Graduate Certificate in Informatics
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Informatics is a graduate level non-degree program for accelerating credentials of post-baccalaureate professionals in the area of informatics. The students will become proficient in programming for interfacing real-world systems involving networking, databases, and cloud platforms. All the courses from this graduate certificate program are fully transferable into the Master of Science in Informatics. The graduate certificates may not share hours amongst each other.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet all the requirements for graduate admission to UTRGV and, in addition, the requirements listed below:
- Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security or a bachelor’s degree in another field. Students admitted with a non-cyber security degree may be required to complete leveling coursework.
- Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours (waived for applicants having a graduate degree in a related area)
- A letter of intent detailing professional goals & reasons for pursuing a graduate certificate
- Resume
Application for admission must be submitted online prior to the published deadline. The application is available at www.utrgv.edu/gradapply.
Program Leveling Requirements
Students who enter the program with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than cyber security will have their transcripts assessed by the program coordinator to ensure leveling requirements are met.
- Students are expected to have the following background at the undergraduate level to pursue a graduate certificate:
- Precalculus,
- Programming using arrays, structures, linked lists, files, and object-oriented programming, and
- Linux OS, scripts, automating tasks, architecture, security infrastructure, networking, scheduling, resource allocation, and signals & systems.
Students with insufficient background, may be assessed to complete one or more courses at the undergraduate level before securing unconditional admission.
Progression Requirements
A student must maintain his/her/their GPA as required by the graduate college and must abide by other progression rules & regulations of the graduate school such as the maximum allocated time to complete a graduate certificate.
Program Requirements
Required Courses - 9 to 12 Hours
Choose one from the following:
| CYBI 6304 | Foundations of Informatics & Cyberspace I | 3 |
| CYBI 6306 | Foundations of Informatics & Cyberspace II | 3 |
Choose 6 to 9 Hours from the following:
| CYBI 6314 | E-Commerce Systems and Implementation | 3 |
| CYBI 6375 | Data Science for Business Intelligence with Python | 3 |
| CYBI 6378 | Statistics and Data Analysis with Python | 3 |
Designated Electives - 0 to 3 Hours
If a student does not take more than 9 hours in the required coursework, students may choose one CYBI elective listed below except CYBI 6381. Designated electives will only apply to one certificate. This degree plan includes courses that appear in more than one section of the degree plan. Such courses can only be used to fulfill one requirement on the degree plan and credit hours will only applied once.
| CYBI 6300 | Topics in Cyberspace and Informatics | 3 |
| CYBI 6312 | Advanced Internet Applications Programming | 3 |
| CYBI 6315 | Applied Database Systems | 3 |
| CYBI 6318 | Cybersecurity and Forensics | 3 |
| CYBI 6364 | Advanced Digital Forensics | 3 |
| CYBI 6365 | Network Management and Security | 3 |
| CYBI 6375 | Data Science for Business Intelligence with Python | 3 |
| CYBI 6378 | Statistics and Data Analysis with Python | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 12