Lifelong Learning.

Learning doesn’t stop after you receive your diploma. Northeastern alumni are lifelong learners, eager to continue their educational journeys. As you think about what’s next, explore the opportunities offered by our office to help you grow your knowledge, build new skills, and move confidently into the future.

Virtual Learning

In partnership with Northeastern University’s graduate programs, you can explore a content series highlighting some of the most relevant industry topics that resonate with learners around the world.  

Check out the Lifelong Learning: On Demand archive for previous programs on topics including artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, resilience, crisis communication, and data analytics. 

Explore the YouTube channels for Alumni Relations and Northeastern University. For professional development opportunities, search our upcoming career events here.  

Alumni Relations YouTube Channel

Visit the Northeastern Alumni Relations YouTube channel to catch up on recent events and browse curated playlists.

Continuing Education Opportunities

Northeastern brings our world-renowned thought leaders and groundbreaking researchers to you. Catch up, stay updated, and find new ways to advance your career. Join us for a taste of the Northeastern of today and learn about the impact our faculty, students, and alumni have on the world beyond campus—both locally and globally.

Business

Healthcare Analytics Essentials

Dive into key topics around data-driven decision making in healthcare. Explore how both patients and providers play a role in improving the quality of care—and how their perspectives shape smarter, more effective decisions. 

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Intro to Finance in Healthcare

Explore foundational concepts in accounting and finance for healthcare organizations. Start with the basics of financial statements, then learn how to read, interpret, and apply them to understand an organization’s financial health.

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Intro to Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations

Gain exposure and learn how to recognize key shifts in the healthcare industry—plus, learn the agile perspective you’ll need to understand the interconnected nature of healthcare and make a positive impact for patients.  

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Intro to Managing Healthcare Supply Chain Operations

For those currently working in the healthcare sector or preparing to transition into the field, the curriculum explores topics central to healthcare operations and supply chain management. Topics include the design and management of operations and supply chains, an introduction to key concepts and frameworks, dimensions and principles of quality, and approaches to operational process improvement. Concepts are applied through work on an operational process improvement project. 

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Healthcare Financial Management Fundamentals

Content focuses on accounting and finance fundamentals for healthcare organizations, including how to read, interpret, and use financial statements to assess organizational health. Topics also include long-term financing, types of debt available to healthcare organizations, financial planning and analysis, and methods for evaluating financial performance. Concepts are applied through a project-based assignment, discussions, and content quizzes, with participants asked to take on the perspective of a financial officer navigating complex financial decision-making within a healthcare organization. 
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Computer Science

Introduction to Domain Models

This course is part of the Information Systems Foundations Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.

In this course, you will learn about constructing domain models. You will also refine your skills to employ systems thinking, the object-oriented paradigm, the visual programming technique, as well as productivity tools to put together complicated, powerful designs. We will also practice simple and smart ways of making software programming enjoyable. 

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Introduction to Software Development and Applications

This course is part of the Information Systems Foundations Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization. 

The primary objectives of this course are to introduce software engineering techniques and their application to real-world business problems. You will be equipped with practical design and programming techniques for the purpose of modeling significant business applications efficiently. 

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UX Web Design: Build User-Centric Websites

Welcome to UX Web Design: Build User-Centric Websites. Jumpstart your journey in UX design with this course, blending theory and practice to teach you the essentials. Learn key UX principles, align products with user needs, and dive into user research to craft intuitive and engaging digital experiences.

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Data Science

Basic Programming in Python I

This course is part of the Information Systems Foundations Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization.

This hands-on Python programming course offers students an opportunity to obtain proficiency in the core concepts of Python as well as the programming skills for building applications using tools from various task-specific Python libraries. The course covers important topics in computer science and information systems such as data types, reading, and writing to standard IO, using operators, controlling the flow of execution, using functions, reading, and writing Python source code files, basic object-oriented programming concepts, and more. 

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Data Visualization with Python & R for Engineers

Designed to develop skills in data exploration, knowledge discovery, data storytelling, and decision-making, this curriculum focuses on the use of visualization tools and techniques across engineering, healthcare operations, manufacturing, and related fields. Content covers the fundamentals of data mining, visualization principles, and basic applications of Python for data analysis. 

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Basic Programming in Python II

This course is part of the Information Systems Foundations Specialization. When you enroll in this course, you’ll also be enrolled in this Specialization. 

This hands-on Python programming course offers students an opportunity to obtain proficiency in the core concepts of Python as well as the programming skills for building applications using tools from various task-specific Python libraries. The course covers important topics in computer science and information systems such as data types, reading, and writing to standard IO, using operators, controlling the flow of execution, using functions, reading, and writing Python source code files, basic object-oriented programming concepts, and more. 

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Health

An Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System

Focused on the dynamics of the American healthcare system, this curriculum explores funding mechanisms, payment models, service delivery, and outcome structures. Content also examines the opportunities and challenges involved in improving cost, quality, and accessibility of healthcare, as well as efforts to expand adequate coverage for all populations. 

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Analytics in Healthcare Management and Administration

Discover how business analytics can improve performance in health organizations and address key patient care issues. Explore the elements of care continuity, strategies for its implementation, and the principles of patient-centered care. 

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Health Informatics for Healthcare Professionals

Gain a foundational understanding of the design and management of health information systems. Start with the history and current landscape, then delve into topics such as information architecture, administrative and clinical applications, decision support systems, electronic health records, and data standards. 
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Healthcare Data Management and Information Systems

This course is the continuation of the Health Informatics for Healthcare Professionals course. If you have not yet taken the introductory course, it is recommended that you complete it prior to this course.  

Explore the design and management of health information systems, including topics such as cybersecurity, privacy, risk mitigation, data blocking, and the role of health information exchanges. Learn about IT budgeting best practices and distinguish between pipeline and platform thinking in healthcare IT. Understand how healthcare systems are creating digital solutions for the future. 

Throughout, you will evaluate your understanding through discussions, assignments, and content quizzes. 

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Machine Learning in Healthcare: Fundamentals & Applications

Examine data mining methods in the healthcare context, with a focus on the theoretical foundations of major techniques. Learn how to select and apply the appropriate data mining methods, along with the advantages of each. Gain exposure to contemporary data mining software and basic programming skills, while focusing on solving real-world problems that require data cleaning, transformation, and modeling.

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Responsible AI for Mental Health

AI is reshaping mental health—bringing new tools, risks, and questions to the forefront. Explore the ethical and practical implications of AI in mental health care, including bias, misinformation, privacy, NLP, affective computing, and social robotics. Whether you’re in practice, policy, or tech, you’ll gain the insight to navigate emerging trends and assess their impact on care and society.

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Information Technology

Data Privacy Fundamentals

Gain an understanding of how data privacy has become a key concern for both public and private organizations, as well as individuals. Hear from legal and technical experts who address data privacy issues in their daily work.

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Information Systems Foundations

The Information Systems Foundations specialization provides an immersive experience into software development and information systems across four courses. Designed to progressively build from basic concepts to advanced applications, it aims to arm you with practical skills in software engineering, domain modeling, and Python programming. Beginning with advanced software engineering techniques and systems thinking, this specialization advances through object-oriented programming, culminating in hands-on Python projects that tackle real-world problems.

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Agile Dev Practices: SDLC & Project Management

Gain a practical understanding of Agile software development and the software development life cycle (SDLC), with a strong emphasis on Agile methodologies.

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Agile Business Processes: Systems for Operational Success

Gain an understanding of business process concepts and strategies, focusing on how to specify the flow of work responsibility and the movement of information throughout an enterprise. To maximize the benefits of technology, businesses must transform ad-hoc and poorly defined practices into formal business processes. Learn about frameworks for business process management, the importance of business mapping, and how to analyze and engage stakeholders throughout the process.

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Double Husky Scholarship.

The Double Husky Scholarship helps alumni finance their graduate education by providing a tuition discount of up to 25 percent on more than 120 eligible degree programs. As a Husky who holds a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree from our university system, you may be eligible. 

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