Welcome to CSUB Extended Education

Designed for K-12 educators, this program has been developed with local expert practitioners to meet the growing demand and need for bilingual educators in our region.

Academic Certificates

Bilingual Added Authorization (Spanish)

This 100% online course will help you gain the technical skills and knowledge needed to earn this valuable industry credential.

Certified Administrative Professional

This 100% online course will prepare you for certification by the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB).

Certified Bookkeeper

Become a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant in 12 months and help maximize the productivity of a health care team.

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)

Program prepares you to work with confidential information in healthcare settings including care clinics, surgical centers, hospital settings, and other healthcare environments.

Certified Healthcare Documentation Specialist Program

With CSU Bakersfield Extended Education, you can master the concepts and skills required to become a supply chain professional — 100% online.

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

A three-course certification study to develop your skills as a change practitioner and leader for any type of change within any industry or role.

Change Management and Organizational Development (CMOD) Certificate Program

This 100% online course offered through CSU Bakersfield Extended Education will train you for a career in child development and help you earn the Council of Professional Recognition's CDA certification.

Child Development Associate Training

Our Computer Technician program teaches students the skills necessary to earn CompTIA A+ certification.

Computer Technician Certificate

Extended Education can customize a corporate training program for organizations of any size.

Corporate Training

This online bootcamp will help you earn the skills and credentials necessary to enter the cybersecurity workforce.

IT Bootcamps

Cybersecurity Bootcamp

Program provides you with all the learning and hands-on practice you’ll need to become certified and succeed as a dental assistant.

Dental Assistant with Externship

On-campus certificate program that provides students with the professional counseling skills needed to help someone overcome an addiction.

Drug and Alcohol Studies Certificate

The EKG Technicians program prepares you with the knowledge needed to take the Certified EKG Technician (CET) industry certification exam offered through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).

EKG Technician

Upon completion you will have the Microsoft Office skills necessary to earn your Microsoft Office Specialist: Associate credential, showing employers that you have the skills they're looking for.

Executive Assistant with MS Office 2019 Training

This online bootcamp will prepare you for future web development projects.

IT Bootcamps

Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp

An on-campus, two-course certificate covering areas of hiring, terminations, workers’ compensation, and sexual harassment.

Human Resource Management Certificate

HVAC/R Certified Technician

A four-week workshop to develop your skills as a manager and leader you are striving to be.

Leadership Workshop

Master’s degree designed for aspiring tech professionals to be able to keep up with technology advancements in the fast-paced world of software engineering and sciences.

M.S. in Computer Science

Offered at our Antelope Valley campus, the hybrid MSW program is designed for anyone looking for a rewarding career in social work.

Master of Social Work @ Antelope Valley

Finish ready to earn the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) and Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) credentials

Medical Administrative Assistant with Electronic Health Records 2020

The Medical Assistant program prepares you to take the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant(CCMA) Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), and Certified EKG Technician (CET) industry certification exams offered through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).

Medical Assistant with Externship

100% online certificate that prepares students for a career in medical coding, providing specialized skills necessary to assign the standardized codes used for billing healthcare services.

Medical Coding and Billing Certificate Program

100% online certificate that prepares students for a career in medical transcription - transcribing doctor-patient conversations from audio or reports.

Medical Transcription Editor Certificate Program

This 100% online course will prepare you for the Microsoft Office Specialist 2019 (MOS) certification exam series for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.

Microsoft Office Specialist 2019 (MOS) Certification Training

On-campus, three-course certificate program that familiarizes students with occupational safety, health, and environmental risk management.

Occupational Safety and Risk Management Certificate

Communications Bachelor’s degree for transfer students offered 100% online

Online B.A. in Communications

Sociology Bachelor’s degree for transfer students offered 100% online

Online B.A. in Sociology

This online course will prepare you for an entry-level role in the HVAC/R field and provide the training you need to earn “work ready” certificates and start an apprenticeship.

Online Entry-Level HVAC/R Training

100% online Master’s degree for K-12 Educators that emphasizes leadership skills, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication.

Online M.A. in Education - Curriculum and Instruction

100% online Master’s degree for current and aspiring leaders in any organization – emphasizing leadership skills utilized by successful organizations around the globe.

Online M.S. in Administration (MSA)

The Online Master of Science in Kinesiology (MSK) emphasizes behavior change, exercise physiology, program design, movement science, and evidence-based practice in kinesiology.

Online M.S. in Kinesiology

You will be prepared to take and pass the Certified Supply Chain Professional exam and learn the skills needed to be a successful freight broker or agent — 100% online and at your own pace!

Online Supply Chain and Freight Broker Training

The Open University program allows anyone not admitted to the university to enroll in CSUB courses. Career changers and professional development seekers welcome!

Open University

100% online certificate program that prepares students for a career as a paralegal. Learn how to assist trial attorneys and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation.

Paralegal Studies Certificate

The Patient Care Technician with Externship program prepares you to assist doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with the care of sick and injured patients.

Patient Care Technician with Externship

On-campus, three-course program designed to deliver hands-on experience and prepare students for a career as a pharmacy tech.

Pharmacy Technician Certificate

This program sets you up to earn not one but two crucial certifications: physical therapy aide specialist (CPTAS) and electronic health record specialist (CEHRS).

Physical Therapy Office Professional Program

This 100% online course will teach you how to use QuickBooks Online for basic accounting, recording income and expenses, and entering checks and bank transfers.

Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online

100% online certificate program that covers many aspects of project management and prepares students to take the PMP Exam.

Project Management Certificate

Designed for Pre K-12 educators, this certificate will equip teachers to meet the Common Core requirements and enrich the learning experience of students.

Academic Certificates

Reading and Literacy Added Authorization

Summer reading program for children and adults.

Summer Reading Programs for Children and Adults

Summer Session classes are offered online and in-person, including select General Education courses.

Summer Session 2022

Learn more about our test prep workshops and courses offered throughout the year.

Test Prep Workshops and Courses

Short-term session offered in early January for students looking to take an extra university class.

Winter Session 2022

On-campus program designed to help students learn the basic legal components of as well as current practices in California's ever-changing workers' compensation system.

Workers' Compensation Law Certificate