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Continuing Professional Education

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

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The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program at Harper College offers training to prepare you for a new career, professional certification or advancement in your career. CPE courses cover a wide range of industries, including high tech, health care, real estate, transportation/logistics, and more. Programs are offered throughout the year. Visit one of our program pages, see the list of upcoming courses, subscribe to our newsletter or attend an upcoming info session to learn more.

CPE courses offer non-transferable credit and include assessments, attendance expectations, and grades. CPE grades will appear on your transcript and do not impact your academic GPA. 

AI and Big Data

Explore the endless possibilities of artificial intelligence, how to break into the new field, predictive models that create business value from Big Data solutions, the statistical techniques of Big Data Analytics, and more. Learn more

Business/Professional

Take a CPE business or career course to become a Human Resourses professional or real estate broker, learn Quickbooks, and more. Learn more

Career

CPE offers courses in fire training, green energy, CDL Class A/B and more. Learn more

Health Care

CPE offers a Registered Nurse refresher program, a Veterinary Assistant program, and more. Learn more

Networking/Programming

Gain a foundational level of knowledge about common cloud and network services such as AWS, learn cybersecurity fundamentals, and learn programming languages like Java. Learn more

Upcoming Events

For more info sessions and open houses, visit our Info Sessions page.

Funding Opportunities

Some CPE courses may be eligible for grants and scholarships on a limited basis. We encourage you to apply for funding to learn more about options that may be available to you. To apply, please complete the Scholarship Application form.

Contact us

For more information, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact Continuing Professional Education by email at cpe@harpercollege.edu or call 847.925.6340. 

Last Updated: 3/17/25