-
Degrees
- Program Finder
-
Bachelor's Degrees
- Accounting
- Analytics
- Applied Management
- Business Administration
- Business Forensics
- Cloud Computing
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice Administration
- Cybersecurity
- Education
- Exercise Science
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
- Forensic Accounting
- Health Education & Promotion
- Health Information Management
- Healthcare Management
- Human Resources Management
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Interactive Media Design
- Management & Leadership
- Marketing
- Nursing (RN-BSN)
- Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Psychology
- Public Safety Management & Leadership
- Social Sciences
- Sport Management
-
Master's Degrees
- Accounting
- Business Analytics
- Business Psychology
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice Administration
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Education
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Administration (MHA)
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Instructional Design & Learning Technology
- MBA Programs
- MSN Programs
- Professional Sales Leadership
- Public Administration (MPA)
-
Doctoral Degrees
- Associate Degrees
-
Online Degrees
- Online Learning at Franklin
- Accounting Programs
- Business & Leadership Programs
- Computer Science Programs
- Criminal Justice & Public Safety Programs
- Cybersecurity Programs
- Data & Analytics Programs
- Education Programs
- Finance Programs
- Healthcare Programs
- Human Resources Programs
- Information Technology Programs
- Marketing & Communications Programs
- Nursing Programs
- Operations & Project Management Programs
- Psychology Programs
- Public & Social Sciences Programs
- Online Learning Facts
- Degrees By Location
- Degrees By College
- Minors
- Degree Completion Programs
- Second Bachelor's Degrees
-
Microcredentials & Certificates
- Microcredentials
-
Undergraduate Certificates
- Accounting Data Analytics
-
Graduate Certificates
- Cyber Defense
- Cyber Governance
- Criminal Justice Leadership
- Data Analytics
- Nurse Educator
- Instructional Design
-
Post-Graduate Certificates
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
-
Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification
- Adolescence to Young Adult Education (7-12)
- Primary Education (PK-5)
- Intervention Specialist: Mild/Moderate (K-12)
- Middle Childhood Education (4-9)
- Advanced Accounting Microcredential
-
Admissions
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Partnership Students
-
- Study in the U.S.
- Earn Your Degree Online
- Community College Students
- College Credit Plus
-
-
- Air Force
- Army
- Coast Guard
- Marines
- Navy
-
- Montgomery GI Bill® - Selected Reserves
- Montgomery GI Bill®
- Post-9/11 GI Bill®
- Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment VetSuccess Program
- Yellow Ribbon Program
- Spouses & Family
-
- Online Open House
-
- Associate Degrees
-
- General Bachelor's Degree
- Nursing (RN-BSN)
-
- Accounting
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Business Analytics
- Business Psychology
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice Administration
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics
- Health Informatics
- Healthcare Administration (MHA)
- Human Resource Management
- Information Technology
- Instructional Design & Learning Technology
- Nurse Administrator (MSN-ADM)
- Nursing-Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)
- Nursing-Generalist (MSN)
- Nursing-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Public Administration
-
- Business Administration (DBA)
- Healthcare Administration (DHA)
- Instructional Design Leadership (DPS)
- Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP)
- Nursing Practice-Leadership Track (DNP)
- Organizational Leadership (Ed.D.)
-
- Criminal Justice Leadership
- Instructional Design
-
Tuition & Financial Aid
- Tuition & Fees
- Cost Estimate Calculator Tool
- Tuition Guarantee
- Undergrad Tuition Comparison
- Federal Aid & State Aid
- Institutional Aid & Private Loans
- Applying for Aid
- Community College Students
- Scholarships
- Payment Options
- Financial Aid Resources
-
Transferring Credit
- Estimate Your Transfer Credit
- How to Transfer Credits
-
- Previously Earned College Credit
- Certificates + Professional Training Credit
- Military Training Credit
- Testing Credit
-
- Partner Schools
- Pathway Portal
- Transfer into a Bachelor’s Degree
- Transfer into a Master’s Degree
- Transfer into a Doctoral Degree
- Transfer into an Associate Degree
-
The Franklin Experience
- Built For Working Adults
- Transfer Friendly
- Accredited University & Quality Degrees
- Fast & Affordable
- Student Success Stories
- Valued By Employers
- Nonprofit
- Student Support
- Career Development
-
About Us
-
-
- Columbus
-
-
-
- Become a Partner
- Current Partners
- Teachers
-
-
- Benefits for Community Colleges
- Benefits for Businesses
-
- Employer Partnerships
-
- Solutions
-
- Al Baha University
- MCBS
- Saudi Electronic University
- Current Partnerships
- Medical School Partnerships
- Nurse Preceptor
- Ohio School District Partnerships
-
-
- Board of Trustees
- University Leadership
- University Directory
- Faculty Profiles
- President's Welcome
- Admission Advisors
-
-
- CCNE Accreditation
- IACBE Accreditation
- State Authorization & Professional Licensure Information
- Our Mission & Values
- The Four Cornerstones
- Our History
- Consumer Information
- Safety & Security
- Bookstore
- Assessment
- Map & Directions
-
-
-
- Students
- Faculty & Staff
- Future Students
- Events
- News
- Request an Expert
- Presentations & Awards
- Faculty Awards and Recognitions
- Speakers' Bureau
- Event Hosting
-
- Careers at Franklin
-
- Title IX
- Community Standards & Student Code of Conduct
- Discrimination Harassment & Sexual Misconduct
- Anti-Hazing Policy
- Drug Free School & Communities Act
- Franklin Intervention & Awareness Team
- Filing Complaints
-
-
- Application & Review Process
- Cayuse
- CITI Training
- Research Review Categories
- Committee & Policies
- Documents, Resources & FAQs
- Research at Franklin University
- Programs & Support
- Resources
- Research Opportunities
- About Us
-
- Office of Accessibility Services
- Combating Copyright Infringement
- Financial Aid Statement
- Influenza Information
- Information Technology Acceptable Use
- Notice of Privacy Rights (FERPA)
- Privacy Statement
- Student Parking
- Tuition Refund Policy
- Vaccinations
- Inclement Weather Policy
- Transfer Credit Policy & Procedures
- Community Engagement
- Request Your Franklin Transcripts
- Urbana University Resources
- Give to Franklin
-
Build In-Demand Skills Quickly with Microcredentials
Increase your marketability by adding a new skill to your toolkit or refreshing your existing knowledge with a microcredential. Earning a microcredential enables you to demonstrate your competency in a specific area. Microcredential courses can be completed quickly so that you can put your new-found knowledge to use right away. You can also earn multiple microcredentials that align with your career aspirations to create a portfolio of in-demand skills that differentiates you to employers.
Skill Specific
Increase your productivity in your current role and broaden your opportunities for promotion or career change.
Market Driven
Update your skill set with industry-aligned credentials and in-demand competencies.
Accelerated
Acquire new knowledge quickly and get on the fast track to your dream job.
Personalized
Select microcredentials that align with your goals and career path.
FranklinWorks Marketplace
The FranklinWorks Marketplace is our ever-expanding catalog of learning options of in-demand subject areas that provide a one-stop-shop for Franklin University courses and certificates, as well as access to programs from other industry-leading education providers like Coursera, Stride, and more.
Courses are open to all learners – no application necessary.
Business Microcredential Options
Computer Science Microcredential Options
Data Science Microcredential Offerings
Information Technology Microcredential Offerings
Why Choose Franklin
We’re Experts
Helping learners reach their professional goals is an essential part of Franklin’s mission. With industry-aligned curriculum and a faculty of in-field practitioners, what you learn at Franklin can be applied immediately on the job – and that’s the reason Franklin has been a top-choice for working adults since 1902.
Learning Pathways Tailored to Your Ambition
It’s your career plan, but we’re committed to helping you fulfill it. With our learning dashboard, you’ll see how courses you complete can build on one another or create an entry point to other in-demand skill areas that will enable you to maximize your marketability.
Get Credit for What You Know
If earning a degree is something you aspire to do, the courses you take through Franklin can be evaluated for credit to save you time and money toward a degree.
Lower Your Costs Not Your Expectations
Franklin has been removing barriers to education for 120 years. With affordable payment models ranging from monthly subscriptions to low per class and per credit hour rates, Franklin makes it possible for you to access high-quality learning options without breaking the bank.
Microcredential Options at Franklin
Designed for ambitious adults, Franklin’s microcredential options align with the university’s tradition of providing relevant, in-demand educational options in convenient learning formats. Microcredential courses can be stand-alone or part of a larger degree-program. Like our degree programs, microcredentials are aligned with industry standards, as well as business and market demands.
Benefits of Microcredentials
![](/sites/default/files/images/Graphic%20Tiles/FUEM_Web_Microcredentialing%20Assets_20-1203.jpg)
Skill Specific
Focus on a specialized ability or new knowledge specific to your industry. Updated skill sets increase your productivity in your current role and broaden your opportunities for promotion or career change.
![](/sites/default/files/images/Graphic%20Tiles/FUEM_Web_Microcredentialing%20Assets_20-1204%20%28002%29.jpg)
Market Driven
Boost your qualifications and get on the path to your dream job. Microcredentials and their associated competencies support professional advancement and career planning. The skills associated with each microcredential are directly linked to currently available positions, leading employers, top geographic locations and expected salary ranges.
![](/sites/default/files/images/Graphic%20Tiles/FUEM_Web_Microcredentialing%20Assets_20-1205.jpg)
Shareable
Display your microcredential as a digital badge on social media, on electronic copies of your résumé, or in your email signature. The electronic badge provides a way for you to share your abilities online with your peers, and current and potential employers in a way that is simple, trusted and easily verifiable.
![](/sites/default/files/images/Graphic%20Tiles/FUEM_Web_Microcredentialing%20Assets%20%28Graphic%204%29_20-120.jpg)
Personalized
Create your own learning journey by selecting microcredentials that best align with your goals and professional needs. Stacking multiple credentials helps you achieve your career goals or fill gaps in your skills.
Put Your Microcredential to Work for you
Earn a job-specific credential quickly
Designed with specific outcomes in mind, microcredentials help you gain or build skills to increase your productivity or make you more marketable. To accommodate the needs of working adults, microcredentials are accelerated and offered in convenient formats.
See the market value of your skill
Franklin University has partnered with Credly to translate your learning into a digital badge that is issued through the company’s Platform. Within the platform, you’ll see the skills that comprise each competency and how those map to currently available positions, leading employers, top geographic locations and expected salary ranges.
Promote your professional achievement
Learning is an on-going process and the workplace is a dynamic environment. Currently, traditional models for recognizing job-related achievements don’t meet the needs of today’s ambitious professionals. Microcredentials bridge this gap with a digital badge that can be shared on social media, on electronic copies of your résumé, or in your email signature in a way that is simple, trusted and easily verifiable.
Frequently Asked Questions
A microcredential is a course or small group of courses packaged together that upon successful completion allows a student to earn a certificate or a badge.
A badge is a digital version of a credential, certification or learning outcome which can be verified in real-time, online and shared broadly through social media.
A “microcredential” is a course or small group of courses packaged together that upon completion allows a student to earn a credential. A badge is what Franklin awards to students to recognize completing the credential.
No. Courses offered through the Marketplace are for all learners. There is no application or admission process.
There are several benefits to earning and a claiming a badge:
- They allow you to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and verifiable.
- They provide employers and peers evidence of what you had to do to earn your credential and what you are now capable of.
- Each badge has a series of skills associated with it, which are connected to real-time labor market insights – what jobs requiring those skills are available, where jobs are located, salary ranges, related skills, etc.
- They provide “milestones” on the way to graduation. You can immediately receive a verifiable credential to demonstrate to your employer and peers the achievement, skills and capabilities you have acquired through your completed coursework.
- Degrees
- Microcredentials & Certificates
- Admissions
- Tuition & Financial Aid
- Transferring Credit
- The Franklin Experience
- About Us
- FranklinWORKS Marketplace
- Safety & Security
- Policy Information
- Your Privacy Settings
- Privacy Policy
- Terms of Use
- Careers At Franklin
- Sitemap
Franklin University
201 S Grant Ave.
Columbus, OH 43215
Local: (614) 797-4700
Toll Free: (877) 341-6300
admissions@megaceram.net
Copyright 2024 Franklin University
Franklin University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org/800.621.7440) and authorized by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
Franklin University is committed to being an inclusive community free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.