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. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
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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. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
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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. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
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. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
Institute for Financial Literacy & Wellness
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Awareness
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Institute for Financial Literacy & Wellness
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All
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This badge is designed to help you transform vague financial wishes into concrete, actionable plans. We will guide you through 4 essential modules, from uncovering the psychological drivers of your spending and mastering budgeting to building credit and understanding taxes. By the end, you will have a personalized roadmap and the confidence to take complete control of your financial future. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
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. To register for and begin completing this badge, please visit Canvas UNLV Student Resources.
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. Contact peermentor@unlv.edu for more information.
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. Contact writingcenter@unlv.edu for more information.
Graduate College
Level: Proficiency
Awarding Department: Graduate College
Student Type: Graduate Students
Description: The Graduate Mentoring Skills microcredential is a year-long professional development program designed to equip students with the essential skills to both serve as effective mentors and engage meaningfully as mentees within higher education settings. Through a combination of workshops, curated learning opportunities, mentorship skill-building activities, and reflective practice, participants will deepen their understanding of the mentoring process and strengthen their ability to cultivate productive and supportive mentoring relationships. To apply for and begin completing this badge, please visit Grad Rebel Gateway.
Level: Proficiency
Awarding Department: Graduate College
Student Type: Graduate Students
Description: The Graduate Research microcredential is a year-long professional development program designed to equip graduate, professional, and select undergraduate students with foundational skills and knowledge to successfully design, conduct, and complete research projects. Through this program, students will enhance their research competencies by participating in cohort meetings that promote thoughtful discussion around research ethics, best practices, and scholarly communication. Throughout the program, students will present their research, creative, or scholarly work, complete a culminating experience, and engage in other meaningful training activities that support their development as researchers. The GRM is a collaborative initiative supported by the Division of Research, UNLV Libraries, UNLV Writing Center, the Office of Sponsored Programs, GPSA, Office of Undergraduate Research, and the Graduate College. To apply for and begin completing this badge, please visit Grad Rebel Gateway.
Level: Proficiency
Awarding Department: College of Fine Arts - Department of Art
Student Type: Graduate Students
Description: This microcredential is part one of a two-part graduate course (ART 747). Graduate students will spend a one-week immersive residency in Florence followed by a four-week independent study. Through on-site visual analysis, lectures, discussions, and independent research, students will explore how artists, patrons, and religious institutions shaped the visual culture of central Italy from the age of cathedral building through the rise of Humanism. This course offers graduate students an unparalleled opportunity to engage with primary sources in their original contexts. Experiencing Italy's art and architecture on-site transforms theoretical understanding into embodied knowledge: students move from analyzing reproductions to interpreting works in their actual spatial, environmental, and cultural settings. Field-based study fosters intellectual independence, critical thinking, and a deepened appreciation of global cultural heritage while preparing students for advanced scholarly work, curatorial practice, and creative research. For more information on admission requirements for this badge, please visit the Master of Fine Arts website.
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.