If you’ve been meaning to add foresight to your toolkit – scenario building, scanning, drivers, implications, and strategy – October is your moment. The University of Houston’s Professional Certificate in Foresight (Virtual) runs Wednesdays, October 1–29, 2025, 9:00 AM–12:30 PM (CST), with collaborative small-group work between sessions.

This is an intensive, project-based boot camp built around our Framework Foresight method. You’ll take a sample project from framing → scanning → drivers → scenarios → implications → options – guided by an experienced faculty team that’s trained 1,000+ professionals across sectors. Graduates earn a Professional Certificate in Foresight from the University of Houston and a Credly badge; complete an optional project afterwards to qualify for our Certificate of Achievement (which satisfies one criterion to join the Association of Professional Futurists).

What you’ll learn (and actually use)

  • Frame complex challenges and map today’s system clearly.
  • Build evidence-based drivers and baseline vs. transformational futures.
  • Craft scenarios and extract third-order implications that shift decisions.
  • Design a portfolio of options across time horizons and set up monitoring.

Format at a glance

  • Live Zoom sessions: 3.5 hours each Wednesday in October.
  • Peer collaboration: Expect 1–3 hours of small-group homework between sessions.
  • Cohort size: 30-35 – limited seats to keep interaction high.

Investment

  • Virtual tuition: $2,000 per participant. (Seats are confirmed upon payment; payment deadlines apply.)

Why Houston Foresight

Our program distills the first four courses of the UH Foresight master’s into a concentrated, practice-first experience. Participants routinely highlight how immediately useful the tools are. As one attendee put it, “a week that is both insightful and actionable.”

Ready to join the October cohort?
Register here: https://www.hdcs.uh.edu/programs/certificates/foresight/seminar