What you get:

  • Mobile-friendly access for anytime, anywhere learning
  • Earn virtual skills badges to showcase the skills you learn
  • Penn Foster faculty, staff, and coaches available for support
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National Urban League has partnered with Penn Foster to offer career focused courses to jobseekers. Offered on Penn Foster's mobile-friendly platform, these programs provide you with the flexibility to learn when and where you want - at a pace that's right for you. Taking these courses will allow you to increase your skills, demonstrate your focus and discipline, and show a dedication to self-improvement.

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Auto Repair Technician

Penn Foster's Auto Repair Technician career diploma program will prepare students to enter the automotive repair field by studying the major automotive systems and the procedures for troubleshooting and repairing those systems. This program will also assist students preparing for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification Tests!

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Skills Covered:

  • Engine Repair
  • Automotive Brakes
  • Automatic Transmissions and Transaxles
  • Suspension and Steering

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Career Readiness Bootcamp

Refresh your soft skills - the "power skills" you'll need to stand out in any job with this introductory Career Certificate program covering teamwork, planning and organizing, productivity tools, integrity, customer focus, and more.

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Skills Covered:

  • Personal Skills
  • People Skills
  • Workplace Skills

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Health Information Clerk

This program will prepare students to organize, process, store, and retrieve medical records, including electronic health records.

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Skills Covered:

  • Customer Service, Confidentiality, and Medical Terminology
  • Medical Office Procedures
  • Electronic Medical Records

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High School Diploma

Penn Foster's high school program consists of 16.5 core credits and you choose 5 elective credits, ranging from academic electives, like American Literature and Algebra to career pathway electives, like Auto Repair and Vet Assistant. The core curriculum is made up of English, Math, Social Science, Science, Arts and Humanities as well as Health and Physical Education courses. Find more information about the high school classes you will take at Penn Foster High School below.

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Skills Covered:

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate 21st century skills such as the ability to use technology to complete learning tasks and to communicate effectively
  • Use critical thinking and reasoning skills to complete learning tasks in English Language Arts courses
  • Use declarative knowledge and demonstrate understanding to complete learning tasks in English Language Art courses
  • Use critical thinking and reasoning skills to complete learning tasks in science courses
  • Use declarative knowledge and demonstrate understanding to complete learning tasks in science courses
  • Use critical thinking and reasoning skills to complete learning tasks in math courses
  • Use declarative knowledge and demonstrate understanding to complete learning tasks in math courses
  • Use critical thinking and reasoning skills to complete learning tasks in social studies courses
  • Use declarative knowledge and demonstrate understanding to complete learning tasks in social studies courses
  • Apply fundamental mathematical skills to solve real world problems
  • Utilize writing skills to complete writing assessments
  • Demonstrate the ability to complete entry level lessons from Penn Foster career modules, academic level electives, or general level electives

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IT Support Specialist

Penn Foster College’s online IT Support Specialist Career Diploma program consists of courses to help you gain the knowledge and skills employers are seeking. Our program will help you understand technology careers, hardware basics, operating system installation, networking protocols, and more.

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Skills Covered:

  • Workplace Skills for IT Support Specialists
  • Computing Hardware, Networking and Mobile Devices
  • Operating Systems and Computer Security
  • Network Protocols and Internetworking

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Medical Assistant Career Diploma

Our online Medical Assistant Career Diploma program includes courses that cover the foundational concepts and skills essential to being an effective employee in the field. From Introduction to Allied Health to Clinical Procedures, your self-paced classes can prepare you to work towards becoming a certified or registered medical assistant. You’ll learn the practical application of your studies through live-action and animated videos, interactive simulations, and a 160-hour externship. If you’re interested in furthering your studies, you may be able to transfer your work and continue your education with our Medical Assistant Associate Degree Program or the Healthcare Management Associate Degree Program offered through Penn Foster College.

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Skills Covered:

  • Reimbursement Methodology
  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Pathology & Pharmacology
  • Phlebotomy
  • Medical Surgical Procedures
  • Diagnostic Procedures
  • Sterile Technique
  • Vitals

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Pharmacy Assistant Front-End

This program will prepare students to assist licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in preparing and dispensing prescription drugs to patients.

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Skills Covered:

  • Communication and customer service skills
  • Patient confidentiality and HIPAA
  • Computer and administrative skills
  • Pharmacy billing and reimbursement procedures

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Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician Career Diploma Program is in ASHP/ACPE candidate status for accreditation and is aligned with ASHP/ACPE standards to prepare you to successfully pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) certification exams. To enroll in this program, you must first complete a prerequisite gateway course. See prerequisite gateway course options in the dropdown menu below.

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Skills Covered:

  • Math for the pharmacy technician
  • Law, ethics, and confidentiality in healthcare
  • Pharmacology and drug classes
  • Sterile and nonsterile compounding
  • Pharmacy billing and management

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