Our Summer 2008 College for Kids and Sports Spectacular catalog is now available online! Take a look at the new courses, the new schedule, and the various programming choices now available. Choose one course or plan a full day. Attend one of our Open House events to meet instructors, learn about our courses, and register for a wonderful summer experience. View our current College for Teens catalog now.

• The Complete Summer Schedule 2008
  (Separate sections are included in the PDF, 2.48MB).
• The Complete Fall Schedule 2008
  (Separate sections are included in the PDF, 4.10MB).

The Division of Economic Development and Continuing Education at UCC provides professional development and personal enrichment opportunities for individuals who live or work in Union County.

As part of its commitment to the concept of lifelong learning, the Division schedules these non-credit continuing education courses and seminars in the evenings, on weekends, and during daytime hours that are convenient for adults who cannot attend classes during more traditional time periods.  In addition, the Division offers many continuing education courses online, via the Internet.

The New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ) program is established as a Statewide consortium among New Jersey City University, collaborating NJ community colleges and affiliated school districts in New Jersey. The program is designed to provide alternate route education certification programs to qualified candidates as part of   their collective response to statewide and local needs for certified teachers.

CLICK HERE to get information on the next NPTNJ OPEN HOUSE.

Certificate Programs (non-credit) are part of the ongoing continuing education offerings.  Currently, the Continuing Education Division offers over 40 non-credit certificate programs(All links below are in PDF format):

• A+: PC Hardware Trouble-shooting
• Administrative Assistant
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• Bartending
• Business Computer Applications
• Certified Bookkeeper
• Children’s Care-Giver Program
• Cisco
• Construction Code Licensing Courses
• Certified Patient Care Technician; Certified Phlebotomy Technician, (CPT);
  Certified EKG Technician, (CET)
• E-Commerce Certification
• Electronics Technician
• English as a Second Language Certificate Program
• Floral Design
• Homeland Security Emergency Management & Planning Certificate
• Hospitality/Hotel Management
• Human Resource Management
• Interior Design
• Management
• Marketing Certificate
• Medical Office Billing Specialist
• Medical Office Coding Specialist
• Microsoft Excel 2007: Business Applications
• Microsoft Office Professional 2007
• Microsoft Project 2007
• Office Management
• Preparation for the ParaProfessional Exam
• Personal Trainer National Certification
• Pharmacy Certified Technician
• Practical Accounting
• Printing & Graphics Industry Certificates
• Project Management
• Real Estate Sales
• Restaurant Management/Culinary Arts
• Six Sigma
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Substitute Teacher Specialist
• Training in Global International Trade: U.S. Customs Broker Test Preparation
• Travel and Tourism

The UCC College for Kids offers non-credit programs for youth, ages 4-16. During the Fall and Spring semesters, the Division schedules Saturday courses and workshops on a variety of topics, such as reading and math enhancement, astronomy, and martial arts, as well as creative and visual arts.  In the Summer, Continuing Education offers the unique and popular, NEWS and AMUSE, SPACE STATION UCC, and THEATER CAMP programs.  Also, the Division offers a Summer Sports Spectacular that includes intensive instruction in baseball, soccer, basketball, golf, and tennis.

A Fitness Center located on the Cranford campus is operated by Student Services and offers state-of-the-art equipment at affordable rates.

For further information, write or call Economic Development and Continuing Education, Union County College, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016. (908) 709-7600.