Program Requirements for Certificates

 

Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Computer Information Systems

 

            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.