Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Computer Science Theory & Practice
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 12.0
Instructional Delivery: Online; Campus
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 11.0701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-3021, 15-1111; 15-1131; 15-1132; 15-1199
About the Program
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Computer Science Theory & Practice covers core theoretical and practical concepts needed for computing, and prepares students to work with computational and algorithmic methods across a wide range of potential fields and applications. This is a core certificate intended to provide the key theoretical and practical underpinnings of computer science.
Through this program, students will be able to:
- Understand the theoretical and practical core concepts of computer science
- Utilize modern computational methods to analyze and build computational systems
- Select, use, adapt, and explain appropriate computational and algorithmic solutions to a range of real-world problems
Admission Requirements
Please visit the College of Computing & Informatics website to learn more about admission requirements.
Additional Information
For more information about this certificate program, please visit the College of Computing & Informatics website.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses: | ||
| Choose 4 courses below, each from a different category, including 1 course from the Theory category | 12.0 | |
| Theory | ||
| Data Structures and Algorithms I | ||
| Theory of Computation | ||
| Computer Systems | ||
| Operating Systems | ||
| Computer Networks | ||
| Intelligent Systems | ||
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Machine Learning | ||
| Programming Systems | ||
| Programming Languages | ||
| Software Design | ||
| Applications | ||
| Fundamentals of Databases | ||
| Cryptography | ||
| Developing User Interfaces | ||
| Computer Graphics | ||
| Interactive Computer Graphics | ||
| High Performance Computing | ||
| Game Engine Programming | ||
| Applied Symbolic Computation | ||
| Introduction to Computer Vision | ||
| Privacy | ||
| Security Engineering | ||
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits |
| CS 521 or 525 | 3.0 | Required Category Course 2 | 3.0 |
| Required Category Course 1 | 3.0 | Required Category Course 3 | 3.0 |
| 6 | 6 | ||
| Total Credits 12 | |||