Public courses are available periodically through LogiGear, ASQ, UCSC-Extension, and Carnegie Mellon University. Web/Software Application Security Testing and Testing Applications on the Web are available through LogiGear. Black Box Testing and Software Test Automation Design courses have been available from UCSC-Extension. CSQE Preparation course is available through the Silicon Valley Section of ASQ.

CSQE Examination Preparation
Not Scheduled
ASQ Certification in Software Quality Engineering body of knowledge
Link for Public classes

Software Test Automation Design
Not Scheduled
Basic presentation of techniques and architectures for software test automation

Architecture and Design of Automated Software Testing Environments
Not Scheduled
Advanced study of architectures, tools, and approaches for software test automation

Although automated software testing has been done for decades, software test automation efforts still frequently fail for numerous reasons (see Cem Kaner's paper from the Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing). Often, organizations only realize in hindsight that they would have done more and better manual testing if the effort invested in test automation had instead been used to design and run tests. Even more frequently, automated tests require fixing or complete replacement as soon as the release is complete. The key to good return on automation investments is through understanding the things test automation can and can't do, planning for test automation, and engineering the automated tests. Many failed test automation initiatives we have seen would not have been begun if the return on investment had been considered.