Online Lifelong Learning Courses
and Certificates

Explore an interest, discover a new talent or complete a certificate program to upgrade your job skills without ever leaving home. There are a variety of options within this category of non-credit, so be sure to look at our entire listing located in our online courses and certifications section.

Online Certificates and Non-Credit Courses


Non-Credit Online Courses

Update your skills, discover a new talent, or chart a career path at your own pace and convenience with our New Online Courses. Each course runs for 6 weeks and consists of 12 lessons. All you need to get started is Internet access, an e-mail address, and a Web browser. Additional requirements, if any, will be listed with the course description.


Online Career Training Programs

Outstanding online career and workforce training programs. These in-depth and comprehensive self-paced online programs are open for immediate enrollment. Program length 90 days to 12 months. Instructors are actively involved in the students' online learning experience. Each program includes everything you need to succeed (books, CD-ROM, lessons, quizzes and assignments)!

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Paralegal Certificate Course (Adult)

Advanced Legal Research and Writing Course
In this course, advanced and specialized approaches in utilizing the legal resources available in a law library, and elsewhere, will be examined. The conceptual differences between computer-assisted legal research and hard copy research will be taught. You will also learn how to formulate WESTLAW search queries and effectively and efficiently use WESTLAW and other online legal research methods as timesaving devices in legal research and legal writing.  This course is designed to examine more thoroughly advanced and specialized approaches to utilizing the legal sources available in a law library and online. 
 
 
Intellectual Property Law for Engineers
Are you an engineer?  All engineers should be particularly concerned with patent law!  This constitutionally-based discipline has to do with the process by which an invention, and its creator, are protected by the law from infringement and unfair competition. The class will deal with patent applications, research and prosecution; the law of infringement, and computer applications of software (protected by copyright) and hardware (by patents). We will also state what other concepts are patented, as well as machines, processes, mixtures, manufacturing, compositions of materials and methods of doing business and research. Not only do we deal with utility patents, but with design and plant patents as well.



Contact Information

For more information, please contact us at learn@eiu.edu or 217-581-5114.


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