Undergraduate Certificates

Information Technology

Applied Information Technology Department
The certificate in Information Technology (IT) is designed primarily for those students who have earned a nontechnical bachelor's degree. The IT certificate allows students with nontechnical backgrounds to augment the knowledge gained through their major-related courses with additional computer and information technology knowledge and skills to improve their attractiveness to employers in the high-technology community. The IT certificate requires 24 credits including 15 credits of core courses. Beyond these requirements, the student is free to define a technical focus area. The focus area must be composed of at least three courses (9 credits). Elective courses selected for the technical focus area must be approved by the IT&E program advisor for the IT certificate.

This certificate will not be awarded to students before the BS degree is awarded.

Applied Statistics

Statistics Department
Twenty-four credits are required for this certificate program that complements an undergraduate degree program in computer science, systems engineering, electrical engineering, civil and infrastructure engineering, and mathematics. Undergraduates majoring in other discipline areas may be admitted to the certificate program at the discretion of the department.

Because the demand for people with interdisciplinary training, which includes a background in statistics and data analysis, is great in the Washington metropolitan area, this program expands the career options available to students. Inquiries should be directed to the Department of Statistics. Students who plan to work toward the certificate should seek advice from the department's undergraduate coordinator.

Operations Research

SEOR Department
The operations research program offers a twenty-four credit certificate program to students enrolled in the computer science, decision sciences, mathematics, and systems engineering undergraduate degree programs. The certificate augments the standard curricula with material on the computational aspects of operations research. Because the demand for people trained in this area is great, this program expands the career options available to students.

Students must take STAT 344 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I; STAT 362 Introduction to Computer Statistical Packages; OR 335 Discrete Systems Simulation Modeling; OR 441 Deterministic Operations Research; OR 442 Stochastic Operations Research; and either MATH 313 Introduction to Applied Mathematics or SYST 500 Quantitative Foundations for Systems Engineering.

They must also choose two courses from the following: OR 481 Numerical Methods in Engineering; OR 498 Independent Study in Operations Research; OR 499 Special Topics in Operations Research; STAT 354 Statistical Methods for Engineers and Scientists; and any 400-level STAT class.

Students electing the certificate in operations research must apply to the Systems Engineering and Operations Research Department.