eCornell

eCornell is the professional education unit of Cornell University in the United States. It offers certificate programmes from Cornell University, as well as individual courses, workshops and programmes for teams, mainly for working professionals and organisations. Learners can choose online or in-person programmes, and courses are developed by Cornell faculty.

Subject areas include:

• Artificial intelligence, data science and analytics, and technology
• Business and finance, marketing and communications, and project management
• Leadership, human resources and public administration
• Hospitality and real estate
• Engineering and law
• Healthcare, nutrition, and food and plant science

Courses are taught in small classes with facilitated discussions and live sessions with peers from industry. Each course has a facilitator, an industry expert who answers questions and gives personalised feedback on assignments, and participants work on real-world projects that they can apply directly to their jobs. Courses are designed by a team of instructional designers.