You can enroll in for-credit courses as a non-degree student to explore a variety of programs. Credits can be applied to graduate certificates and degrees or transferred to another university.

Explore online courses

Online courses open to non-degree enrollment can be filtered by semester and are listed by academic department in ACES.

Additional courses coming January 2024:

• ACE 544: Global Agriculture and Supply Chains
• ACE 545: Risk and Decision-Making in Agriculture

Short-term classes help you gain general knowledge, learn a new skill, upgrade existing skills, or develop personal interests. These classes can provide foundational knowledge for a corresponding for-credit graduate course.

You can start these courses at any time and complete them at your own pace.

Coursera Platform

• Financial Planning for Young Adults
• Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors 
• Issues in Supply Chain Management** 
• Lactation Biology 
• Moving the Needle at Work: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
• Risks to Crop Production Agriculture** 
• Sports Turf Management: Best Practices
• Strategies and Tools to Mitigate Agricultural Risk** 
• Supply Chain of Agriculture** 
• Sustainable Food Systems 

Other Online Platforms

• Agriculture Focused Financial Planning Program (AFFP) 2023 Edition
• Agricultural Literacy for Mental Health Professionals
• Artificial Intelligence in Wealth Management & Financial Planning
• Dairy Nutrition and Diet Formulation
• Dollars & Sense: An Introduction to Personal Finance (2022 Edition)
• Golf Course Management: Best Practices
• Introduction to Cannabis
• Introduction to Personal Finance and Financial Planning
• Learn @ Illinois Extension

** denotes courses that can stack into transcriptable certificates and/or degrees