International Rescue Committee - eCornell

Watch the Video

What To Know Before You Enroll

Class format: Most of the courses are two weeks long, however, there are some that are 3 weeks in length. Within that time, you can work at your own pace, moving through the material as your schedule allows. There is no specific time you will be required to be online.

The courses consist of several different elements including, but not limited to, pre-recorded videos, case studies, and tools to help you apply the concepts to your work. Course assignments could include discussion participation, quizzes and course projects.

Assignments will be reviewed and graded by the facilitator. You can expect to spend ~5 hours a week working on your course.

Set Yourself Apart

A certificate from Cornell can help you stand apart in your company.

Learn From Cornell's
top Minds

All certificates are personally developed by Ivy League faculty.

Get It Done
100% Online

Flexible, interactive programs
that fit your life and career.

Make A Business
impact

Learn in-demand skills and apply them immediately in your job.

How To Enroll

IRC staff may sign up for eCornell courses at any time for $74/course. Learn more by visiting www.ecornell.com/humentumcreditcard
The Learning & Development Team occasionally offers opportunities for free courses. Visit this RescueNet page for more information.
To learn more about eCornell and other IRC learning opportunities, visit the Learning & Development RescueNet site.

Send questions to learning@rescue.org

Review The List Of Courses

courses

AI

AI and Digital Technology: Opportunities and Pitfalls

Classifying Documents With Supervised Machine Learning

Clustering Documents With Unsupervised Machine Learning

Conducting Semantic and Sentiment Analysis

Digital Transformation in Marketing

Generative AI for Written Communication

Generative and Agentic AI

Introduction to AI

Knowledge-Based AI Technologies

Machine Learning and Data-Based Approaches to AI

Marketing Automation and AI

Natural Language Processing Fundamentals

Societal Impacts of AI

Strategic Implementation of AI Systems

The Future of AI

Topic Modeling With Unsupervised Machine Learning

Transforming Text Into Numeric Vectors

Business and Finance

Accruals and Cash Flows

Analyzing Price and Equilibrium

Applying Statistical Tests

Assessing Nonprofits using Financial Statements and Ratios

Assessing Startup Viability and Funding Options

Bidding, Negotiation, and Contract Management

Business and Cybersecurity in Practice

Change, Disruption, and Growth

Commercialization

Communicating Quantitative Data

Company Structure and Due Diligence

Comparing Monopolies and Competition

Conducting Market Analysis and Predicting Price

Continuous Distributions

Cost Management

Data Analysis and Probability

Designing Digital and Data-Driven Business Operations

Determining Appropriate Budgeting, Debt Financing, and Cash Flow

Developing a Cybersecurity Culture

Digital Platform Strategy

Examining Cybersecurity Governance

Examining Scarcity and Opportunity Cost

Finance and Accounting Principles

Financial Planning, Valuation and Dilution

FinTech Disruptions

Food Processing and Packaging

Food Safety and Quality

Foundations of Financial Statements

Framing and Breaking Down Complex Problems

Fundraising and Revenue Generation

Game Theory and Business Strategy

Getting the Most Out of Your Business Relationships

Hypothesis Testing

Improving Operations

Inventory Management

Inventory Management Strategies

Investments, Capital and Financial Forecasting

Leading Without Authority

Leveraging Problem-Solver Profiles

Making Capital Investment Decisions

Making Predictions With Data Models

Managing Business Capacity with Activity-Based Costing

Managing Organizations

Market Research and Product Development

Marketing Fundamentals

Mastering the Time Value of Money

Measuring and Improving Efficiency

Measuring and Improving Margins

Measuring and Motivating Performance

Modeling Perfect Competition

Multiple Regression

Navigating the Global Business Landscape

Pitching Your Business Opportunity

Post-Investment Best Practices

Privacy Incidents

Privacy Structure and Risk Assessment

Process Analysis in Operations

Protecting Your Interests

Purchasing Considerations

Purchasing Strategy

Putting AREA Into Action

Quality Control Systems

Raising Capital: The Process, the Players, and Strategic Considerations

Regulatory Agencies and Food Regulations

Researching and Analyzing Information to Make Your Decision

Risk and Return: How to Identify, Measure, and Incorporate Into Capital Budgeting Decisions

Sales Accounting

Sampling

Strategic Business Planning and Forecasting

Strategically Governing the Organization

Supplier Selection and Evaluation

Synergies, Mergers, and Alliances

Trends in FinTech

Understanding Financial Statements

Using Ratio Analysis to Evaluate Financial Performance

Value Creation and Profitability

Virtual Communication

Business and Management

Decision Analysis

Evaluating Stocks

Humor for Influence: Lessons from Ancient Rome

Humor in the Workplace: Lessons from Ancient Rome

Simple Regression

Cornell Tech MBA

Data Analytics and Modeling

Data Science & Analytics

Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Python

Applying Statistical Tests

Building Predictive Machine Learning Models

Classifying Data With Logistic Regression

Clustering, Classification, and Machine Learning in R

Constructing Expressions in Python

Creating and Sharing Interactive Data Models

Creating Data Arrays and Tables in Python

Creating Data Visualizations with Tableau

Data Cleaning With the Tidyverse

Descriptive Statistics for Business

Developing Data Science Applications

Enhancing Data Visualizations with Tableau

Exploring Data

Exploring Data Sets With R

Extracting Insights From Data

Finding Patterns in Data Using Association Rules, PCA, and Factor Analysis

Finding Patterns in Data Using Cluster and Hotspot Analysis

Fundamentals of Database Design

Getting Started with Spreadsheet Modeling and Business Analytics

Harvesting Spreadsheet Data

Implementing Scientific Decision Making

Inferential Statistics

Integrating Data From Multiple Tables

Interpreting and Communicating Data

Introduction to Scalability and Automation

Making Predictions and Forecasts with Data

Making Predictions Using Statistical Probability

Measuring Relationships and Uncertainty

Modeling Uncertainty and Risk

Multivariable Comparisons

Neural Networks and Machine Learning

Optimization and Modeling Simultaneous Decisions

Organizing Data with Python

Practical Applications of Statistics

Predictive Analytics in R

Prescriptive Analytics in R

Presenting Quantitative Data

Querying Relational Databases

Regression Analysis and Discrete Choice Models

Stakeholder Presentations

Statistical Forecasting

Summarizing and Visualizing Data

Supervised Learning Techniques

Supply Chain Finance, Coordination, and Sustainability

Telling a Data-Driven Story with Tableau

Understanding and Visualizing Data

Understanding Data Analytics

Using Predictive Data Analysis

Using Prescriptive Analytics in Excel

Using Statistical Tests to Make Decisions

Visualizing and Communicating Insights In Excel

Working with Data Using SQL

Writing Custom Python Functions, Classes, and Workflows

Diversity & Inclusion

Adopting Inclusive Hiring Practices

Analyzing Power and Systems

Building Diverse Talent Pools

Counteracting Unconscious Bias

Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR

Designing Policies and Policy Change

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice for HR

Driving Engagement for HR

Engaging in Collective Action

Fostering an Inclusive Climate

Identifying and Fighting Inequity

Improving Engagement

Leveraging Data for Social and Community Change

Managing Organizational Knowledge and Innovation

Navigating Diversity and Cultural Differences

Performing Social Action Research

Promoting Inclusive Onboarding and Employee Success

Engineering

Accounting for Subjectivity and Valuing Information

Building and Validating Prototypes

Building Innovation Competencies

Constructing High-Impact Content for Global Delivery

Crafting User Narratives

Creating Effective Data-Driven Dashboards

Design Prototyping

Designing for Resilience and Robustness

Designing Slides for Live and Legacy Use

Developing a Distribution and Marketing Strategy

Developing Innovation Strategy

Developing Product Specifications

Developing Robust Models to Evaluate Decisions

Engaging Presentation Techniques

Evaluating and Scaling Innovation

Financing Your Business

Framing Decisions

Gathering User Emotions

Generating User-Centered Solutions

Identifying and Framing a Challenge

Implementing Innovation

Implementing Simulation-Based Optimization

Innovation Tools

Launching Small-Scale Production

Making Data Usable

Managing High-Volume Production

Modeling Design Decisions and Performance

Optimizing Decisions and Assessing Tradeoffs

Projecting Expertise and Confidence During Presentations

Redesigning Slides for Impact

Risk Attitudes and Key Assumptions in Utility Theory

Sourcing a Manufacturer

Strategizing for Audiences With Different Expertise

Testing and Iteration

Using Decision Trees

Environmental, Social, Governance

Advocating for Sustainable Preservation

Climate Change Leadership

Developing a Community Plan for Sustainable Preservation

Economics of Sustainable Preservation

Embracing the Worth of Existing Buildings

Implementing Sustainable Preservation Initiatives

Sustainable Historic Preservation

Healthcare

Assessing and Implementing Public Health

Eliciting New Behaviors

Improving Quality and Performance of Healthcare Services

Managing People in a Healthcare Setting

Promoting Organizational Wellness

Public Health Foundations

Public Health Preparedness

Quality and Process Improvement Metrics and Strategies for Healthcare

Supporting Public Health Behaviors

Telemedicine

Understanding the Deeper Need

Understanding the Person

Using Public Health Data for Action

Hospitality

Building Systems, Engineering, and Equipment Management

Creating the Basis of Design for Real Estate Projects

Creating the Real Estate Development Package

Delivering an Excellent Customer Experience for Your Organization

Developing a Culture of Empowerment

Developing Service Excellence Competencies

Facilities Management

Forecasting and Availability Controls in Hotel Revenue Management

Formulating Hospitality Strategy

Fundamentals of Hospitality Strategy

Implementing Brand Strategy Through Digital Media

Implementing Hospitality Strategy

Instilling Resiliency in Real Estate Development Projects

Introduction to Hotel Revenue Management

Making Strategic Change Happen

Marketing the Hospitality Brand Through Digital Media

Non-Traditional Applications of Hotel Revenue Management

Overbooking Practices in Hotel Revenue Management

Preparing and Delivering the Project Pitch

Pricing Strategy and Distribution Channels in Hotel Revenue Management

Real Estate Leases

Real Estate Site Selection Analysis and Decisions

Sustainability in Building Design and Operation

Human Resources

Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals

Applied Predictive Analytics in HR

Arbitration

Assessing the Financial, Strategic, and People-Related Return on Pay for Performance

Attracting and Retaining Talent with Performance Pay

Benefits, Compensation, Safety, and Other Legal Issues

Business Strategy for HR Leaders

Collective Bargaining Foundations

Concluding an Internal Investigation

Conducting Effective Employee Relations Conversations

Conducting Internal Investigation Interviews

Consulting Skills for Internal HR

Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR

Creating and Sustaining Remote Work Programs

Disability at Work

Driving Engagement for HR

Effective Interviewing

Employee Training and Development

Employment Law and Policy Issues

Employment Laws Around the Globe

Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Treatment Issues

Essentials of HR Analytics

Facilitating Staffing Decisions

Finding and Managing Talent Through Social Media

Fostering a Coaching Culture

Getting Results Through Talent Management

Handling Grievances

HR Policies in International Contexts

HR Strategy

Human Resources Leadership

Internal Investigation Fundamentals

Investigating Internal Complaint Issues

Investigation of Rule System Violations

Measuring and Compensating for Performance

Mediation for Managers

Navigating Labor Relations

Neurodiversity at Work

Policing of Rule Systems

Preparing for Labor Negotiations

Principles of Costing

Responding to Violations and Improving the Rule System

Rule Design

Rule System Training

Rule Systems as Designed Systems

Strategic Engagement

Strategic Talent Analytics

Total Rewards Compensation

Using Design Thinking in HR

Valuing HR Initiatives

Law

Addressing Dysfunctional Ethical Cultures

Anti-discrimination Principles

Antitrust and Horizontal Restraints on Trade

Assessing the Regulatory Environment

Creating Effective Contracts

Criminal Liability in an Organizational Setting

Defining Security

Embracing the Basics of Business Law

Employee Duties and Promises

Employee Privacy in the Workplace

Employment Law in Practice

Enforcing Contract Terms

Ethics in Business and Technology

Exploring Specialty Areas of Business Law

Facilitating Internal and Grand Jury Investigations

Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers

Foundations of Ethical Reasoning

Hiring Foreign Nationals

Immigration Law in Practice

Influencing and Challenging Regulation

Interpreting Contracts

Key Securities Law Liabilities and Principal Underwriting Documents

Limits of Legal Obligations

Litigation

Managing Risk in Contracts

Monopolies and Mergers

Psychology in Business Ethics

Registration Requirement Exemptions

Roles and Structures in Corporate Governance

Securities Registration and Reporting

Sources of Law

Structuring Business Agreements for Success

Thinking Like a Lawyer

Trade Secrets and Patents

Trademarks and Copyrights

Wage and Benefit Regulations

Working with Legal Professionals

Leadership

Accounting

Active Listening and Processing Feedback

Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues

Advanced Business Writing

Applying a Problem-Solving Approach to Conflict

Applying Strategic Influence

Assessing Your Public Sector Organization

Attracting and Retaining Talent with Performance Pay

Authenticity, Integrity, and Accountability

Becoming a Powerful Leader

Becoming a Strategic Leader

Building and Running Effective Teams

Building Compelling Slide Decks and Reports

Building Great Teams

Building High-Performing Teams

Building High-Performing Virtual Teams

Building Leadership Character

Business Writing Fundamentals

Coaching Skills for Leaders

Collaborative Communication for Engineering Leaders

Complex Negotiation

Courage, Humility, and Compassion

Courageous Communication for Engineering Leaders

Creating Advantage Through Entrepreneurial Thinking

Cross-Cultural Communication

Decision-Making and Accountability

Decision-Making Skills for Engineering Leaders

Decoding the Gender Gap in Board Membership

Developing and Communicating Vision and Strategy

Developing Executive Presence for Women Leaders

Diagnosing Workplace Conflict

Diversity and Cross-Cultural Teams

Effective Hiring and Interviewing

Facilitating Staffing Decisions

Finance

Finding and Managing Talent Through Social Media

Gender Bias and Negotiation Strategies

Getting Results Through Talent Management

Goal Setting in Public Sector Organizations

How Emotions Shape Thinking

Hybrid Work Models

Identifying and Managing Emotions

Impactful Unscripted Communication

Influence and Motivation for Engineering Leaders

Integrative Negotiation

Interpreting the Behavior of Others

Introduction to Negotiation

Launching Virtual Team Projects

Leadership Skills and Traits in Public Organizations

Leading Across Cultures

Leading Challenging Conversations

Leading Collaborative Teams

Leading for Creativity and Innovation

Leading in a VUCA World

Leading Organizational Change

Leading Public Sector Teams to Success

Leading Strategic Change Initiatives

Leading With Credibility

Legal

Making a Convincing Case for Your Solution

Making Emotions Work For You

Making Strategic Change Happen

Managing Human Capital

Managing Team Performance

Managing Time and Priorities

Marketing

Mastering the Essentials of Influence

Measuring and Compensating for Performance

Motivating People for High Performance

Motivating Public Sector Employees

Navigating Power Relationships

Negotiation Skills

Persuasion

Persuasive Writing

Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations

Power and Gender Dynamics

Power Dynamics and Ethics in Negotiation

Preparing for a Negotiation

Preparing for the Future

Problem-Solving Using Evidence and Critical Thinking

Psychology of Negotiation

Public Sector Leadership Strategies

Quality and Service Excellence

Recognizing Emotions

Sales

Setting Internal and External Conditions for Success

Strategic Decision Making

Strategy

Strengths-Based Engineering Leadership

The Network Effect

The Psychology of Getting Things Done

Understanding Emotions

Values-Based Engineering Leadership

Virtual Communication, Constructive Conflict, and Collaboration

Women in Leadership: Giving and Receiving Feedback

Women in Leadership: Navigating the Double Bind

Women in Leadership: Negotiation Skills

Women in Leadership: Outsmart the Work-Life Balance

Women in Leadership: Using Emotional Intelligence to Drive Results

Marketing and Communications

Analyzing Segmentation and Targeting

Applied Marketing Strategy and Decision-Making Tools

Assessing Opportunities in Owned Digital Media

Assessing Opportunities in Paid Digital Media

Behavioral Science for Branding

Behavioral Science for Innovation

Behavioral Science for Pricing

Brand Activation

Brand Measurement

Brand Planning

Brand Positioning

Brand Purpose

Brand Strategy

Building a Photography Portfolio

Building the Brand Through Influencer Marketing

Camera Selection and Mechanics

Campaign Design and Ideation

Communicating with the Media

Communication Planning for Change

Creating and Communicating the Value of Your Brand

Creating Awesome Presentations

Creating Effective Content Marketing

Crisis Communication Planning

Data Privacy in Marketing

Data Protection Solutions

Defensive Data Strategies

Developing a Brand Narrative

Digital Asset Management

Distribution Strategy and International Marketing

Drivers of Consumer Behavior: Attention, Emotion, Coherence

Emerging Data Privacy Challenges

Engaging Specific Stakeholders

Essentials of Marketing Strategy

Growth Marketing With AI

Hiring and Managing PR Agencies

Implementing an Integrated Digital Marketing Plan

Introducing New Products: Successes and Failures

Introduction to Behavioral Science

Lighting

Market Research and Analysis

Market Response Modeling

Measuring Customer Preferences

Measuring Social Media Marketing Success

Meta Storytelling With Info Comics

Optimizing Digital Advertising with Analytics

Photography Fundamentals

Podcasting

Predicting and Managing Customers' Lifetime Value

Pricing Strategy

Principles of Digital Storytelling

Producing a Brand Video

Professional Photography

Social Listening and Community Management

Social Media Marketing Across the Purchase Funnel

Social Media Strategy

Storytelling Across Media

Strategic PR Planning

Style and Expression Through Photography

Understanding the Digital Marketing Landscape and the Customer Funnel

Using Behavioral Science to Influence Customer Behavior Online

Using Data for Positioning Brands

Writing Concise Copy

Writing Online Media Copy

Writing Persuasive Copy

Writing Social Media Copy

Writing Web Copy

Nutrition

Energy and the Role of Carbohydrates

Energy Expenditure and Theories of Eating

How Nutrition Affects Cancer, Osteoporosis, and Hypertension

Managing Weight, Exercise, and Nutrition

Nutrition and the Digestive System

The Role of Fats in Atherosclerosis

Project Management

Agile Project Management Approaches

Assessing Your System's Performance and Value

Assessing, Managing, and Mitigating Project Risk

Becoming a Systems Leader

Building Analytical and Emotional Intelligence with Systems Thinking

Communicate Well to Drive Project Outcomes

Defining Interfaces

Defining Scope

Designing Organizations for Systems Thinking

Developing System Requirements

Exploring Your System's Architecture

Framing Complex Problems with Systems Thinking

Identifying and Evaluating Risk

Implementing the Quality Function Deployment Method

Leading Project Teams

Leverage Emotional Intelligence for Project Results

Managing Conflict on Project Teams

Monitoring and Controlling Projects

Organizing the Project and Its Components

Planning and Managing Resources

Turning Groups Into Teams

Using Earned Value Management for Project Managers

Using the Four Simple Rules of Systems Thinking

Visualizing and Modeling Complex Systems

Real Estate

Building Systems, Engineering, and Equipment Management

Creating the Basis of Design for Real Estate Projects

Creating the Real Estate Development Package

Discounted Cash Flows in Real Estate

Equity Waterfalls in Joint Ventures

Facilities Management

Financing Real Estate Investments

Instilling Resiliency in Real Estate Development Projects

Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Development

Leading Successful Property Management Operations

Managing Real Estate Development Projects

Optimizing Asset Management Strategies

Preparing and Delivering the Project Pitch

Real Estate Acquisitions Integrating ARGUS and Excel

Real Estate Debt Financing and Scenario Analysis

Real Estate Development Financing

Real Estate Investment Decisions

Real Estate Leases

Real Estate Site Selection Analysis and Decisions

Sustainability in Building Design and Operation

Unlevered Real Estate Acquisitions

Technology

Applications of Blockchain Technology

Auditing Datasets

Authenticating Humans

Authenticating Machines

Blockchain Fundamentals

Building a Product Strategy and Roadmap

Building Your Market Advantage

Coding Multi-Part Problems

Collaborative Communication for Technology Leaders

Collecting Data with Forms

Composition and Responsive Design

Controlling Program Flow

Courageous Communication for Technology Leaders

Creating User Personas

Cryptocurrencies and Ledgers

Cryptography Essentials

Decision-Making Skills for Technology Leaders

Developing a Currency Converter

Developing a Product Hypothesis and Personas

Developing a UX Design Concept

Developing and Pitching Ideas

Discretionary Access Control

Effective User Research

Enforcement Mechanisms and Strategies

Evaluating Usability

Expanding Functionality With Libraries

Experimentation Planning

Framing Front-End Web Development

Fundamentals of JavaScript

Generating Opportunities for Digital Disruption

How to Create Interactive Websites With HTML and CSS

How to Develop Web Interfaces With Online Protocols

How to Write Functions to Automate Repetitive Tasks

How to Write Programs That Make Choices With Control Flow

How to Write Programs That Work With Databases

Human-Centered Design Essentials

Improving User Experience with Interactivity

Influence and Motivation for Technology Leaders

Innovating with 5G

JavaScript Beyond the Browser

Launching 5G Applications

Mandatory Access Control

Mastering Data Structures

Preparing for Digital Transformation

Product Analytics and Iteration

Product Engineering and Execution

Product Prototyping

Product Vision and Goals

Prototypes and Pilots

Prototyping and UX Feedback

Python Fundamentals

Rapid Ideation

Solving Problems Using Functions

Strengths-Based Technology Leadership

Structuring Content with HTML

Styling Web Content with CSS

Systems Security

User-Defined Functions in Python

Value Creation and the Business Model Canvas

Values-Based Technology Leadership

Writing Programs That Make Decisions

Class Size

Under 35 Students

Format

100% Online, Instructor‑Led

Course Length

2-3 Weeks

Have Questions?

Speak With Our Team

Call 1-866-326-7635 to speak to a program specialist.

Chat With Us Now

Our team is standing by to answer your questions.