College of Professional & Global Education
The College of Professional & Global Education (CPaGE) — formerly the College of Extended Learning — offers a wide variety of continuing adult education courses and programs to prepare you for career advancement, career change or personal growth. We offer weekend, evening and online courses, online degree completion, international education and access to thousands of transferable degree-credit University classes.
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Center for Global Engagement
Center for Global Engagement provides international students and professional groups unparalleled access to pursue rigorous academic education, cutting-edge professional development and enriching cultural exploration at an American university.
What Students Say
Read what students say about how College of Professional & Global Education courses and programs have helped them achieve their goals.
International Business
Sota Watanabe
Student from Japan
“SF and Silicon Valley are amazing places for people who are involved in the IT space. Through the internship and daily activities, I learned a lot and enhanced my skills. After returning to Japan, I founded my own startup…[and became] a global leader.”
Construction Professional
Kelly Sevier
Student
“I think the biggest thing I will take from this class is the ability to speak and understand in general terms what types of equipment are used on a project, how they operate and how they affect cost, schedule and profit.”
Human Resource Management
Erik J. Pelayo
PMP®, SPHR®, GPHR®, SPHRi™, SHRM-SCP®, PHRca®, CPHR
Graduate
“The high-caliber education and professional instructors at SF State have always challenged me to keep growing as a person and as a professional in the ever-competitive job market.”
San Francisco Discover
Jen Hua You
Student from Taiwan
“This program improved my English speaking and listening skills and gave me more chances to travel around San Francisco including places that are not just tourist attractions. [It let us] both learn and travel as part of the program, and I think it was worthwhile.”
- American Language Institute
- Business Administration Certificate
- Business Administration (BSBA), Concentration in General Business Online Degree Completion
- Business Analytics Certificate
- Center for Global Engagement
- Climate Justice Education (PK-12) Graduate Certificate
- Clinical Laboratory Science
- Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA)
- Clinical Trials Design and Management
- Construction Professional
- Continuous Enrollment
- Criminal Justice Studies Online Bachelor's Degree Completion
- Customized Training
- Data Science and Machine Learning for Biotechnology Professionals
- Degree Completion, Online Bachelor's
- Dental Assistant
- Dietetics Graduate Certificate/Internship
- EKG Technician
- ElderCollege
- E-Learning Design and Development
- Elevate Your Career: A Blueprint for Success
- English for Academic Preparation
- Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate
- Ethnic Studies Teacher Training
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Gateway: English + University Credit Studies
- General Education Online Courses
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Global Business Communication
- Hospitality and Tourism Management Certificate
- Human Resource Management Certificate
- Inclusion Pilot Project
- International Business Certificate
- International Customized Training
- Intervener Training: Deafblind Education
- Liberal & Creative Arts, Certificate in the
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Medical Billing and Coding Professional
- Nursing, Accelerated BSN
- Open University
- Paralegal Studies
- Pharmacy Technician
- Pre-Health Professions Post-Baccalaureate
- Pre-MBA Certificate
- Project Management Certificate
- Psychology Online Bachelor's Degree Completion
- Pupil Personnel Services Credential Program:
School Psychology - Reading Skills
- San Francisco Discover
- School Nurse Services Credential
- Semester @ SF State
- Sierra Nevada Field Campus
- STEM Exploration
- Study Abroad
- Study Abroad in San Francisco
- Summer in San Francisco
- University Pathway Program
- Winter Session