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Continuing Education

Whether your goal is career advancement or personal enrichment, Drake Online and Continuing Education can help you achieve it. With options on-campus or online, and classes in the day or evening, our programs are designed to fit your life while they further your goals. To learn about upcoming courses and how to register, choose the program you are interested in:

Executive Education Center

• Executive Leadership Program—program designed for leaders seeking transformation and accelerated growth. The program curriculum and format provides participants with the knowledge and tools that enable them to guide their organizations through periods of both change and stability.
• Custom Programing—We work with your organization to design programs that reflect your organizational strategy and organization's culture, and deliver on your business goals.

Business & Public Administration

• The Center for Professional Studies—certificate programs in business leadership plus programs custom-built for your business or organization
• The Kelley Continuing Education Programs at Drake serve as a leading resource for the state’s 22,000 licensed insurance agents. 

Education

• Continuing Education & Professional Development—professional development and graduate credit for educators
• Distance Learning Courses for Educators—video courses for coaches and physical educators, video and online courses for classroom teachers, and online teaching certificates

Personal Enrichment

• The RaySociety for Lifelong Learning—for anyone in the community looking for courses and lectures of general interest

Summer Study

If you’re a student at another university wanting to spend your summer advancing your degree or simply want to update your expertise or pursue a personal interest, you can take many summer classes at Drake without enrolling in a degree program. Contact the Office of Student Records to maker sure the courses you are interested in are open to students at large and complete the Request for Registration Form‌. To preview upcoming offerings search our interactive schedule of courses.