

  Through the Southwest Retail Center, certificate programs in international retailing, food retailing and visual merchandising and display can be completed in conjunction with, or in addition to, a student's major field of study. Contact Melinda Burke, Director of the Southwest Retail Center at 520-621-1295 or mburke@ag.arizona.edu

• SmartScape
  A landscape water conservation program that provides education and training to members of the Green Industry, property managers and the residential community.
• Smartscape
  A series of nine two-hour workshops designed to encourage consistent horticultural practices compatible with the Sonoran Desert.
• Turfgrass
  Information on turfgrass including publications for homeowners.