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Microcredentials – Online
Give your résumé a powerful boost
Gain the specialized skills you need to take your career to a higher level by earning a microcredential online with Oregon State University. As a respected and nationally ranked leader in online education, Oregon State Ecampus delivers microcredentials in these areas:
Analytics and information systems
- Consumer analytics fundamentals
- Supply chain logistics management and procurement
- Supply chain management fundamentals
Business and communications
- Business of viral content creation
- Content development and production
- Digital marketing fundamentals
- Innovation and entrepreneurship: opportunity identification
- Organizational leadership
- Professional readiness
- Professional sales
- Retail management fundamentals
- Sports business
Computer science
Engineering
- Engineering management (graduate level)
- Engineering mechanics
- Engineering project management (graduate level)
Health and social sciences
Languages
- Introductory Chinese
- Introductory German
- Intermediate German I
- Intermediate German II
- Advanced German
- Introductory Korean
- Intermediate Korean
- Introductory Spanish
- Intermediate Spanish
Liberal arts and humanities
- Disparities and discrimination through an economic lens
- Economic foundations
- Public policy foundations
What is a microcredential?

Read our essential guide to microcredentials to learn more about these unique offerings and find answers to all of your burning questions.
Oregon State’s microcredentials are high-quality educational opportunities that can help advance your career with less time and financial commitment than a formalized degree or certificate program.
All Oregon State microcredentials consist of at least three courses and 8 credits that follow Oregon State’s quarterly term calendar.
Proudly display your digital badge
Once you complete the microcredential requirements, you’ll receive a digital badge that demonstrates evidence of your discipline-specific knowledge to employers. Oregon State's Office of the Registrar will upload your information to Credly, the world's largest digital credential network, within three weeks of completing your final class.
Though the microcredential badge will not appear on your university transcript, academic courses will appear on your transcript, and the badge can be placed on your résumé and on LinkedIn or other social media platforms.
Who can enroll?
Microcredentials are available to nondegree-seeking students, undergraduates, graduates, nontraditional students and working professionals. With the exception of graduate-level microcredentials which require a bachelor’s degree, it’s not necessary to have a college degree in order to apply, but some microcredential courses have prerequisites.
All course credits used to complete a microcredential must be completed in academic residence at Oregon State. If you are a current OSU student, you must complete at least one of the microcredential courses after having been accepted into the microcredential.
Visit the webpage of your microcredential(s) of interest to learn more about courses and prerequisites. Courses are linked to the Ecampus schedule of classes, which will show any applicable prerequisites and term offerings.
Here's how to apply
You can apply to Oregon State as a nondegree student if you are not currently enrolled at OSU. Find more details about the online learning experience for Oregon State’s nondegree students.
Receive support from start to finish
Even as a nondegree-seeking student, you’ll have access to the same support resources as all other Oregon State students. The OSU Ecampus student services team is here to support you, and you can tap into resources like free online tutoring, OSU’s Disability Access Services, OSU Libraries and Canvas support.
Start on a pathway to a degree or certificate
Acceptance into a microcredential does not guarantee acceptance into a degree or certificate program. However, credits you earn toward a microcredential may apply to an Oregon State bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or graduate certificate. If you are planning to pursue a degree or certificate, we encourage you to reach out to your academic program of interest first to learn about those requirements.
If you are interested in stacking an undergraduate microcredential(s) into a bachelor’s degree program, at least 45 of your last 75 credits must be completed as a degree-seeking student in an OSU program. Also, a maximum of 36 credits earned as a nondegree-seeking student can be applied toward a bachelor's degree.
If you are interested in stacking a graduate microcredential(s) into a graduate program, please review policies governing all graduate programs. Specifically, up to 22 graduate credits may be transferred toward a 45-credit master's degree. Up to 9 graduate credits may be transferred toward an 18-credit graduate certificate.
Questions?
If you’d like to learn more about Oregon State Ecampus online microcredentials, please contact our enrollment services team. We’re eager to help you gather information and take the next step in your academic and professional journey.
Are you a current Oregon State student?
If you are a current OSU student interested in pursuing a microcredential online, please submit this form. Note: You must complete at least one of the microcredential courses after having been accepted into the microcredential.
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