Free IT/Tech Microcredentials through Clark University and TechBoost

Advance Your Career via Clark Microcredentials

From high tech to healthcare, project management to Python, Clark University’s microcredentials will help you become more familiar and proficient in specific high-tech fields, leverage and use emerging technologies at work, and propel your professional performance and prospects. Earn valuable credentials to show your mastery: Start by submitting the form below (please DO NOT apply on the Clark University microcredentials page.)

Available for free through TechBoost, Clark University’s microcredentials:

  • Are online and asynchronous. Take them at your own convenience and pace.
  • Take up to eight weeks to finish each self-directed course (most courses typically take six weeks to complete).
  • Are designed with a state-of-the-art learning management system that allows for up-to-date accessibility and ease of learning.

Bundle your microcredential courses into one of three tracks:

1. Digital Marketing and Analytics: Digital Marketing Fundamentals, Digital Marketing Strategy, Data Analytics, Bounce Work Readiness

This track is designed for people interested in pursuing a career in digital marketing. It can help aspiring and current marketing professionals gain deeper insights regarding digital marketing techniques and how to use analytics to advance their careers.

2. Health Care: Health Care Data Management, Health Care Project Management, Bounce Work Readiness

This track is designed for practicing nurses who may be early in their careers and seeking supervisory roles. With health care decisions increasingly data-driven, front-line supervisors often require data and project management skills. 

3. Python Basics and Data Analytics: Programming Essentials with Python, Programming Applications with Python, Data Analytics with Python, Bounce Work Readiness

This track is designed to help people seeking a career in IT (especially data management) build a strong foundation in Python and differentiate themselves in the dynamic digital technology workplace. Students should have a basic understanding of IT and any programming language to start this track.

You can take up to all the microcredential courses in a track or choose individual courses.

Choose a bundle and get a free bonus course: Bounce Work Readiness training in-person at MassHire in Worcester.

Finish your bundle and earn a downloadable certificate with metadata detailing the skills you mastered.

Eligibility Requirements: To be eligible, you must (at a minimum):

  • Be 17 years of age or older and not attending secondary school (high school)
  • Be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S.
  • Be unemployed or underemployed
  • Attend a mandatory info session (dates and times TBA)

Start in Five Easy Steps:

  1. Complete and submit the pre-screening form below
  2. Attend a mandatory info session (TBA) and schedule your short in-person or video interview
  3. Complete a short (<15 minutes) in-person or video interview with the Program Manager
  4. Submit required eligibility documents* (after notification of program acceptance)
  5. Complete Clark University self-registration

* Your current resume, copy of your driver’s license (or other official state/federal issued ID), and copy of your Social Security card.

Space is limited! Submit the short pre-screening form below. (Please do not apply at the Clark University page)

You must be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S. to be eligible for TechBoost,
You must be 17 years of age or older AND not attending secondary school (high school) to qualify for TechBoost,
You must be either unemployed or underemployed to be eligible for TechBoost,
A high school degree (or equivalent) is NOT REQUIRED to participate in TechBoost but it is preferred.
See link above for course descriptions.
Bundle microcredentials for maximum benefit! Each bundle includes bonus in-person Bounce work readiness training delivered by certified instructors. Complete your bundle and earn a digital certificate showing skills you learned. 1) Digital Marketing and Analytics: Digital Marketing Fundamentals, Digital Marketing Strategy, Data Analytics, Bounce work readiness 2) Healthcare: Healthcare Project Management, Healthcare Data Management, Bounce work readiness 3) Python Basics and Data Analytics: Programming Essentials with Python, Programming Applications with Python, Data Analytics with Python, Bounce work readiness
* Required Eligibility Documents: • Your current resume • Copy of your driver’s license (or other official state/federal issued ID) • Copy of your social security card