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With Madison College - Online you can attend classes when it's convenient for you and without traveling to and from class. This is the perfect way for adults with busy lives to get busy advancing their education -- AND their careers!

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Online Programs:

Business Software Applications Specialist | Administrative Professional | Supervisory Management | Marketing | Meeting & Event Management | Optometric Technician | Associate's Degree in Arts

Business Software Applications Specialist

The Business Software Applications Specialist is a one-year technical diploma that gives the student an understanding of the general business activities required of office employees. Software skills, along with customer service and interpersonal skills, are emphasized. To succeed as a Business Software Applications Specialist, students should have a mastery of software skills, a master of English fundamentals, enjoy working with people, enjoy problem solving, and be detail oriented.

Administrative Professional Online Associate's Degree

The Administrative Professional program prepares individuals in the software/hardware, administrative and interpersonal skills needed to perform the duties of administrative support personnel. With additional education and/or work experience, there is an opportunity for advancement into supervisory or managerial positions.

Supervisory Management Online Associate's Degree

The Supervisory Management program is designed to meet the increasing demand for trained supervisors. Program content provides hands-on supervisory education and training for present and future supervisors through a curriculum divided into three development areas: Core Management, Personal Skills and Leadership Skill Development. The Supervisory Management online program allows students to interact with instructors and peers online through the online environment while completing activity-based assignments individually and in online groups.

Marketing Online Associate's Degree

Your future marketing career is one of the most dynamic fields in business today. Every organization, whether large or small, needs marketing to effectively create, distribute, price and promote products and services. The field of marketing continues to grow and provide unique career opportunities.

Meeting and Event Management Online Associate's Degree

The Meeting and Event Management program is designed to prepare students for highly responsible positions in the convention, conference and meeting planning industry. Students develop negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving and communication skills as well as learn about contract law, facilities, financial management and related areas of convention, conference and meeting management.

Optometric Technician Online Technical Diploma

The Optometric Technician program is a one-year technical diploma program that may be completed in mine months of full-time study. The program accepts new students in August. Instructors train students to work in eye care and emphasize the unique duties required of an optometric technician to provide quality vision care services to patients. The technical training includes optometric terminology, optical properties of light, patient pretesting skills, frame and lens selection, eyeglass adjustment, contact lens patient education, ocular anatomy and physiology, visual training and practice management. An optometric technician works directly with doctors and patients, so clinical experience is an important, required part of the curriculum.

Associate Degree in Arts - Online

The Associate in Arts degree at Madison College provides you with many options for furthering your education and completing a bachelor's degree. Madison College and University of Wisconsin-Madison have an agreement for students to start their bachelor's degrees at Madison College. Students who take advantage of the UW Transfer Contract and meet the requirements are guaranteed acceptance into UW-Madison as a junior. Madison College also has agreements with many institutions across the region.

Online Certificates:

Essential Office Skills Certificate | Receptionist/Clerical & Office Assistant Certificate | Project Management Certificate | Microsoft Office - Basic | Microsoft Office - Advanced | Property Management Certificate | Real Estate & Brokerage Certificate | Sales Academy Certificate | Human Resources Certificate

Essential Office Skills Certificate

The Essential Office Skills Certificate will help you get hired, promoted or update your skills by providing essential office skills used in today's modern offices. The skills obtained in the certificate may be applied to the Business Software Applications Specialist diploma and the Administrative Professional Associate Degree programs.

Receptionist/Clerical & Office Assistant Certificate

The Receptionist/Clerical & Office Assistant Certificate prepares students with the entry level skills to perform office assistant and clerical support jobs. Students will enhance their proofreading and editing skills and learn to communicate more effectively. Students will also obtain the administrative, customer service and management skills to be successful in a fast-paced business environment. The skills obtained in this certificate may be applied to the Administrative Professional Associate Degree program.

Project Management Certificate

This certificate is designed to appeal to those individuals desiring professional development, career advancement or knowledge in a field of project management. Project management is both a process and a set of tools and techniques concerned with defining the project's goals, planning all the work to reach the goal, leading the project support teams, monitoring progress, and seeing to it that the project is completed in a satisfactory way. The skills obtained in the certificate may be applied to the Administrative Professional Associate Degree program, Meeting & Event Management Associate Degree program, and others.

Microsoft Office - Basic Certificate

Madison College has developed basic and advanced certificates in Microsoft products that can help you get hired, get promoted or update your skills. These computer skills are essential for work in today's modern offices.

Microsoft Office - Advanced Certificate

Madison College has developed basic and advanced certificates in Microsoft products that can help you get hired, get promoted or update your skills. These computer skills are essential for work in today's modern offices.

Property Management Certificate

The Property Management certificate is ideal for individuals who enjoy blending knowledge of real estate, sales and customer service skills. The certificate is intended to provide students with sales and broker pre-licensing education requirements which will prepare them to take the state licensing exam. The certificate offers a foundation in the areas of management, marketing and maintenance of real estate.

Real Estate Sales & Brokerage Certificate

This certificate program explores the basics of the real estate market, property rights, ownership, construction, financing and brokerage as they relate to the American consumer. This certificate gives you the licensing courses you will need to sell or manage real estate, along with practical selling skills, including the use of social media.

Sales Academy Certificate

The Sales Academy certificate program is for individuals interested in maintaining or pursing careers in the marketing/sales industry. It is designed for updating and/or broadening the knowledge of employees in the field of marketing with an emphasis in selling.

Human Resources Certificate

The Human Resources certificate program is for individuals interested in maintaining or pursuing careers in human resources departments. The certificate is designed for updating and/or broadening the knowledge of employees in the field of human resources and for individuals desiring to enter the field.

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