Graduate Certificate in Cloud Applications and Information Technology
The Graduate Certificate in Cloud Applications and Information Technology trains business leaders to learn, design, and implement cloud architecture and policies. Cloud-managed services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) accelerate businesses’ capacity for innovation and enable agile navigation through today’s hypercompetitive business climate. Students will acquire the skills to adeptly and securely deploy those services in order to help firms meet their needs.
Students must complete all of the required and elective credits from the course options below and are expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above. Courses completed as a non-degree student are not eligible for application towards the certificate requirements.
Certificate Requirements
The following requirements must be fulfilled: 12 credits, including 9 credits in required courses and one 3-credit elective course.
Students without a programming background should enroll in a foundations course. If the foundational course, ISTM 6200, was not completed with a minimum grade of B at an accredited institution within five years prior to matriculation, it must be completed during the first semester of the program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational course | ||
| ISTM 6200 | Python Program Database Applications | |
| Required | ||
| ISTM 6213 | Cloud Applications | |
| ISTM 6216 | Mobile Application Development | |
| ISTM 6225 | Cloud Foundations | |
| Elective | ||
| One course selected from the following: | ||
| ISTM 6203 | Managing Cloud Security | |
| ISTM 6214 | Foundations of Artificial Intelligence | |
| ISTM 6217 | Internet of Things Management | |
| ISTM 6218 | Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence | |