Career Services | Professional Development Skills Courses

To supplement SAIS’s strong academic curriculum, Career Services offers a series of Professional Development Skills Courses (PDS) each semester.  These non-credit courses equip students with professional skills demanded by top-tier private, public and non-profit sector employers.  Students may enroll in up to two courses at the start of each semester plus one online course.  Although the courses are not for credit, a student who successfully completes a skills course, will have it added to their official academic transcript. Alumni are permitted to take PDS courses on a space-available basis.  For more information, please contact Martina Leinz at mleinz@jhu.edu.

The following Skills Courses will be offered during the Fall 2008 Semester:
(Click on course name to view the syllabus.)

• Beginning Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel (Session 1)
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel (session 2)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint
• Introduction to STATA
• Introduction to Econometric Analysis
• Introductory Financial Accounting (An online course)
• Introductory Finance (An online course)
• Corporate Valuation
• Leadership Skills for Effective Change
• Improving your Presentation and Public Speaking Skills
• Effective Briefings
• Consulting Skills
• Writing for Results

Courses subject to change. To view course schedules, click here.