Program Requirements for
Certificates
This program is available to
students who already hold a bachelor’s degree.
The certificate is earned upon completion of 11 Computer Information
System courses; see the section on Bachelor of Science for the exact
requirements of the major. If the
student has no previous experience, UINS 100 and UINS 220 should be completed
prerequisite and/or co requisite to this program.
Advanced
Postbaccalaureate Certificate for
Database
Systems Professionals
Prerequisites:
Any undergraduate
degree is accepted as meeting the prerequisite education for this Advanced
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. In addition, those who have not attained the
technical prerequisites are invited to complete coursework at Tulane that would
give them this required background: UCIS 160/Elementary Pascal (fundamentals of
programming); UINS 220/Applications of Database Software (fundamentals of
database with Access 2000); and UTEL/261 Networking Essentials (modeled on
Microsoft’s introductory course in networking). Students who do not meet the prerequisites are sometimes allowed
to pursue some of the courses, on a course-by-course basis; they must obtain
approval from the Instructor of each course.
Such students are not eligible to receive the Certificate.
Course
Requirements:
Five semesters should be allocated in the student’s plan to complete the eight
required courses. To earn the Advanced
Postbaccalaureate Certificate, a student must successfully complete 8 courses, including all
the following – UCIS 221 Problem Solving with PL/SQL, UCIS 282 Problem
Solving with Developer/Forms, UCIS 306 Files and Data Structures, UCIS 344
Database Management, UCIS 347 Database Administration, UCIS 378 Client/Server
Database Application Development; and
any two of the following – UCIS 348 Advanced Database Administration, UCIS
373 Information Engineering, UCIS 379 Data Warehousing. Other related courses are available as
options – but cannot be used as program requirements: UCIS 283 Problem Solving
with Developer/Reports, UCIS 295 Problem Solving with Java, and UCIS 376
Object-Oriented Application Development.
Certificate of Completion in
Website Development
The certificate program is a cooperative program
developed between CIS and the Media Arts program and is offered to all
students. The certificate will be earned upon successful completion of ten
courses, or twelve, depending on the student’s own judgment regarding UNIS 100
and UINS 227. To earn the certificate, students must complete:
·
two
prerequisite courses (to be waived at student’s own discretion), UINS 100 and
UINS 227
·
ten required courses, UINS 229, UINS 303, UINS 304,
UINS 305, UMAR 250, UMAR 280, UMAR 350, UMAR 380, UMAR 245, and UMGT 260.
Computer Literacy Certification
Louisiana Department of Education allows teachers to instruct in computer literacy if they hold this certification – upon successful completion of the following courses. This certificate is awarded by the Department of Education, State of Louisiana, not by University College at Tulane.