Graduate Certificate Programs

Certificate Program Guidelines

The School of Engineering and Computing's academic certificate programs can be especially useful in giving working professionals the skills and knowledge they need to advance in their professional careers. Our academic certificate programs provide relevant education at the graduate level. The programs center on a coherent body of knowledge and skills, and their completion represents the achievement of competence in a well-defined domain.

Applicants interested in enrolling in a Certificate program may be admitted on a non-matriculating basis to the School of Engineering and Computing as special-status students.

Applicants to graduate certificate programs must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree prior to admission.   Academic certificate programs typically  consist of 4-5 courses for a minimum of 12-15 credit hours. Course transfer credit toward the certificate from other institutions is not allowed. An academic certificate enrollee must maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 or above to qualify for the certificate.

Students initially enrolled in a graduate certificate program can apply these courses towards certain master’s degree programs if 1) these courses are normally offered as part of an existing curriculum for a master’s degree program and 2) they are accepted for admission into the Master’s program. Note that students initially enrolled in a master’s degree program will not be awarded an academic certificate.  So, certificates are a great way to take some classes, earn a credential, and confirm that you like an area of study before enrolling in the full graduate program.

Computer Science Certificates

Applicants interested in earning a Computer Science Certificate and those interested in taking selected courses may be admitted on a non-matriculating basis to the School of Engineering and Computing as special-status students. Non-matriculated students must have a Bachelor degree from an accredited university and academic records that suggest the likelihood of success in demanding graduate courses. Non-matriculated students are admitted to courses on a seating-available basis only. Matriculated students are given preference for course offerings. To earn a certificate, four courses (12 credits) need to be taken from the offerings of that certificate.

Cyber Security Certificate

Select four courses from the following:12
SWEG 5349
Cloud Computing
SWEG 5530
Introduction to Information Security
SWEG 6404
Network Security
SWEG 6530
Applications and Data Security
SWEG 6599
Ethical Hacking
Total Credits12

Data Science and Big Data Technologies Certificate

Select four courses from the following:12
SWEG 5321
Software Project Management
SWEG 5322
Visual Analytics
SWEG 5349
Cloud Computing
SWEG 5360
Machine Learning
SWEG 5530
Introduction to Information Security
SWEG 6461
Pattern Recognition
SWEG 6505
Advanced Database Concepts
SWEG 6508
Data Warehouse Systems
SWEG 6518
Data Mining and Business Intelligence
SWEG 6530
Applications and Data Security
Total Credits12

Network Technology Certificate

SWEG 6404Network Security3
SWEG 6448Server Management3
SWEG 6596Network Routing and Switching3
SWEG 6599Ethical Hacking3
Total Credits12

Web and Mobile Application Development Certificate

Select four courses from the following:12
SWEG 5304
Web Development I
SWEG 5305
Mobile Application Development
SWEG 5349
Cloud Computing
SWEG 5530
Introduction to Information Security
SWEG 6410
Enterprise Java
SWEG 6512
Web Development II with ASP.NET
SWEG 6516
PHP and MySQL
SWEG 6530
Applications and Data Security
Total Credits12