Cornell Executive and Professional Programs

English for International Students and Scholars: Summer

June 22-July 31, 2009
International Students and Scholars (EISS) is a program for native speakers of languages other than English. It provides full-time intensive English instruction as well as academic, social, and cultural orientation to the United States and its institutions. It is designed to prepare students and scholars for working and studying in the academic environment of a university in the United States or to use English professionally.

Mastering Complexity: Distance Learning Opportunities for Practicing Engineers

Distance Learning

Cornell Systems Engineering

Cornell Systems Engineering offers practicing engineers like you a variety of advanced, high-quality, flexible educational options, including:

A Cornell University Certificate in Systems Engineering,
A Cornell University Certificate in Systems Engineering Management, and
Individual systems engineering core courses.

Project Management courses offered through Cornell University's Systems Engineering Program

January 19-May 15, 2009
This three-credit course, CEE 6910, is designed primarily for people who will manage technical or engineering projects characterized by unusually high levels of uncertainty. Although it focuses on both the "technical" tools of project management and the "human" side of project life, the course emphasizes interpersonal skills rather than the optimization of schedules. Participants should leave the program with the basic skills to become an effective project manager.

The Cornell/Division of Nutritional Sciences Post-baccalaureate Program in Health Studies

August 2009-May 2010

This program is for you if you're:

Interested in health care;
Want to improve your prospects for admission to Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physical Therapy, or Pharmacy School; and/or
Completing additional coursework to enhance your application to a health care school.

The Cornell/DNS Certificate in Health Studies program is an intensive two-semester 32-credit program combining classroom-based study with real-world experiences. The program is held on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N.Y., and features faculty from the Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), a department in Cornell's College of Human Ecology and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.