In-person classes are the BEST way to achieve your State Department Mandated Educational hours. However, if you cannot find a course that fits your schedule or is affordable, an online class could be helpful. Special consideration can be given in some situations. Talk to your community counselor before registering for any online class.
Tips for using Coursera to obtain your educational requirement
You can take any online course from a USA-accredited college, university or technical school.
Google, Academy of Sports Medicine, IBM and Meta are examples of companies and institutions that are NOT accredited in the University system and cannot be used for your educational requirements. Many private companies will call themselves a ” college”. Please verify with your LCC that the school is accredited in the University system and accepted by the State Dept.
If you are interested in a Coursera course you can search through the options of the subject you are interested in. Each course will offer a different number of hours.
You must obtain 72 hours. Scroll to see the hours the class provides. Coursera charges a small fee per month OR for the “free” classes the certificate will cost approximately 49.00.
A certificate is necessary. Make an account with Coursera to have access to your certificate.
This should be emailed as a PDF to your LCC. Please don’t include in the body of the email. No texts will be accepted.
Most Au Pair will finish the course much quicker than is designated by Coursera. The Coursera classes are self-paced. This means that you can take them any time you have time.
You must get 72 hours.
You can only take one online course per semester. If the course doesn’t offer all 72 hours, you will need to wait to take another course in the next semester after 3 months. There is a spring, summer, fall, and winter semester. If you submit two certificates dated in the same semester, only one can be used!!!!!!
Your education must be finished 6 weeks before your term ends.
BE CAREFUL TO LOOK at the name of the college. Not all on Coursera are from USA colleges. BEFORE starting a class—send the link to your LCC to confirm it will meet the requirements.
BE CAREFUL to COUNT the hours of the course you want to take. The hours below are approximate only. Coursera often changes the class making the total hours achieved another amount than the one listed here.
Personal Enrichment:
Don’t know what career you want to have? 71 hours Kennesaw State University- https://www.coursera.org/specializations/career-discovery
Want to be more successful?
55 hours Wharton School of Business- https://www.coursera.org/specializations/wharton-success
72 hours University of Illinois- https://www.coursera.org/specializations/professional-success-skills
40 hours University of California at Urvine- https://www.coursera.org/specializations/professional-skills-for-the-workplace
Marketing:
Social Media Marketing: 47 hours Northwestern University https://www.coursera.org/specializations/social-media-marketing
136 hours Digital Marketing University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign https://www.coursera.org/specializations/digital-marketing?
Business:
Business Foundations Specialization 65 hours Wharton School of Business https://www.coursera.org/specializations/wharton-business-foundations
120 hours Innovation 95 hours University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign-From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/innovation-creativity-entrepreneurship
Human Resources 92 hours University of Minnesota https://www.coursera.org/specializations/human-resource-management
Spanish:
University of California at UC Davis 72 hours https://www.coursera.org/specializations/learn-spanish
Psychology:
62 hours Foundations of Positive Psychology University of Pennsylvania https://www.coursera.org/specializations/positivepsychology?
38 hours Social Psychology Wesleyan University- https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-psychology
39 hours Abnormal Psychology Wesleyan University https://www.coursera.org/specializations/abnormal-psychology
English Language:
160 hours Teaching English to non-English speakers. https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/arizona-state-university-tesol
62 hours Introduction to Teaching English Learners Specialization https://www.coursera.org/specializations/intro-to-teaching-english-learners
80 hours Advanced Grammar and Punctuation https://www.coursera.org/specializations/advanced-grammar-punctuation
81 hours the Pronunciation of American English University of California at Irvine https://www.coursera.org/specializations/american-english-pronunciation
15 hours University of California at Irvine Tricky American English https://www.coursera.org/learn/tricky-american-english-pronunciation
130 hours Business English Communication Skills University of Arizona https://www.coursera.org/specializations/english-for-business?
39 hours English for Career Development University of Pennsylvania- https://www.coursera.org/learn/careerdevelopment
Health and Nutrition:
26 hours- Food Sustainability and Mindful Eating. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/food-sustainability-mindful-eating-healthy-cooking
81 hours Heathy Sustainable food and products. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/healthy-sustainable-foods-products
40 hours Essentials of Global Health. https://www.coursera.org/learn/essentials-global-health
20 hours Feeding the World https://www.coursera.org/learn/feedingtheworld
53 hours Engineering Health intro to Yoga and physiology https://www.coursera.org/learn/engineering-health-yoga-physiology?
79 hours Integrative Health and Medicine. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/integrative-health-and-medicine
Music 40 hours each course. Can only take one per semester!!
Berklee University
47 hours https://www.coursera.org/specializations/songwriting#courses
37 https://www.coursera.org/specializations/music-business
40 https://www.coursera.org/specializations/musicianship-specialization