Do extended education classes count towards acquiring or improving your job skills if taken to fulfill prerequisite requirements for a masters program and new future job?

My wife is taking classes (not even halftime) to fulfill perquisites to apply for a master program. Do extended education classes count towards "acquiring or improving your job skills" to make you eligible for the "lifetime learning credit" if taken to fulfill prerequisite requirements for a masters program that will lead to a new job in the future?