Skip to main contentSkip to main navigationSkip to footer content

Coursera

Coursera for Covenant College

Increase your ability to stand out to employers by adding an in-demand skill to your resume. These professional certifications will provide you with cutting-edge skills you can learn now, rather than waiting to learn on the job or on your own. Courses are taught by Google, Meta, IBM, HubSpot, Salesforce, and others. Combined with Covenant’s liberal arts curriculum, these certifications will help you present yourself as the powerhouse that you are.

cousera

Through our partnership with Coursera Career Academy, you can earn a valuable career credential and applied skillset. Choose a certificate that focuses on data and analytics, computer science, finance, marketing, or project management. Each certificate consists of multiple online courses that include in-browser tutorials and step-by-step expert video guidance which can be completed on average in 5-7 months (4-8 hrs/wk). Complete all courses to earn your certificate you can share on LinkedIn and add to your resume.

Courses and certificates available from industry leaders such as:

amazon web services
google
IBM
meta

Highlighted Programs

it specialist

IT Support Specialist

Evaluate and troubleshoot techonology issues so equipment runs smoothly

Great if you like:
Helping People | Problem Solving | Troubleshooting


$50,000 median salary
387,677 jobs available


Credentials from leading partners

data analytis

Data Analyst

Collect, organize, and transform data to make informed decisions.

Great if you like:
Attention to Detail | Problem Solving | Working with Numbers


$67,500 median salary
123,321 jobs available


Credentials from leading partners

project manager

Project Manager

Oversee the planning and execution of projects to ensure they're successful.

Great if you like:
Leading a Team | Problem Solving | Communication


$67,500 median salary
396,314 jobs available


Credentials from leading partners
 

john plating
Covenant’s partnership with Coursera makes for a potent combination, adding high-demand technical skills to the bedrock foundation that is the college’s rich liberal arts education—and doing so no matter what one’s major is, whether philosophy or music, history or physics, literature or business.
Dr. John Plating

Director, Center for Calling & Career

Getting Started

Coursera is offered as a benefit to our students, faculty and staff, and graduates. It's easy to start earning your certificate!

  1. For students and faculty & staff, a verified covenant.edu email account is required to sign up. Either click on the appropriate button below, or respond to the invitation you may have received from Coursera.  Either way, this will get you started.
  2. For Alumni graduates, you must be verified in our system as a Covenant grad, after which you'll be invited to join Coursera. Please use the button below to get verified.
  3. Please note: for any accounts that are inactive for more than 90 days, your access to Coursera will be removed to allow for other users to complete courses. Don't worry, it's easy to get signed up again should you want to revisit a certificate or course.

StudentsFaculty/StaffAlumni

Got Questions?
We are here to help. Contact the Center for Calling & Career at 706.419.1160 or coursera@covenant.edu

Frequently Asked Questions

Current Covenant students, traditional alumni graduates, and college faculty & staff (and qualified family members).

There is no cost to you; the college has paid for this as an institutional benefit to the Covenant community.

Simply click the appropriate button above.  Students, faculty, and staff will need to enroll using their covenant.edu email address.  Alumni who are not responding to a direct invitation from Cousera will need to fill out this brief form. Once we validate eligibility, we will add alumni to the platform, usually within two business days.

Basically, any household member who qualifies for a tuition benefit also qualifies for this Coursera benefit.  Click here to request employee family member access.

As of this typing there is no time limit for completion, but accounts that lay dormant for too long may be removed from the program to allow others to join.

Yes. Covenant has partnered with Coursera to gain access to its "Career Academy" certifications.  Coursera has other course content as part of its "Coursera for Campus" platform that is not part of Covenant's learning program at this time.

Feel free to email coursera@covenant.edu with any questions.

Coursera is accessible through their app from all devices.

Graduate School of Education

Undergraduate Departments, Majors, Minors, Certificates, Concentrations, and Programs

Academic Certificates

  • Arts Administration
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability
  • Journalism and Society
  • Medical Ethics Consultation
  • Neuroscience
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Art

  • Art, 2-D Concentration 
  • Art, 3-D Concentration 
  • Art, Art History Concentration 
  • Art, Graphic Design Concentration 
  • Art, Photography Concentration 
  • Art minor
  • Art History minor

Biblical & Theological Studies

  • Biblical & Theological Studies 
  • Biblical & Theological Studies, Missions Concentration 
  • Biblical & Theological Studies minor
  • Biblical Languages minor
  • History of Christianity minor
  • Missions minor
  • Youth Ministry minor

Biology

  • Biology, Biomedical Concentration 
  • Biology, Environmental Concentration 
  • Biology, General 
  • Biology, Health Professions Concentration 
  • Biology minor

Business

  • Business 
  • Business, Accounting Concentration 
  • Business, Finance Concentration 
  • Business, Marketing Concentration 
  • Sport Management 
  • Business minor
  • Sport Management minor

Chemistry

  • Chemistry, Biochemistry Concentration 
  • Chemistry, General 
  • Biochemistry minor
  • Chemistry minor

Community Development

  • Community Development 
  • Community Development minor

Computer Science

  • Computer Science 
  • Computer Science minor

Economics

  • Economics 
  • Economics minor

Education

  • Education Studies 
  • Elementary Education (P-5) 
  • Secondary Education Certifications through MAT program 
  • Education minor

Engineering 3:2 Program

  • Natural Science, Pre-Engineering Studies Concentration

English

  • English 
  • English, Writing Concentration 
  • English minor
  • Writing minor

Health, Wellness and Coaching

  • Coaching minor

History, Politics, and International Studies

  • History 
  • History, Art History Concentration 
  • Political Science 
  • International Studies 
  • History minor
  • Political Science minor

Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Interdisciplinary Studies with Concentrations 

Mathematics

  • Mathematics 
  • Mathematics minor

Music

  • Music, Church Music Concentration 
  • Music, Creative Studies Concentration 
  • Music, General Music Concentration 
  • Music, Instrumental Performance Concentration 
  • Music, Music Education (Pre-MAT) Concentration 
  • Music, Organ Performance Concentration 
  • Music, Piano Pedagogy Concentration 
  • Music, Piano Performance Concentration 
  • Music, Vocal Performance Concentration 
  • Music minor

Philosophy

  • Philosophy 
  • Philosophy minor

Physics

  • Physics 
  • Physics minor

Pre-Professional Programs

  • Pre-Law Studies 
  • Pre-Medical Studies 
  • Pre-Nursing Studies 
  • Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 

Psychology

  • Psychology 
  • Psychology minor

Sociology

  • Sociology 
  • Sociology, Family Studies & Social Work Concentration 
  • Sociology minor

Theatre

  • Theatre minor

World Languages

  • French 
  • Spanish 
  • French minor
  • Spanish minor