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Professional and Continuing Studies Offerings

The motivation to learn doesn’t go away with time; it only grows stronger. Our success-driven, flexible programs allow you to build on your current knowledge and gain new skills to help you accomplish your personal, professional, and academic goals.

Bachelor’s Degree Completion Programs

Finish what you started and get that degree for the job you’ve been dreaming about. You get the flexibility and convenience of evening classes and the personal support to help you succeed.

Winter Term 2020

Explore our winter course options offered exclusively online from January 2-15, 2020.

Professional Development for Educators

Earn PDPs and/or non-degree graduate credits. Create lesson plans to bring back to your own classroom.

Corporate Education and Training

Merrimack provides custom training and programs to enhance the professional skills and capabilities of your employees.

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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,1553/ignore_cropper/1/20432_NancyStudio2.rev.1566307677.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Associate professor of visual and performing arts Nancy Wynn went on the 20th annual Pellegrinaggio pilgrimage to Italy last spring and is using the experience as inspiration for her latest artwork series.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4785-summer-break-offers-professors-time-for-research" role="button" title="Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art" aria-label="Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,300,450/ignore_cropper/1/20490_Hobson_Hallie_Credit_Julie_Skarratt_2016_1.rev.1567603752.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation</h3><p>Merrimack College is honored to welcome a tireless defender of arts, the poet and playwright Hallie Hobson, as its guest speaker for this year’s Convocation at <a href="https://merrimackathletics.com/facilities/?id=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hammel Court</a> in the Merrimack Athletic Center Thursday, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4797-defender-of-the-arts-to-be-guest-speaker-at-this" role="button" title="Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation" aria-label="Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2405,1603/ignore_cropper/1/20554_T4G_01_1909xx.rev.1568915747.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Closes Record-Breaking Campaign with Evening of Celebration</h3><p><p> Merrimack College marked the close of its record-breaking <em>Together for Good</em> fundraising campaign with an elegant <em>Together We Did</em> finale celebration Sept. 12, 2019 to honor the incredible generosity and support of the Merrimack community. More than 350 guests, including alumni, friends, faculty and staff, gathered on campus to reflect on the monumental accomplishments of the campaign.</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4804-merrimack-closes-record-breaking-campaign-with" role="button" title="Merrimack Closes Record-Breaking Campaign with Evening of Celebration" aria-label="Merrimack Closes Record-Breaking Campaign with Evening of Celebration">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,259/ignore_cropper/1/20506_We_Are_1_190903.rev.1568037842.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Merrimack Students Start School Year in Search of Knowledge and Wisdom</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College started the 2019-2020 school year with its traditional Academic Convocation and Mass of the Holy Spirit, encouraging students to recognize the many opportunities for personal, academic and spiritual growth available to them; and to work in union with the supportive community willing to help them make the world a better place, while becoming better versions of themselves.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4798-merrimack-students-start-school-year-in-search-of" role="button" title="Merrimack Students Start School Year in Search of Knowledge and Wisdom" aria-label="Merrimack Students Start School Year in Search of Knowledge and Wisdom">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1700,917/ignore_cropper/1/20321_Cailin_Currie_Swims.rev.1561127682.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cailin Currie ’21 recently returned from the Paralympics World Series in Berlin where she competed in the tune-up swimming meet leading into qualifying races for next summer’s Paralympics games in Tokyo.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4752-hitting-her-stride-in-berlin-sophomore-looking-to" role="button" title="Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics" aria-label="Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2504,1669/ignore_cropper/1/20735_MackGivesBack_01_191102.rev.1573158665.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Mack Gives Back Blazes New Trails, Honors Veterans</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More than 450 Merrimack College students volunteered at 24 sites in the Merrimack Valley during the recent eighth annual Mack Gives Back honoring the military service of veterans.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4824-mack-gives-back-blazes-new-trails-honors-veterans" role="button" title="Mack Gives Back Blazes New Trails, Honors Veterans" aria-label="Mack Gives Back Blazes New Trails, Honors Veterans">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,600/ignore_cropper/1/20419_Juliana_Cohen.rev.1565635177.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Sugar is a Time(ly) Topic for Professor of Health Sciences</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College assistant professor of nutrition <a href="/live/profiles/453-juliana-fw-cohen/_p/f">Juliana Cohen</a>, of the School of Health Sciences, was a featured expert in the recent Time magazine article exploring whether sugar is as bad for children as it is for adults.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4781-sugar-is-a-timely-topic-for-professor-of-health" role="button" title="Sugar is a Time(ly) Topic for Professor of Health Sciences" aria-label="Sugar is a Time(ly) Topic for Professor of Health Sciences">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1800,1798/ignore_cropper/1/20408_Global_Mgmt_Winners_190719.rev.1565274473.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Sustainable “Glamping” Plan Earns Honors at Global Symposium</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two students from Merrimack College competing against peers from around the world earned top honors in the international 2019 X-Culture Global Symposium business management competition in Calgary, Canada in July.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4780-sustainable-glamping-plan-earns-honors-at-global" role="button" title="Sustainable “Glamping” Plan Earns Honors at Global Symposium" aria-label="Sustainable “Glamping” Plan Earns Honors at Global Symposium">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,998,2201,3200/ignore_cropper/1/20428_School_Supplies_Aa.rev.1565961874.JPG'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>School Supplies Handed Out to Hundreds of Underserved Children</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College’s <a href="/about/offices_services/hands-to-help/index.php">Hands to Help</a> handed out 300 backpacks stuffed with school supplies for students from kindergarten through high school on Aug. 12. There everything from notebooks, pencils, binders, folders and even Crayons included in the bags.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4784-school-supplies-handed-out-to-hundreds-of" role="button" title="School Supplies Handed Out to Hundreds of Underserved Children" aria-label="School Supplies Handed Out to Hundreds of Underserved Children">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/ignore_cropper/1/20702_Entrepreneurship_Class_191023.rev.1572882577.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Annual Entrepreneurship Class Donates Money to Help Food Insecure</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students in associate professor Joseph Stasio’s Marketing Department entrepreneurship class recently completed an assignment to open, operate and shut down their own businesses with the goal of making money in the process, then donated the $869.22 in profits to offset the cost of Campus Ministry’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the food insecure in the Lawrence, Massachusetts area.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4821-annual-entrepreneurship-class-donates-money-to" role="button" title="Annual Entrepreneurship Class Donates Money to Help Food Insecure" aria-label="Annual Entrepreneurship Class Donates Money to Help Food Insecure">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,259/ignore_cropper/1/20601_EcoWalk_01_190924.rev.1569856513.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><h3>Students Walk for the Environment</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Environmentally conscious community members participated in a walk of support for protecting the earth and natural resources Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4808-students-walk-for-the-environment" role="button" title="Students Walk for the Environment" aria-label="Students Walk for the Environment">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>

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