Certificates

Certificates
Graduate certificates are designed as options for students who hold a baccalaureate degree or a master's degree and who want to enroll in a part-time, short, coherent course of study at the graduate level. Those who may not be ready to commit to a full-length graduate program, as well as those who already hold a graduate degree but want to pursue additional work in the same or another field, may find that a certificate provides the perfect alternative.

Students applying to a graduate certificate program must complete the graduate school application form and submit official transcripts showing completion of the undergraduate/baccalaureate degree, along with two letters of recommendation.

Four certificate options are offered in computer science:

• Computer Applications
• Computer Programming
• Computing
• Network Administration

Certificate candidates are expected to meet the prerequisite requirements of CS 610 and all other courses.

Computer Applications
Required Courses:
CS 610	Intermediate Programming/C
CS 620	Data Stuctures
Plus two of the following:
CS 617	Java Programming
CS 622	Database Systems
CS 622B	Advanced Database Systems
CS 623	Rapid Software Development/Visual Basic
CS 627	Distributed Database Systems
CS 634	Cryptography and Data Security
CS 650	Computer Graphics
CS 655	Internet Applications with Java
CS 657	Programming Window Systems
CS 660	Artificial Intelligence
CS 663	Mobile Robotics
CS 665	Digital Image Processing
Total credits: 12
Computer Programming
Required Courses:
CS 610	Intermediate Programming/C
CS 620	Data Structures
Plus one of the following:
CS 617	Java Programming
CS 623	Rapid Software Development/Visual Basic
CS 626	Object-Orientated Principles and Practice/C++
Plus one of the following:
CS 617	Java Programming
CS 623	Rapid Software Development/Visual Basic
CS 626	Object-Orientated Principles and Practice/C++
CS 647	Systems Programming
CS 652	Script Programming for Network Administration
Total credits: 12
Computing
Required Courses:
CS 610	Intermediate Programming/C
Plus any three Computer Science Restricted Electives from the list in the description of the MS Computer Science Program.
Total credits: 12
Network Administration
Required Courses:
CS 642	Computer Networks and Data Communication
CS 645	Network Administration
Plus two of the following:
CS 634	Cryptography and Data Security
CS 646	Introduction to Computer Security
CS 646B	Topics in Computer Security
CS 649	Network Analysis
CS 652	Script Programming for Network Administration
Total credits: 12