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Department of Computer Science

Certificate Program Required Courses

To obtain the certificate, candidates must complete a set of four courses (3 credits each) from the chosen track (together with their prerequisite courses, if any), achieving a 3.0 grade point average or better.

Track: Database Management/Artificial Intelligence

COSC 531 - Database Design (3 credits) 

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 credits)

COSC 573 - Artificial Intelligence I (3 credits)       

COSC 631 - Database and Information Systems II (3 credits)           

COSC 673 - Artificial Intelligence II (3 credits)     

COSC 690 - Selected Topics (3 credits)    

Track: Networks and Distributed Systems

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 Credits)

COSC 585 - Computer Communications Networks I  (3 Credits)  

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation  (3 Credits)  

COSC 685 - Computer Communications Networks II  (3 Credits)   

COSC 687 - Distributed Computer Systems  (3 Credits)  

COSC 691 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits) 

 

Track: Scientific Software Development

COSC 528 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3 Credits)

COSC 541 - Numerical Analysis I (3 Credits)

COSC 641 - Numerical Analysis II (3 Credits)

COSC 675 - Applied Combinatorics and Graph Theory (3 Credits)

COSC 676 - Queuing Theory (3 Credits)

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation (3 Credits)

 

Track: Software Engineering

COSC 535 - Information Privacy and Security (3 Credits)

COSC 540 - Human Factors (4 Credits)

COSC 565 - Software Engineering I  (3 Credits)

COSC 665 - Software Engineering II  (3 Credits)

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)

COSC 678 - Modeling and Simulation (3 Credits)     

                 

Track: Graphics and User Interfaces

COSC 518 - Computer Graphics I (3 Credits)            

COSC 690 - Selected Topics in Multimedia and Internet Computing (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 540 - Human Factors   (4 Credits)

COSC 591 - Selected Topics in Remote Sensing (3 Credits)

COSC 618 - Computer Graphics II (3 Credits)   

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)   

COSC 692 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits)

Track: Geographical Information Systems and Image Processing

COSC 518 - Computer Graphics I (3 Credits)

COSC 590 - Selected Topics in Geographic Information Systems (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 591 - Selected Topics in Remote Sensing (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 691 - Selected Topics in Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 Credits) New Course

COSC 719 - Image Processing I (3 Credits)

 COSC 692 - Selected Topics  (3 Credits)