Austin Community College Continuing Education: Your Path to Lifelong Learning and Career Advancement

Austin Community College (ACC) Continuing Education (CE) offers a diverse array of programs and courses designed to help individuals achieve their personal and professional goals. Whether you're looking to start a new career, enhance your existing skills, or simply explore a new interest, ACC CE provides accessible and affordable learning opportunities for everyone. Registration for the 2026 Spring Semester is OPEN! The 2026 Summer Semester Course Registration Begins March 30. NEW! Our New Registration System Is Here! Learn more.

Accessible Education for All

One of the key advantages of ACC CE is its accessibility. Students can register for CE classes without completing the traditional ACC enrollment process, making it easy to get started. In some cases, CE courses can even count towards an ACC college degree. Students should speak to their program advisor for more information about which CE courses may count towards an ACC college degree.

Strategies for Today’s Jobs

ACC Career Services offers a free, 4-week course called Strategies for Today’s Jobs. You’ll learn to find job openings, write a successful resume, and land interviews in this digital era. Austin Community College's Continuing Education department offers a wide range of courses.

Programs Tailored to Your Needs

ACC CE offers a wide range of courses. ACC Continuing Education provides a variety of career/industry certificate programs to help students obtain a job or a better job quickly (usually within six months or less). CE also offers Community Education and Personal and Professional Development courses. These CE programs and courses are found in most of ACC’s Areas of Study.

STEPS Program: Cultivating Skills for a Successful Future

The STEPS program provides a path for students with mild to moderate disabilities to cultivate skills for a successful future. By valuing each student's unique abilities and developing their individual potential, we provide educational enrichment and the skills for meaningful employment.

ACC's STEPS offers a variety support to help adults achieve their goals. Individualized instruction is important to student success through STEPS. Developing appropriate social skills is a central element in all ACC's STEPS classes. Students must successfully complete 9 core classes and 2 electives to receive an Occupational Skills Award from Austin Community College.

High-Demand Programs and Career Opportunities

Get 50% off these top, high-demand programs, which have been identified as great options for people looking to start a new career in a short amount of time.

Salesforce Training: Mastering the #1 CRM Platform

Do you live in Austin and want to learn #Salesforce? No need for new year’s resolutions…. Austin Community College's Continuing Education department offers a wide range of courses. But we promised… and NOW we deliver!

Salesforce is the world's #1 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform!

Salesforce Fundamentals for Business Administration (ITSW 1005)

This 8-session course explores the CRM application from a user's perspective, focusing on core navigation, the user interface, and the Sales Management module. It is ideal for new administrators, sales operations, service agents, and IT managers seeking a foundational understanding of the Salesforce platform. Outcomes include evaluating customer data, explaining the CRM UI, and performing basic system maintenance.

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Starting January 22! This 4-week course explores the CRM application from a user's perspective, focusing on core navigation, the user interface, and the Sales Management module. It is ideal for new administrators, sales operations, service agents, and IT managers seeking a foundational understanding of the Salesforce platform. Outcomes include evaluating customer data, explaining the CRM UI, and performing basic system maintenance. Only $399!

Salesforce Administration Essentials for New Admins (ITSW 1077)

Ready for more of a challenge? Complete the first course or another equivalent prerequisite* to enroll in Salesforce Administration Essentials for New Admins (ITSW 1077). Dive into this comprehensive hands-on course. It includes critical training for new Salesforce Admin and excellent preparation for the Salesforce Certified Administrator exam. You'll gain the skills to secure your CRM environment, customize applications (pages, fields, tabs), create workflows and automations, and run keys metrics, reports and dashboards.

Starting March 3! Once you complete Fundamentals class, or meet one several other prerequisites*, dive into this comprehensive, 42-hour hands-on course. It is a crucial step for new system administrators and is recommended preparation for the Salesforce Certified Administrator exam. You will gain the skills to create a secure environment, customize applications (layouts, fields, tabs), set up workflow automation, and create high-value reports and dashboards. Cost: $1000.

Why enroll at ACC? You will be instructed by Stacy Irwin, 11x Certified Salesforce Administrator and Consultant, bringing over 10 years experience in technology, analytics, and software development directly to the virtual classroom. You will be instructed by Stacy Irwin, a 9x Certified Salesforce Administrator, Business Analyst and Consultant, bringing 10+ years of experience in technology, analytics, and software development directly to the virtual classroom.

Cybersecurity Opportunities

New Cybersecurity Opportunity at Austin Community College! Are you an ACC student or alum with experience in Computer Science, Networking, or Cybersecurity? Have you completed a CCNA course through Cisco NetAcad or another provider? Interested?

Corporate Education: Customized Training for Businesses

Corporate Education is a division of Continuing Education that provides customized training for businesses. These programs provide training in technical areas, management and supervision, employability skills, and other skills to improve job performance and productivity. CE project managers work with individual businesses to develop custom courses and schedules that work for them.

Success Stories

Shanice Lewis: "I believe that my time at ACC has been a huge catapult for my future career. I am excited about the next steps!" (Data Analytics)
David Imler: "The webmaster program has allowed me to make a transition in my career from a Tcl/Tk-UNIX scripting programmer to an e-Business developer working on enterprise web solutions." (Web Development)

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance is available.

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