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Lamar University offers a variety of courses designed to meet you where you are professionally and personally.
Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills or explore a new subject we make learning accessible and meaningful. Many offerings are ideal for professional growth, licensure or continuing education.
This is an opportunity for non-degree seeking individuals that are interested in professional development or continuing education for the Fall 2026 semester.
If you completed a LUPEN course in Fall 2025 and want to keep building your skills, we offer additional courses to help you stay on track. While these courses are not offered at no cost, they provide a valuable opportunity to continue your professional or academic progress and move closer to your educational goals. Reach out and let our team guide you!
This hands-on course will teach students the art of modeling to build, refine and analyze problems for decision-making. Students will use industry standard spreadsheet software for creation and analysis. topics include forecasting, linear and nonlinear optimizations and decision analysis. Projects from all business fields will be used for extensive practice and real-world applications.
Degree Program Alignment: BBA suite, Data Analytics undergraduate certificate
Starts: 8/18/26
Introduction to the professional expectations and opportunities in the study of strategic communication. An overview of the field and an introduction into graduate studies will be included.
Degree Program Alignment: MS in Strategic Communications
Starts: 8/18/26
This course introduces Business Intelligence, analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence for managerial applications. Students learn descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, machine learning, conversational AI, and ethical AI use. Hands-on tools and real-world cases prepare students to design AI-enhanced solutions that improve business decision-making and competitive advantage.
Degree Program Alignment:MS in Professional Accounting, MS in MIS, MBA/MS in MIS, BUS Analytics Cert, ERP Cert, MBA in Business Analytics (Elective), MS in Healthcare Analytics (Elective)
Starts: 10/12/26
This course examines how businesses can leverage generative AI technologies to optimize a wide range of practices. Students will explore the key principles of generative AI and learn how these technologies can be effectively deployed in business contexts.
Degree Program Alignment:MS in Professional Accounting, MS in MIS, MBA/MS in MIS, BUS Analytics Cert, ERP Cert, MBA in Business Analytics (Elective), MS in Healthcare Analytics (Elective)
Starts: 8/18/26
This course introduces Business Intelligence, analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence for managerial applications. Students learn descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, machine learning, conversational AI, and ethical AI use. Hands-on tools and real-world cases prepare students to design AI-enhanced solutions that improve business decision-making and competitive advantage.
Degree Program Alignment:MS in Criminal Justice
Starts: 10/12/26
This course will provide an overview of all aspects and considerations involved in the management of port authorities and marine terminals across the wide array of publicly and privately owned and operated facilities. The course will also address governance and organizational structure options and implications.
Degree Program Alignment: MS in Port & Terminal Management, Graduate Certificate in Port and Marine Terminal Development and Operations
Starts: 8/18/26
Stephen Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, serves as the foundation for this highly interactive course. Participants are provided a strong understanding of the 7 Habits content. The course fosters personal and professional growth, empowers more meaningful relationships and productive collaboration, increases productivity, and results in a healthy work/life balance.
Course aligns with the MBA Leadership, Leadership Certificate, MS in Port and Terminal Management
Online
Starts: 8/18/26
A behavioral approach to the management of the human resource in business enterprise. The fundamentals of human relations and organizational behavior will be used to structure an understanding of the managerial problems of recruitment, selection, training, promotion and termination of personnel. Supervision of the work force will be considered as an examination of theories of motivation, communication and leadership.
Course aligns with the MBA-Leadership, MBA-General, Leadership cert, MS in Healthcare Management (new)
Online
Starts: 10/12/26
Techniques of improving instruction through application of research on effective schools and models of instruction.
Course aligns with the M.Ed in Education Administration, M.Ed. in Education Technology Leadership, Principal Certificate
Online
Starts: 8/18/26
Explore current leadership theories and practices for leading digital and change in school systems. By becoming self-differentiated peer-leaders, professional educators learn to address the resistance to change that occurs when launching innovative digital educational improvement initiatives in North American educational culture.
Course aligns with the M.Ed. in Applied Digital Learning
Online
Starts: 8/18/26
To be eligible for LUPEN, you must not be currently enrolled or have been enrolled in a degree seeking program the past academic year.
You must not be a first time in college degree seeking student.
The full amount for a course(s) will show up on your student account along with a credit for the one free course.
This program is limited based on course availability. First come first serve. If courses become full you will be added to a waiting list for a following term.
NOTE: If you are registering for a graduate level course, you will be asked to upload an unofficial bachelor’s level transcript through the registration form. If you received your degree from LU, you will NOT need to submit a transcript.