UNLV offers a wide variety of non-credit-bearing microcredentials. While these microcredentials do not count for academic credit toward graduation, they can provide you with critical skills that will help you achieve your life and career goals. These microcredentials are typically offered asynchronously online, allowing you to complete them on your own time, outside of the normal strictures of a classroom. Whether you're looking to boost your resume, learn a new skill, or improve one of your soft skills, there's a non-credit-bearing microcredential for you at UNLV.
Career Services & Workforce Development
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Proficiency
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Career Services & Workforce Development
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Undergraduate Students
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Whether you are working with peers, mentees, or clients, this microcredential is designed to provide you with an overview of Life Design, introduce you to tools and resources that will help you navigate steps of the life design process with others, and provide you the basic tools and knowledge of the job search and career development process.
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Proficiency
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Career Services & Workforce Development
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All
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The tools you will find in this microcredential are designed to enhance your career readiness skills. These modules will help you excel in today's dynamic digital landscape and prepare for a successful career.
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Proficiency
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Career Services & Workforce Development
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All
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The tools you will find in this microcredential are designed to enhance your career readiness skills. These modules will help you excel in today's dynamic digital landscape and prepare for a successful career.
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Proficiency
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Career Services & Workforce Development
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All
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The tools you will find in this microcredential are designed to enhance your career readiness skills. These modules will help you excel in today's dynamic digital landscape and prepare for a successful career.
UNLV Online
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Awareness
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UNLV Online
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All
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This badge is designed to help students explore the evolving role of generative AI in learning. Learners are able to build a foundation in how learning works and critically examine when AI tools can enhance, or hinder, an educational experience. Students will be able to find and interpret course-specific AI policies, cite AI-generated content responsibly, and consider the broader ethical implications of learning with AI. They will also discover practical strategies for using generative AI as a learning aid and reflect on your own approach by creating a personal policy for AI use.
University Libraries
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Awareness
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University Libraries
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Undergraduate Students
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In this introductory, students critically explore the information ecosystem. They investigate how scholarly communication, media platforms, and algorithmic curation influence what knowledge circulates—and for whom. By identifying common access barriers and examining questions of authority, bias, and power, students begin to understand how information systems are shaped by broader social, economic, and legal forces.
Student Success
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Proficiency
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Student Success
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Undergraduate Students
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This microcredential recognizes students who have developed foundational skills in peer mentoring, including active listening, goal setting, and student support strategies. Learners will demonstrate their ability to foster academic and personal growth in their peers through structured mentorship. Learners will demonstrate: Effective communication and active listening Leadership and mentorship skills Problem-solving and conflict resolution techniques Strategies for fostering student engagement and academic success Ethical decision-making and professionalism in a mentoring role. Note: you must be an official Peer Mentor in order to earn this badge.
Writing Center
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Proficiency
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Writing Center
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All
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Learners will learn to work in collaborative, writer-focused sessions to provide UNLV student, faculty and staff writers with the proper guidance and strategies to help them improve and feel more confident about their writing. Note: you must be an official Writing Consultant at the Writing Center in order to earn this badge.
Durable Skills
Develop six key communication skills valued by employers, including Oral, Interpersonal, and Written Communication. Master these areas to earn a non-credit-bearing Communication Knowledge microcredential from UNLV, demonstrating your expertise. Complete each skill, pass the final quiz, and stand out in your professional career. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Earn eight Cultural Intelligence skills valued by employers, covering areas like CQ Drive, Knowledge, Strategy, and Action. Master these skills to earn a non-credit-bearing Cultural Intelligence Knowledge microcredential from UNLV. Complete each area, pass the final quiz, and demonstrate your expertise in working across cultures. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Develop two key Critical Thinking & Problem Solving skills valued by employers. Master both areas and pass the final quiz to earn a non-credit-bearing Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Knowledge microcredential from UNLV, demonstrating your ability to analyze and solve complex problems in professional settings. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Develop seven key Emotional Intelligence skills valued by employers, covering five topic areas. Master each area and pass the final quiz to earn a non-credit-bearing Emotional Intelligence Knowledge microcredential from UNLV, showcasing your ability to manage emotions and build strong interpersonal relationships in professional settings. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Develop five key Professionalism skills valued by employers, including Accountability, Consistency, Personal Brand, Consideration, and Adaptability. Master each area and pass the final quiz to earn a non-credit-bearing Professionalism Knowledge microcredential from UNLV, showcasing your ability to thrive in professional environments. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Develop key Leadership skills valued by employers, covering areas like Equity Leadership, Leading Others, Leadership Perspectives, and Leadership Dynamics. Master each area and pass the final quiz to earn a non-credit-bearing Leadership Knowledge microcredential from UNLV, demonstrating your ability to lead effectively in diverse environments. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.