Certificate Programs

Daria Neretina grew up in Russia. It was where she discovered her passion for marketing, founded her first magazine and created who she was as a person. But she still wanted more. Her desire to level up led her to the Digital Marketing Certificate at ...

Just outside of UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, Jasmine Kayla Rivers-Mendez was preparing for her big day. Surrounded by her grandparents, uncle, cousin and boyfriend, she smiled as she fidgeted with her graduation cap and prepared herself to walk into the ...

Patrese Winter Calheiros has pondered what he will leave behind for the next generations. A positive legacy is important to him, and after completing the UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Certificate Program, he believes he is set up to start ...

Throughout her life, Mia Goldman has always been curious about the law - the laws regulating her father's small business, the laws that have held the United States together since its founding and most definitely the laws she needs to know to be an ...

When Atithi Multani was looking for a second chance to make good on her dreams of becoming a doctor, she enrolled in UCLA Extension's Pre-Medical and General Science Studies Certificate Program. The courses prepared her for the Medical College ...

Arriving from Germany, Angel Hass was not expecting to find a home in Los Angeles. She was a dancer and had hoped to open a ballet school in her native country. When that fizzled out, she decided to give the United States a try. Growing up, she and ...

For people who have fallen into hard times and find themselves unemployed, or barely scraping by with part time work, there are workforce development organizations in the Greater Los Angeles area that can help. And when those organizations need to ...

Growing up in Mexico City, Dulce Gallardo was surrounded by everything she loved. Her friends, family and work were all in one place. She was comfortable. Life was good. But something still tugged at Gallardo's heart, and at age 30, she made the hard ...

UCLAxFilmFest returns for an encore, marking 10 years of celebrating the creative works of UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies' students and alumni, at the historic Los Angeles Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, May 3-9, 2026. "For this milestone ...

UCLA Extension has built its Writers' Program steadily into a place where writers - from the established to the merely curious, and everyone in between - have found a home. Now in its 60th year, the prestigious program counts more than 400 courses ...