Microcredentials
Build skills fast.
Gain new capabilities quickly with Simon’s microcredentials, designed for busy professionals. In just three 90-minute sessions plus about 10 hours of guided independent work, you’ll explore relevant topics and apply your learning immediately.
What is a Microcredential?
These short, focused mini-courses—0.5–1 credit over 2–3 weeks—cover practical, high-demand subjects like AI, pricing, or leadership. Perfect for working professionals, they deliver hands-on skills that can be used right away, online or in person.
Why you should enroll.
Upskill in your current role or explore new career directions through these targeted courses. Gain actionable knowledge, deepen your expertise in emerging business topics, and earn credentials that demonstrate your capabilities while tackling real-world challenges.
November Microcredentials:
Academic Credit | Modality | Cost | Alumni receive |
Current Offerings
- Generative AI in Practice: Using AI to Solve Challenges in Your Work
Professor: Dan Keating
Wednesdays (November 5, 12, 19)
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST
Type: Microcredential
Modality: OnlineRegistration Deadline: October 22
Learn to harness the practical power of generative AI and apply it directly to your role, no matter what field you’re in. Through hands-on practice, you’ll learn to use, design, and build generative AI tools to create immediate value, gaining practical strategies to integrate AI into your workflows to make smarter, faster decisions. You’ll explore the big questions surrounding AI—the moral, philosophical, and ethical challenges inherent in this new frontier. Whether you are new to Generative AI or looking to build a stronger foundation, this course will strengthen your GenAI skills and empower you to use AI tools confidently in your tasks.
- Politics, Policy, and Strategy
Professor: David Primo
Thursday, November 6, 13, 20
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Type: Microcredential
Modality: OnlineRegistration Deadline: October 22
In an era of political volatility, effective management means looking beyond markets. This mini-course introduces the concept of a nonmarket environment: a world of regulation, legislation, and public perception where firms and other interests compete. Across three interactive sessions, participants will explore how companies use lobbying, coalition building, and other tools to develop strategies for managing beyond markets—even turning it to their strategic advantage.
Learning Objectives- Analyze the nonmarket environment by identifying how regulation, legislation, and public perception shape risks and opportunities for firms.
- Apply the nonmarket strategy toolkit to real-world business challenges.
- Develop strategic responses to political uncertainty that not only mitigate risk but also create competitive advantage.
- Digital Transformation Strategy
Registration Deadline: November 12
Thursday, Nov 20, Dec 4, 18
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Type: Microcredential
Modality: OnlineProfessor: Marc K. Peter
Build your Organization’s Digital Roadmap
This course will provide a strategy framework centered around the seven action fields of digital transformation. It will enable participants to identify digital opportunities in their company through strategy workshops in a lean methodology and to build a digital roadmap. All participants will have access to a toolkit with templates, checklists and examples to fast-track their digital roadmap development.
With many practice examples provided throughout the course, participants will quickly gain an understanding of all relevant topics and components of a digital roadmap. Numerous established management frameworks will be adapted to the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. As part of the course, participants will be able to complete a draft digital transformation roadmap – and have a methodology and tools to immediately kick-start their own digital strategy workshop.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this mini-course, participants will have:- A draft 12-month digital transformation roadmap tailored to their organization.
- A prioritized opportunity portfolio, identifying where digital and AI investments will yield the fastest impact.
- Feedback on your roadmap from faculty and fellow business leaders.
- A repeatable workshop methodology you can run with your teams to refine and expand your roadmap.
Upcoming Registration Deadlines
Registration deadlines are typically two weeks before the start of classes, and courses
may count toward select Simon degree programs or advanced certificates.
Microcredentials
October 22, 2025
Tuition & Benefits
Open Courses are billed at Simon’s current per-credit hour tuition rate. Many employers offer tuition assistance. Check with your HR or benefits team to see if your Simon course may be fully or partially covered. University of Rochester employees may also be eligible for employee tuition benefits. Click the buttons below for more information.