Certificate in Fundamentals of Information Technology

Admission

Students seeking this certificate must be admitted to the university, or in a nondegree status. All university policies relative to admission apply. Students pursuing an undergraduate certificate must file a plan of study for the certificate program with the undergraduate coordinator before half of the required credit hours are completed. Students may apply certificate coursework toward a degree program.

Program Requirements 

The certificate requires the completion of 12 credit hours from a selected list of courses. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.000 must be maintained for all courses comprising the certificate program and no grades below C. All courses with an AC or ENGT prefix also require that any prerequisite course is passed with a C or better grade.

Course Title Hours
Required Courses
AC 121Cybersecurity Awareness3
AC 222Applied Computing Fundamentals3
AC 321Applied Networking3
AC 322Applied Programming and Scripting3
Total Credit Hours12

Students completing the certificate program receive an appropriately-worded certificate from the university and a notation is made on the student's transcript when the certificate has been awarded.